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From: mark@sunquest.UUCP (Mark McCourt)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Automatic testing in a window environment
Message-ID: <612@sunquest.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 89 16:24:45 GMT
Organization: Sunquest Information Systems, Tucson
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	Does anybody have any good literature references on automatic
	testing of software in a window-oriented environment?  We have an
	application using X and OSF/motif that we would like to be able
	to test in a more consistent and robust manner than hiring someone 
	to sit in front of a workstation and verify output. 

	Also, i have seen comments on the net indicating that the XSendEvent
	request has too high an overhead to use with much frequency.  I 
	would guess that in special cases such as generating the correct 
	sequence of events to automatically test a window application in
	a consistent manner that this overhead might be acceptable.  Does
	anyone have any thoughts about this?

	Thanks - Mark McCourt