Borland International, Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation

Borland Software Corporation

Inprise Corporation

Integrity Qa Software, Inc.

Robert W Warfield

Murray K Low

Charles R Anderson

Istvan Cseri

Weikuo Liaw

Alan M Bush

John Santee

Daniel Jonathan Rosenberg

Techniques for generating maps of graphical user interfaces of applications are provided. An application mapper programmatically executes an application to generate a map of the graphical user interface of the application. The map can include windows, graphical user interface objects, actions, shortcuts, and transitions. The map can be utilized by a script generator to generate scripts that include instructions to test the application.

Techniques for mapping graphical user interfaces of applications

An electronic spreadsheet system of the present invention includes a notebook interface having a plurality of notebook pages, each of which may contain a spread of information cells, or other desired page type (e.g., Graphs page). Methods are provided for rapidly accessing and processing information on the different pages, including displaying a plurality of page identifiers for selecting individual pages, and further including a preferred syntax for referencing information. Additional methods are provided for editing cells and blocks of cells.

System and methods for improved spreadsheet interface with user-familiar objects

Multi-tab dialog interface for a display screen of a computer

Tabbed notebook interface for an electronic spreadsheet for a computer

System and methods for improved spreadsheet interface with user-familiar

A method of testing a software module using a genetic algorithm to generate a best test script is provided. The software module has a number of possible states. A set of state machines is created which represent a definition for either a user interface or an application program interface (API) of the software module in terms of the possible states. From the state machines, a set of test cases is automatically generated, such that each test case consists of code for manipulating the user interface or API. A genetic algorithm creates populations of test scripts from the test cases, in which each test script includes a number of test cases. Each test script from each successive generation of test scripts is executed by applying the script as input to the software module. A code coverage analyzer provides a measure of code coverage to the genetic algorithm for each test script. The genetic algorithm uses the measure of code coverage as a fitness value in generating future populations of test scripts and in determining a best script.

Automatic software testing tool

An electronic spreadsheet system includes a notebook interface having a plurality of notebook pages, each of which may contain a spread of information cells, or other desired page type (e.g., Graphs page). Methods are provided for rapidly accessing and processing information on the different pages, including displaying a plurality of page identifiers for selecting individual pages, and further including a preferred syntax for referencing information. Additional methods are provided for editing cells and blocks of cells.

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Aptos, CA, United States of America

Robert W Warfield