From: truediogen@... (Vladimir) Date: 2001-12-20T07:08:15+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:29011] Re: test-first "John Roth" wrote in message news:... > The thing is, if you can write a program that launches another program, > takes over the mouse and keyboard (and game device, etc.), and > can take a screen shot periodically, then it can analyze the contents of > the screen shot(s) and determine whether what it expected actually > happened. This would be a lot easier for a standard dialog box > application than a game, but the principle is the same. Having some test automation experience I wouldn't recommend anybody doing that. Far better to rewrite whole application to get it auto-testable or even better just sit down and test it manually. ---- Best Wishes, Vladimir