VSNetCom User's Guide A guide to using the Network Computer Rendition Test Suite Developed for The Open Group by MACS, Inc.

Introduction

This manual is designed to get a new user up and running with the VSNetCom test suite as quickly as possible. Fortunately, this is not difficult. Before you read any further, be sure of the following:

You have a Network Computer implementation at your disposal (you are likely using it right now).
The Network Computer is capable of displaying (at least) 256 colors.
The Network Computer has a screen resolution of (at least) 640 x 480.
You either already know your username and password for the test suite, or are prepared to create a new one.

Assuming the above is accurate, let's proceed.

Logging-in

Each time you use the test system, you will be required to log in using your username and password. Many browsers remember authentication tokens for some indeterminate period of time (e.g. for the life of the browser process). If your browser is one of these, you may be asked for a username and password only when you enter the system. For other implementations, you may be asked more often.

Starting a Test Session

When you select the Create or Run a Test Session option of the main menu, you will initiate the following sequence:

If you don't have any test sessions, you can create a complete test session or create a custom test session.
A new test session will be created. Test sessions are numbered from 0001. You can also provide an arbitrary name for your test session.
Once the test session is created, you can execute it, review it, or manage it. For now we will execute it.
When you select execute you will be shown the first test without a result.
Upon answering the question(s), you will be shown the next test page.
This continues until all test pages for this test session are exhausted.

Note that you can skip out of the test session at any time, and continue the test session execution later. You can also skip individual tests and re-run those later, or re-run individual tests that failed (e.g. after repairing the implementation).

Managing your Test Sessions

If you select the manage option for a test session, you will be presented with a screen from which you can choose to change the name of a test session, delete the test session, clear the results of the test session, copy the test session to a new, blank test session, or, if you are a licensed user of the test suite, provide reasons for test failures and submit the results of a test session to The Open Group for branding review.

Reviewing Test Results

Once you have completed execution of one or more test sessions, you can review the results. You do this through the Review Test Results option from the main menu. When reviewing results, you have the following options:

You can review a summary of the results for a specific test session.
You can see the detailed results for a specific test session.
You can compare the results from two test sessions.

Summary

The Test System is designed for ease of use. While there are more options than those described herein, these are sufficient for getting started. There is nothing you could do that would crash the system, so feel free to experiment with other options as you get familiar with it.