>>Hi Dave,
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>>I think you misunderstood my question. We have VFP 5.0 product, our QA department is looking for tools for VFP so we can automate the QA testing process.
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>>Thanks
>>Steve
>
>Steve,
>Most automated testing tools will not work with VFP. VFP does not implement controls as windows. The automated test tools rely on being able to get the handle to the control's window to manipulate it and they can't with VFP.
>
>I've only seen one tool that claimed to support VFP. It used another PC to drive the keyboard and mouse of the test machine and monitored the video output to detect what was happening on the screen. I can't remember who made it but it might have been Mercury Interactive.

PMFJI: There IS a new tool for automating testing, such as for regression testing, called ARACHNE, from DesignMind, Inc. in SF. Even MS is impressed. It ain't cheap, but its the ONLY one that works directly with VFP. Smart Folks. Contact mark@designmind.com. Tell him Rob sent you...

HTH

Rob