Frequently Asked Questions

Usage Model

• I used prerequisites, but QMTest seems to have ignored them. When I run a test, the prerequisite test(s) are not run. Why not?

Capabilities

• Can QMTest be used to test a Graphical User Interface?

Usage Model

I used prerequisites, but QMTest seems to have ignored them. When I run a test, the prerequisite test(s) are not run. Why not?

If you explicitly run a test with a prerequisite, QMTest will not run the prerequisite test automatically. In other words, prerequisites are an optimization; when running both the prerequisite and the dependent test, QMTest will run them in the order you've implied, and can omit the dependent test if it is not useful. But, QMTest will not automatically force you to run the prerequisite tests when you want to run the dependent test.

The reference manual has more information about prerequisites.

Capabilities

Can QMTest be used to test a Graphical User Interface?

Yes, but you will have to write code to do that. QMTest is a general-purpose test execution tool. While it does contain some useful built-in test classes (which provide the ability to run external commands, for example), it does not contain any sophisticated GUI-testing abilities.

If you want to test a GUI with QMTest, you can create a test class that does what you need it to do by writing Python code to test the GUI, or you can create an external program that does the testing and then use QMTest's built-in test classes to invoke the external program.

The reference manual has more information about extending QMTest.