Patent ID: 7272822

Claim:
A method of automatically generating tests, the method comprising: receiving a definition for a set of application pages, wherein the definition comprises an ordering of how the application pages appear in a hierarchical menu system and is written in a first language, and wherein each page in the set of application pages is written in a second language and is one visual display among a plurality of visual displays that form a page hierarchy; wherein the definition is a file; parsing the definition to determine one or more page attributes associated with each page in the set of application pages, wherein the one or more page attributes comprise a screen identifier, hierarchy location, or a security level, and wherein the screen identifier, hierarchy location, or security level are associated with the each page in the set of application pages; and automatically generating a plurality of test scripts in a third language, wherein the plurality of test scripts, when executed by a testing system, cause the testing system to perform the steps of: placing the set of application pages under test; using the one or more page attributes to navigate through the set of application pages; displaying an output for each application page in the set of application pages; determining whether the output for each application page is properly displayed; and generating an indication of whether the output for each application page is properly displayed.