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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Applicant:
James Grey, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Inventor:
James Grey, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
National Instruments Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for enabling execution stop and re-start of a test executive sequence or hierarchy of test executive sequences. Execution progress of a test executive sequence or test executive sequence hierarchy may be periodically stored. This may comprise performing or taking 'snapshots' of the execution at various points during the execution. Performing a snapshot may comprise saving all data needed to restore and re-start the execution at the respective point. The criteria of when and where to perform the snapshots may be any of various criteria and may be specified in any of various ways.