Creating a Program

An ATEasy program is a module whose shortcut resides below the project/programs object in an ATEasy project.

To create a program module:

  1. Right-click the Programs folder in the ATEasy project and select New Program.

The new program appears under the Programs folder in the Workspace window and in a document frame in ATEasy's client area.

  1. Click the new program and type its actual name.

Below the program you see the program's sub modules:

 

Sub module

Description

Tests

The program's tasks and tests.

Forms

The program's user interface, the windows or dialogs that take user input and display output from test programs.

Commands

The program's commands, user-defined statements that call an attached procedure or I/O table.

Events

The program's events. ATEasy provides five types of built-in events: initialization, end, abort, error, and reset.

Procedures

The program's procedures, functions, or subroutines that can be called from a test or another program.

Variables

The variables that are used by the program.

Types

The data types that are used by the program.

Libraries

The libraries that are linked to the program. Types of libraries include ActiveX control, insertable object, DLL, and internal ATEasy libraries.

ATEasy also creates the program as a text file with the pgt extension under the selected directory.