automated testing tools (slightly OT)

[Richard Gaskin]

Mark Wieder wrote:
> Chris-
> 
> Wednesday, October 12, 2005, 10:07:26 AM, you wrote:
> 
> 
>>This is probably a little bit off topic, but I'm wanting to find out
>>if any of you are using any type of automated testing tools with  
>>Revolution.  I'm thinking something like scripts or whatever that  
>>will perform tasks that your end-users would perform.  Does anything
>>like that exist that can be used Revolution-built apps?
> 
> 
> Well, the big dogs in the Windows world won't work here. I tried both
> WinRunner and SilkTest and they both have the same results: since
> runrev doesn't use "standard" OS controls, all you can see is a single
> window with essentially a bitmap. You can send mouseclicks to a given
> location, but can't see any results.

Do you know offhand how this affects screen readers, such as those use 
for the blind?

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