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Multi-user application program testing tool

  • US 6,002,871 A
  • Filed: 10/27/1997
  • Issued: 12/14/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-readable medium having program code stored thereon for simulating, from a single computer executing said program code, the interactions of real users with an application program of the type that is deployed on a server computer for access by said users over a network, said program code comprising:

  • a command module containing a plurality of commands specific to an application program under test, each command comprising instructions for causing said single computer to simulate interaction by a real user with a different user function of said application program under test, each command having a unique name assigned thereto, the command module being rewritable and customizable for simulating user interactions with the user functions of different application programs; and

    a core module independent of the command module and comprising instructions for causing said single computer to execute concurrently, on each of a plurality of different client connections to the application program under test, a series of command module commands specified by name in a test script, whereby concurrent, multi-user interaction with said application program under test is simulated.

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