Apparatus and method for automatically manipulating software...

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2003-06-27

2008-11-11

An, Meng-Ai (Department: 2194)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogra

High level application control

C717S124000, C717S125000, C717S134000, C707S793000, C714S025000, C714S100000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07451455

ABSTRACT:
A manipulation tool (e.g., “the XABLE tool”) provides a user interface (UI) automation library that allows a tool user to find existing UI objects and then perform a UI action on such UI objects. In one exemplary application, the manipulation tool can be used by script writers to automatically drive the UI of an application under test. A plurality of selectable search strategies are provided for searching for UI objects. Further, an event handling object is provided for monitoring the firing of UI objects.

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