Systems Testing and Quality Assurance Techniques
Checklist: Graphical User Interface
| Test Type | Description | Purpose | Considerations | Variations |
| Transfer Functions | Navigate from each different window to all possible windows | Test interrelated processing between windows | – All Sequences?
– Important Combinations? – Negative – No Transfers |
Menu Bar-Mouseclick |
| RMB | ||||
| Toolbar | ||||
| Buttons – Push | ||||
| Buttons-Hot Key | ||||
| Buttons-Keyboard | ||||
| Menu Bar – Hot Keys | ||||
| Menu Bar – Keyboard | ||||
| Data Conditions for Window Transfer Functions | Test transfers with general (record level) data conditions | Test data row retrieval and transfer functions using data | – Different for list windows vs. one record display windows |
List window with no data |
| List window one record in list (row) | ||||
| List window >1 row – last row | ||||
| List window >1 row – not first or last row | ||||
| One row display window | ||||
| Select inquiry entity in list window (not from list) | ||||
| Verify Window Display Data | Verify inquiry data displays | Tests stored procedure/ GUI retrieval of data | Lists of Columns | |
| Single Row Display | ||||
| DropDownListBox- Contents | ||||
| DropDownListBox – Selection Retrieval | ||||
| Specific Data Retrieval Conditions- Max, Null, etc. | ||||
| Field Edit Formats | ||||
| Field Level Data Entry | Test data entry for a single column | Test GUI field edits | (PBEdit040’s within Data Windows) | Required Field – no data |
| Maximum Data Length | ||||
| Valid Value | ||||
| Invalid Value | ||||
| Invalid data format | ||||
| Row Data Maintenance | Test data row handling from GUI to database | Test stored procedure/GUI add/change/delete functions | Note: do an inquiry after update to verify database update | New |
| Change to non-key field | ||||
| Change to key field (delete and add) | ||||
| Delete | ||||
| Application Window Controls | Test Buttons, Scroll Bars and other windows types of controls |
Test GUI processing | – Controls which do transfers are under transfer functions
– Retrieve or OK which retrieves need to do inquiry to do data check of – Link,Unlink, Change, Delete need to do inquiry to check database – New test will be for data entry in field |
Transfer Buttons
OK, Miscellaneous NEW |
| CLOSE/CANCEL | ||||
| RETRIEVE | ||||
| Database Updates LINK, UNLINK, CHANGE, DELETE | ||||
| Data Entry – NEW Radio Buttons | ||||
| Scroll Bars (Vertical/Horizontal) | ||||
| Standard Window Controls/Functions | Window Control Menu | |||
| Max, Min, | ||||
| Print Functions (Print, Printer Setup) |
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| Edit Functions (Cut, Copy, Paste) |
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| Window Functions (Previous Window, Close All, Open Window List, Tile, Layer, Cascade) |
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| Application HELP | Microhelp | |||
| Balloon Notes | ||||
| Help- Index | ||||
| Help-Table of Contents | ||||
| Help-Jump Words | ||||
| Help-Text | ||||
| Miscellaneous Application Specific | Job Status | |||
| Online Report/s | ||||
| Informational Windows – Content | ||||
| Informational Windows – Button |
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| Fatal Application Errors |
