Tester 'll Never " Satisfied "

2 Open JFC_TestApplication.bat with a text editor (such as Notepad).

3 Set JavaRun= to the directory in which java.exe is installed. For example:

set JavaRun=C:\Java\jdk1.5\bin

4 Save your changes. You can start the sample application by double-clicking the *.bat file, or by

clicking Start/Programs/Borland/SilkTest 2006/Sample Applications/JFC Test Application.

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Java AWT Tutorial Objectives

This hands-on tutorial is designed to help you get comfortable testing a sample standalone Java

application developed with AWT controls, using Java support in SilkTest.

In this tutorial, you will:

1 Set up for testing the application

2 Become familiar with the sample Java AWT application

3 Focus on a part of the application to test

4 Identify custom controls and learn when to record classes

5 Record classes for custom Java controls

6 Record window declarations for all controls you want to test

7 Prepare the test script file

8 Record a test against the Java application

9 Run the recorded test

10 Extend the test programmatically

11 Run the extended test

Before you begin this tutorial, complete the SilkTest tutorial to learn the basics of recording testcases,

running testcases, and using the recovery system. If you installed the documentation when you

installed SilkTest, you can access the tutorial by clicking

Start/Programs/Borland/SilkTest

2006/Documentation/SilkTest Tutorials or Help/Tutorials.

Start at Step 1 Becoming familiar with the AWT application.

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Step 1: Becoming familiar with the AWT application

This tutorial uses a simple Java application that provides a mix of predefined Abstract Window Toolkit

controls along with custom Java objects. (For more information about the Abstract Window Toolkit, see

the online Help.) Explore the sample Java application now to become familiar with it. We're going to

develop and run a test against the Drawing area, so be sure to visit this part of the application, as

instructed below.

To explore the sample application:

1 Launch the application from your Windows Start menu by selecting:

Start/Programs/Borland/SilkTest 2006/Sample Applications/Java AWT TestApp.The Test

Application dialog opens with a menu bar containing four menus.

2 Click on the Control menu, and then click Drawing area. The Drawing area window opens. It

contains a canvas for drawing points and lines with the mouse, an Event Log that records mouse

actions in the canvas, a Reset button, and an Exit button.

3 Click and drag the mouse inside the canvas to draw points and lines. Note how the mouse actions

are recorded in the Event Log. Click the Exit button to close the Drawing Area window.

4 Experiment with other controls accessible from the Control menu.

5 Explore other menus in the application's menu bar.

Note The DisabledMenu menu appears grayed out to illustrate how a disabled menu item is

supposed to look. It was not designed to be enabled.

Continue to Step 2: Focusing on a part of the application to test.

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Step 2: Focusing on a part of the application to test

Now that you have become familiar with the Drawing area in the sample Java AWT application, we're

going to develop a test to verify that mouse events in the canvas are recorded accurately in the Event

Log.

We selected the Drawing area window as a test candidate because it contains both predefined

Abstract Windowing Toolkit controls and a custom Java object. SilkTest allows you to test both types

of controls, but before we can create our test frame, we must first identify the custom Java control in

the Drawing area window.

Continue to Step 3: Identifying custom controls in the Drawing Area window.

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Step 3: Identifing custom controls in the Drawing Area window

SilkTest provides 4Test class definitions for commonly used Java objects, such as Abstract Window

Toolkit (AWT) controls. For more information, see Abstract Window ToolKit in the online Help. With our

Java support, you will be able to use 4Test methods and properties to test Java objects that belong to

these predefined classes, which can be found in javaex.inc. For more information about predefined

classes see the Predefined class definition file in the online Help.

Java support also allows you to test custom controls, which appear as CustomWin objects in Java

applications. You will need to record classes for custom controls to gain access to their native methods

and properties. You can then use these native methods and properties to develop scripts for testing

custom Java objects in the application.

Let's identify the custom controls we want to test in the Drawing area window.

At this point, we assume you have started the sample Java application, and become familiar with the

Drawing area window.

To identify custom controls in the sample Java application:

1 Select Control/Drawing area in the Java application. The Drawing Area window opens.

2 In SilkTest, select Record/Window Declarations.

3 Move the mouse pointer inside the Event Log (the scrollable white rectangular area). SilkTest

sees the Event Log as a JavaAwtTextField object, a predefined AWT control.

4 Move the mouse pointer over the Reset button, then over the Exit button. SilkTest sees these

buttons as JavaAwtPushButton objects, predefined AWT controls.

5 Move the mouse pointer inside the drawing canvas (the gray rectangular area). SilkTest sees the

drawing canvas as a CustomWin object, a custom Java control.

6 Click Close to close the Record Window Declarations dialog.

We have determined that the drawing canvas is a custom Java control. Since we will use this custom

control in our test, we need to record a class for the drawing canvas; continue to Step 4: Recording a

class for the Drawing Area canvas.

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Step 4: Recording a class for the Drawing Area canvas

Now we're going to record a class for the canvas in the Drawing Area window.

At this point, we assume the Drawing Area window is still open in the sample Java application.

To record a class for the drawing canvas:

1 Open a new include file. In SilkTest, select File/New/ 4Test Include File in the New dialog, and

then click OK. An untitled 4Test include file opens.

2 Save the include file as canvas.inc in the extend subdirectory of the directory where you installed

SilkTest.

3 Disable recording multiple tags. Select Options/Recorder, make sure Record multiple tags is not

selected, and then click OK.

4 With canvas.inc as the active window, select Record/Class. The Record Class dialog opens.

5 Make sure Show all classes is not checked in the Record Class dialog.

6 Move your mouse pointer over the drawing canvas in the sample Java application.

7 When DrawingCanvas appears in the Class Name field, press Ctrl-Alt. Native methods for the

drawing canvas appear in the Record Class dialog.

8 Click the Derived From drop-down menu and search the list of available 4Test classes. Since

there is no class type in the list that maps directly to drawing canvas, select AnyWin, a generic

class.

9 Click Paste to Editor to record the new class declaration in the include file.

10 Click Close to close the Record Class dialog.

Now, you're ready to record window declarations for the predefined Java controls and the custom

DrawingCanvas object in the Drawing Area window; continue to Step 5: Recording window

declarations for the Drawing Area.

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Step 5: Recording window declarations for the Drawing Area

At this point, we assume that you recorded a class for the canvas and that the Drawing Area window is

still open in the sample Java application.

To record window declarations:

1 Create a new test frame file. In SilkTest, select File/New, select Test Frame in the New dialog, and

click OK. The New Test Frame dialog opens.

2 Select Test Application in the Application field and edit the File name field so it reads:

\extend\draw.inc

3 Click OK. The 4Test Include File draw.inc opens and is automatically loaded in SilkTest.

4 Manually load the class include file canvas.inc, which you created in Task 5. In SilkTest, select

Options/Runtime, click the Add button in the Runtime Options dialog, select canvas.inc from the

extend directory, and click OK. The file canvas.inc is added to the Use Files field.

5 Click OK to close the Runtime Options dialog.

6 With draw.inc as the active window, select Record/Window Declarations.

7 Move your mouse pointer over the title bar of the Drawing Area window. When DrawingArea

appears in the Identifier field, press Ctrl-Alt. Declarations are captured for the Drawing Area

window and all of its controls.

8 Click DrawingCanvas in the Window Declaration list and change the name in the Identifier field to

Canvas.

9 Click Paste to Editor to record the declarations in draw.inc.

10 Click Close to close the Record Window Declarations dialog.

11 Click Exit to close the Drawing Area window.

12 Save and close draw.inc.

Now, you're ready to prepare the test script file. Continue to Step 6: Preparing the test script file.

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Step 6: Preparing the test script file

Before you can record our test, you must prepare the test script file.

At this point, we assume that you recorded window declarations for Drawing Area controls, loaded

draw.inc and canvas.inc, and set up the recovery system.

To prepare the test script file:

1 Close all secondary windows in the sample Java application so that only the main Test Application

window is open.

2 Open a new test script. In the SilkTest menu bar, select File/New/ 4Test Script, and then click

OK. An untitled 4Test script file opens.

3 Save the test script file as draw.t.

4 With draw.t as the active window, select Record/Testcase in the SilkTest menu bar.

5 Change the testcase name to LogMouseMoves, and then select DefaultBaseState from the

pulldown menu in the Application state field.

Now you're ready to record a test against the Event Log in the Drawing Area window; continue to Step

7: Recording a test against Drawing Area controls.

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Step 7: Recording a test against Drawing Area controls

Now that you have prepared your test script, you are ready to record actions for our test. Before you

begin recording, expand this help topic window so you can see all instructions. If you should need to

scroll in this window after you start recording, press Pause Recording in the Record Status window so

your scrolling actions do not get recorded as part of the test case.

At this point, we assume that you have created and saved your 4Test script file as draw.t. We also

assume that the Record Testcase dialog is open, showing the testcase name as LogMouseMoves and

the application state as DefaultBaseState.

To record actions for verifying the Event Log function:

1 In the Record Testcase dialog, click Start Recording.The recovery system sets the

DefaultBaseState application state for the sample Java application. Once the DefaultBaseState is

established, the Record Status dialog opens and you can start recording your testcase.

2 Move your cursor into the main window of the sample application. When you see Test Application

at the bottom of the Record Status window, select Control/Drawing area.

3 Click once inside the drawing canvas (the gray rectangular area in the Drawing Area window).

Your mouse click is recorded as two mouse events in the Event Log: Button down and Button

up.

4 In the Event Log, drag your mouse pointer to select the text string Button down.

5 With your mouse pointer inside the Event Log, click Ctrl-Alt. The Verify Window dialog appears.

Make sure that JavaAwtTextField DrawingArea.EventLog appears as the window to verify.

6 Click the Method tab, and then check Include inherited to display the 4Test methods available

for the Event Log.

7 Scroll down and select VerifySelText. Look at the description of the VerifySelText. We are going

to use this method to verify that the Event Log correctly recorded the first mouse action in the

drawing canvas, which is Button down, the text you selected in step 4.

8 Click inside the text field labeled, The string or list of string you expect selected. We expect

that the Error Log recorded Button down, so type this text (including the quotation marks):

"Button down"

and then click OK.

9 Repeat steps 4 through 8, this time for the second mouse action, "Button up".

10 Move your cursor over the Exit in the Drawing Area window. When Exit appears in the Record

Status window, click the Exit, and then click Done in the Record Status window. The Record

Testcase window reappears, displaying your actions as translated into 4Test commands.

11 In the Record Testcase window, click Paste to Editor. The testcase LogMouseMoves is pasted

into draw.t

12 Expand the testcase by clicking in LogMouseMoves, and then select Outline/Expand All.

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13 Save draw.t, but don't close it.

Now you're ready to run the recorded test; continue to Step 8: Running the recorded test against the

sample Java AWT application.

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Step 8: Running the recorded test against the sample Java AWT application

At this point, we assume that the test script file draw.t is open.

To run the testcase LogMouseMoves:

1 Set keyboard and mouse delays. In the SilkTest menu bar, select Options/Agent. In the Agent

Options dialog, set keyboard event delay and mouse event delay both to 0.01. Click OK.

2 With draw.t as the active window, select Run/Run. SilkTest runs the test, restoring the sample

AWT application to its base state and interacting with the application. The testcase passes.

Now, let's extend the testcase by adding code to verify that the Event Log records the correct mouse

click coordinates; continue to Step 9: Extending the test programmatically.

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Step 9: Extending the test programmatically

So far, we've verified that the Event Log records the Button Down and Button Up mouse events

correctly when we click once to draw a single point in the drawing canvas. To extend this test, we

really should verify whether the Event Log also records the correct coordinates of the point we draw in

the canvas.

To make this a more general test, we'll create two integer variables to store the X and Y coordinates of

a point. In addition, we will set each variable to a 2-digit random number within a range of values that

falls inside the drawing canvas.

At this point, we assume that the sample Java application is running and not minimized, and that your

test script draw.t is still open.

To expand the test to verify point coordinates:

1 Determine the range of acceptable values for point coordinates by checking the Rect property of

the drawing canvas, as follows:

• In the sample Java application, select Control/Drawing area.

• In SilkTest, select Record/Actions.

• Click in the title bar of Drawing area window and move your mouse pointer into the drawing

canvas. When you see Press to verify window Canvas appear at the bottom of the

Record Actions dialog, press Ctrl-Alt to bring up the Verify Window.

• The values for the Rect property in the Properties to Verify window. On our system, the values

showed that the range of acceptable X coordinates was 0 to 314 and the range of acceptable Y

coordinates was 0 to 60. These values might be different on your system, depending on your

display settings and other system configuration parameters.

• Click Cancel to close the Verify Window, and then click Close to close the Record Actions

window.

• Click Exit to close the Drawing Area window.

2 Expand the testcase LogMouseMoves in your draw.t file and make the following changes:

• Above the recording block, declare two integer variables, iX to store an X-coordinate value and

iY to store a Y-coordinate value. Use the RandInt function to set iX and iY to two-digit random

numbers that fall within the range of acceptable coordinates, as determined from the Rect

property of the drawing canvas. See “RandInt function in the online Help for more details. We

set iX to between 10 and 99 and iY to a random number between 10 and 60. Here is some

sample code which you can copy and paste line by line into your test script. Substitute different

numbers in the RandInt function calls, if necessary.

int iX = RandInt(10,99)

int iY = RandInt(25,60)

• Inside the recording block, substitute iX and iY as the second and third arguments in the

command DrawingArea.Canvas.Click. This code forces your test to always draw a point at a

random location within the boundaries of the drawing canvas. The following is sample code

which you can copy and paste into your test script.

DrawingArea.Canvas.Click (1, iX, iY)

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• After the VerifySelText ("Button up") command, add 4Test code to select and verify the twodigit

X coordinate and two-digit Y coordinate of the mouse event recorded as the Button

Down… text string in the Event Log. Below is some sample code which you can copy and

paste line by line into your test script.

In this code, we determine the selection range of the X and Y coordinates in SetSelRange by

counting text characters from left to right in the string Button Down at (xx,yy). We force our

random integers to be two-digit numbers so the selection range will have a constant start and

end value for each coordinate.

Note that we use the str function to convert our integer variables to string arguments that can

be passed to the VerifySelText commands.

DrawingArea.EventLog.SetSelRange (1,17,1,19)

DrawingArea.EventLog.VerifySelText (str(iX))

DrawingArea.EventLog.SetSelRange (1,20,1,22)

DrawingArea.EventLog.VerifySelText (str(iY))

3 Save draw.t, but don't close it.

You're now ready to run the extended testcase LogMouseMoves; continue to Step 10: Running the

extended test.

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Step 10: Running the extended test

To run the testcase LogMouseMoves:

With the test script file draw.t as the active window, select Run/Run. SilkTest runs the test, restoring

the sample Java application to its base state and interacting with the application. The testcase passes.

Congratulations! You have completed the Java tutorial. Next, you might want to explore “Overview of

testing Java applets and “Overview of testing standalone Java applications in the online Help.

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Java JFC/Swing Tutorial

Objectives

This hands-on tutorial is designed to help you get comfortable testing a sample standalone Java

application developed with Java Foundation Class (JFC) Swing controls, using Java support in

SilkTest. See the online Help for descriptions of JFC and Swing controls.

In this tutorial, you will:

1 Set up for testing the application

2 Become familiar with the sample JFC Test Application

3 Focus on a part of the application to test

4 Record window declarations for all controls you want to test

5 Set up the recovery system for testing Java applications

6 Prepare the test script file

7 Record a test against the JFC Test Application

8 Run the recorded test

9 Get native methods for a predefined JFC Swing class.

10 Record new window declarations

11 Develop a new test using native methods

12 Run the new test

To get started with this tutorial, make sure you meet all the requirements described in Before you

begin, below.

Before you begin

Before you begin this tutorial, make the following preparations:

• Complete the SilkTest tutorial to learn the basics of recording testcases, running testcases, and

using the recovery system. The tutorial is located at Start/Programs/Borland/SilkTest

2006/Documentation/SilkTest Tutorials

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Step 1: Use the Basic Workflow Bar to enable Java support

Java Support is configured automatically when you use Enable Extensions in the Basic Workflow bar.

The JFC Test Application is included with SilkTest.

Running the JFC test application:

Note Borland no longer ships JRE 1.2 with SilkTest. In order to run the SilkTest sample Java

applications, you may need to update the Java reference in the *.bat file that launches

each sample application. If you do not have a local java.exe, you can download one

from java.sun.com.

1 Install the applicable version JDK, if necessary.

2 If you haven’t done so already, update the sample application batch file (see “Update the sample

Java application BAT file path” at the beginning of this document).

3 Select the JFC test application from Start/Programs/Borland/SilkTest 2006/Sample Applications.

4 Click Enable Extensions on the Basic Workflow bar, then select the sample application. SilkTest

will prompt you to close and restart the sample application.

You are now ready to begin Step 2: Becoming familiar with the JFC Test Application.

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Step 2: Becoming familiar with the JFC Test Application

This tutorial uses a simple Java application that provides JFC Swing controls. Explore the sample JFC

Test Application now to become familiar with it. We're going to develop and run a test against the

Page List window, so be sure to visit this part of the application, as instructed below.

To explore the sample application:

1 Start the application. See "Running the sample Swing application" in the online Help if you need

directions for this. The Test Application dialog opens with a menu bar containing three menus.

2 Click on the Control menu, and then click Page list. The Page List window opens, displaying one

page labeled Tab 1, which is selected. The window contains the following controls:

o Area for adding pages and indicating which page is selected

o Item Text text field where you specify a label for each page you add

o Drop-down list for specifying where to display the page list (Top is the default)

o Add Item, Reset, and Exit buttons

o Add Image too and Enabled checkboxes

3 Click in the Item Text field, enter a label for a new page, select Right from the drop-down list, and

then click Add Item. Enter another label in the Item Text field, and select Add Image too, and

then click Add Item.

4 Click Exit to close the Page List window and experiment with other controls accessible from the

Control menu.

5 Explore other menus in the application's menu bar.

Continue to Step 3: Focusing on a part of the application to test.

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Step 3: Focusing on a part of the application to test

Now that you have become familiar with the Page List window in the sample JFC Test Application,

we're going to develop tests to verify that pages are added and deleted correctly.

We selected the Page List window as a test candidate because we will need to access a native

method of the page list object to perform one of our tests. SilkTest predefines the JavaJFCPageList

class to enable you to manipulate page lists using 4Test methods. However, there is no 4Test method

for removing pages from the list, so we must record a new class definition for the page list to access its

native method removeTabAt.

Continue to Step 4: Recording window declarations for the Page List window.

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Step 4: Recording window declarations for the Page List window

Now we're going to record window declarations for all the controls in the Page List window.

Note At this point, we assume that the sample Java Swing application is still running.

To record window declarations:

1 Create a new test frame file. In SilkTest, select File/New/Test Frame, and then click OK. The New

Test Frame dialog opens.

2 Edit the File name field so it reads: /extend/pages.inc

3 Select the test application in the Application field, and then click OK. The 4Test include file

pages.inc opens and is automatically loaded in SilkTest.

4 With pages.inc as the active window, select Record/Window Declarations.

5 Select Control/Page list in the JFC Test Application, then move your mouse pointer over the title

bar of the Page List window. When xPageList appears in the Identifier field, press Ctrl-Alt.

Declarations are captured for the Page List window and all of its controls.

6 Change the name in the Identifier field from xPageList to PageListWindow.

7 Click Paste to Editor to record the declarations in pages.inc, then save pages.inc, but leave the

file open.

8 Click Close to close the Record Window Declarations dialog, and then click Exit to close the Page

List window.

Continue to Step 5: Preparing the test script file.

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Step 5: Preparing the test script file

Before you can record our test, you must prepare the test script file.

Note At this point, we assume that you recorded window declarations for Page List controls

(and set up the recovery system if running Windows 98).

To prepare the test script file:

1 Close all secondary windows in the sample JFC Test Application so that only the main Test

Application window is open.

2 Open a new test script. In the SilkTest menu bar, select File/New, select 4Test Script, and then

click OK. An untitled 4Test script file opens.

3 Save the test script file as pages.t in the extend subdirectory of the directory where you installed

SilkTest.

4 With pages.t as the active window, select Record/Testcase in the SilkTest menu bar.

5 Change the testcase name to CheckAddPages and select DefaultBaseState from the pulldown

menu in the Application State field.

Now you're ready to record a test against the Page List window; continue to Step 6: Recording a test

against Page List controls.

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Step 6: Recording a test against Page List controls

Now that you have prepared your test script, you are ready to record actions for your test. Before you

begin recording, expand this help topic window so you can see all instructions. If you should need to

scroll in this window after you start recording, press Pause Recording in the Record Status window so

your scrolling actions do not get recorded as part of the test case.

This test will verify that the Add Item button adds the correct number of pages.

Note At this point, we assume that you have created and saved your 4Test script file as

pages.t. We also assume that the Record Testcase dialog is open, showing the

testcase name as CheckAddPages and the application state as DefaultBaseState.

To record actions for verifying that Add Item adds the correct number of pages:

1 In the Record Testcase dialog, click Start Recording. The recovery system sets the

DefaultBaseState application state for the sample Java application. Once the DefaultBaseState is

established, the Record Status dialog opens and you can start recording your testcase.

2 Move your cursor into the main window of the sample application. When you see Test Application

at the bottom of the Record Status window, click Control and move your cursor over Page list in

the Control menu. When you see PageList in the Record Status window, click the Page list menu

item. The Page List window opens, displaying one page called Tab 1.

3 Move your cursor over the Item Text field. When you see ItemText1 in the Record Status window,

add a page by clicking in the Item Text field, typing 2, and then clicking the Add Item button. A

second page called 2 is added to the page list.

4 Move your cursor back to the Item Text field. When ItemText1 appears in the Record Status

window, add another page by clicking just before the text 2 in the text field. Press the Delete key

once, type 3, and then click the Add Item button again. A third page called 3 is added to the page

list.

5 Click on Tab 1 in the list of pages, wait until you see ThePageList in the Record Status window,

and then press Ctrl-Alt. The Verify Window dialog opens; make sure that JavaJFCPageList

appears as the window to verify.

6 In the Verify Window dialog, click the Method tab, then check Include inherited to display the

4Test methods available for the page list. Scroll down and select the method GetPageCount. Click

OK to close the Verify Window dialog.

We're going to use the GetPageCount method to verify that AddItem adds the correct number of

pages to the page list. We started out with one page, then added two more, so the page count

should equal 3.

7 Back in the Page List window, move your cursor over the Exit button. When Exit appears in the

Record Status window, click the Exit button, and then click Done in the Record Status window.

The Record Testcase window reappears, displaying your actions as translated into 4Test

commands.

8 In the Record Testcase window, click Paste to Editor. The testcase CheckAddPages is pasted

into pages.t.

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9 Expand the testcase in pages.t by clicking in CheckAddPages and selecting Outline/Expand All.

10 Edit pages.t to verify the page count by wrapping the Verify function around the call to

GetPageCount, as follows:

Verify ( PageListWindow.ThePageList.GetPageCount(), 3)

11 Save pages.t, but don't close it.

Now you're ready to run the recorded test; continue to Step 7: Running the recorded test against the

sample JFC Test Application.

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Step 7: Running the recorded test against the sample JFC Test Application

Note At this point, we assume that the test script file pages.t is open.

To run the testcase CheckAddPages:

1 With pages.t as the active window, select Run/Run. SilkTest runs the test, restoring the sample

JFC Test Application to its base state and interacting with the application. The testcase passes.

2 Close the results file, but leave pages.t open.

Now, let's create another testcase to verify that pages are deleted from the list correctly. Our next step

will be to find a native method that allows us to delete pages from the page list; continue to Step 8:

Getting native methods for a predefined JFC class.

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Step 8: Getting native methods for a predefined Swing class

So far, we've verified that the Add Item button adds pages correctly to the page list. To extend this

test, we should verify that we can also delete pages from the list. Unfortunately, the Page List window

provides no controls for removing individual pages and there are no 4Test methods for deleting pages

from a page list. Our only other option is to check out the native methods for the JavaJFCPageList

class.

To get native methods for a predefined Java class, we must comment out the definition for

JavaJFCPageList that is provided in javaex.inc and record the class definition for the Page List

window.

Note If you do not complete this tutorial please note that JavaEx.inc is a built-in SilkTest file.

Therefore you must uncomment the JavaJFCPageList class definition otherwise

SilkTest will not recognize Page Lists in your application.

To get native methods for the JavaJFCPageList class:

1 With the sample JFC Test Application running and not minimized, open the file javaex.inc in

SilkTest. Javaex,inc is located in \extend. Find the line that reads:

winclass JavaJFCPageList : PageList

2 Click anywhere on the line. If the declaration is expanded, collapse it by selecting

Outline/Collapse. Comment out the collapsed line by selecting Outline/Comment Block. Then,

save and close javaex.inc.

Remember to uncomment these lines when you finish this tutorial.

3 Open your test frame file pages.inc and click in the existing page list declaration—the line that

reads

window JavaDialogBox PageListWindow

4 Collapse this declaration if expanded and then comment it out by selecting Outline/Comment

Block.

5 Scroll to the bottom of pages.inc and create a new section by adding the following comment:

//Native Page List Declarations

6 With pages.inc as the active window, select Record/Class. The Record Class dialog opens.

7 Make sure Show all classes is not checked in the Record Class dialog.

8 In the JFC Test Application, select Control/Page list to open the Page List window.

9 Move your mouse cursor over Tab 1 of the page list. When JavaJFCPageList appears in the Class

Name field, press Ctrl-Alt. Native methods and properties for the page list appear in the Record

Class dialog.

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10 Scroll in the Methods pane until you find the method removeTabAt. We will use this method later

when we create a script that tests whether pages are removed correctly from the Page List

window.

11 Click on the Derived From drop-down menu, and then select PageList from the list of available

4Test classes.

12 Click Paste to Editor to record the class declaration in the Native Page List Declarations section

that you just created in pages.inc.

13 Click Close to close the Record Class dialog, and save pages.inc.

Now you must record new declarations for the Page List window; continue to Step 9: Recording new

window declarations for the Page List window.

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Step 9: Recording new window declarations for the Page List window

Note At this point, we assume that pages.inc is still open and that the Page List window is

still open in the sample Java Swing application.

To re-record window declarations for the Page List window:

1 With pages.inc as the active window, select Record/Window Declarations.

2 Move your mouse pointer over the title bar of the Page List window in the JFC Test Application.

When xPageList appears in the Identifier field, press Ctrl-Alt. Declarations are captured for the

Page List window and all of its controls.

3 Change the name in the Identifier field from xPageList to PageListNative.

4 Click Paste to Editor to record the declarations in pages.inc.

5 Click Close to close the Record Window Declarations dialog.

6 Click Exit to close the Page List window.

7 Save and close pages.inc.

Now, you're ready to create a new testcase that uses the native method removeTabAt to verify that we

can remove pages from a page list; continue to Step 10: Developing a new test using a native method.

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Step 10: Developing a new test using a native method

We're going to create a new script for testing whether we can delete pages from the page list in our

sample Swing application.

This script uses native methods—including removeTabAt—along with 4Test methods. Normally, we

don't recommend mixing method types because of incompatibilities between Java and 4Test. For

example, Java indexing is zero-based while 4Test indexing is one-based. However, in some situations,

you must mix native Java methods with 4Test methods to achieve the functionality you require. In this

script, we will demonstrate one way to protect against incompatible indexing.

Note At this point, we assume pages.t is still open and the Swing test application is still

running.

To develop a new test using native methods:

1 In pages.t, collapse the CheckAddPages testcase, select the testcase by clicking in the margin to

the left of the , and select Edit/Copy from the menu bar.

2 Open a new untitled test script file by selecting File/New/ 4Test Script, and then click OK.

3 Click in the new script file, and then select Edit/Paste to paste a copy of the CheckAddPages

testcase.

4 Change the name of the testcase to CheckDeletePages and expand the testcase.

5 Replace all instances of PageListWindow with PageListNative to match the identifier in our new

Page List window declaration in pages.inc.

6 Before the Verify function, insert a line that calls the native method, removeTabAt, to delete the

second page in the list. Here is the 4Test code (which you can copy and paste into your test

script):

PageListNative.ThePageList.removeTabAt(PageListNative.ThePageList.indexOfTab("2

"))

Note We pass the native method indexOfTab as an argument to removeTabAt to ensure that

we provide the correct zero-based index value for page 2.

7 To see how the Page List window adjusts the list after one page is removed, add a Select method

on the next line to refresh the Page List window. Here is the 4Test code (which you can copy and

paste into your test script):

PageListNative.ThePageList.Select("3")

8 Change the second argument in the Verify function from 3 to 2, since we've just removed one page

from the list.

9 Save the test script as pages2.t in the extend subdirectory of the directory where you installed

SilkTest.

Now, you're ready to run the test CheckDeletePages; continue to Step 11: Running the test that uses

native methods.

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Step 11: Running the test that uses native methods

Note At this point, we assume that the test script file pages2.t is open.

To run the testcase CheckDeletePages:

With pages2.t as the active window, select Run/Run. SilkTest runs the test, restoring the sample JFC

Test Application to its base state and interacting with the application. You'll notice that Tab 2 is deleted

and, then, Tab 3 is selected. The testcase passes.

Congratulations! You have completed the Java JFC/Swing tutorial. Next, you might want to explore

"Setting up to test Java applets" and "Overview of testing standalone Java applications" in the online

Help.