Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Patent
1995-12-08
1998-08-04
Bayerl, Raymond J.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
345339, G06F 300
Patent
active
057901171
ABSTRACT:
The present invention includes a Computer-based Training system (CBT) having one or more Application Translation Units (ATUs), a Message Engine, and a Script Engine. For one or more target applications of interest, an ATU is provided for processing events specific to that application, thereby trapping events and translating them into abstract messages or "meta-messages" for conveying information about a particular event to the system. A computer-aided software testing embodiment of the present invention is also described. The system provides prefabricated building blocks for constructing a high-level model of an application's User Interface (UI). This high-level model serves as a middle ground between test scripts and the application being tested. The knowledge of how a given UI element is controlled or how it can be observed is retained in the model rather than in a test script. Consequently, the test script consists of easy-to-maintain, high-level testing commands only.
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Halviatti Ramin L.
Potts Richard James
Bayerl Raymond J.
Borland International Inc.
Nguyen Cao H.
Smart John A.
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