Manual Test

Testing an application often requires manual intervention. For example, an engineer may need to make a hardware change or record information during the test, such as user interface behavior or application metrics and code coverage. Manual testing in Visual Studio 2005 addresses these requirements.

Manual tests can be placed in an ordered test run to be executed at the appropriate time. For example, a manual test that records a metric can be executed after the first portion of the application has run.

To ensure the success of manual tests, the tester typically requires detailed and clear instructions and guidance. To facilitate this, a template is created for each manual test. The test creator can edit this template in their editor of choice, including the Visual Studio IDE, Microsoft Word 2003, or a text editor.

To view this functionality, create a new manual test in Visual Studio 2005 Team Test Edition.

Editing a manual test template in Microsoft Office Word 2003