Tosca Base Engine is used for executing automated TestCases. Visual Basic 6.0 skills and a basic knowledge of Tosca are required for using this engine.
In Tosca Commander™, the test cases are managed business-based. The Tosca Base Engine receives business-based test case information and activates the steering of the test target. The actual steering is conducted by the corresponding engines.
Engines may be extended for customer-specific needs. There are two options for these extensions:
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If only some screen controls need to be modified, specific Keywords can be created (see chapter "BASE I Keywords").
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If individual control steerings have to be developed or if customer-specific implementations would require massive engine modifications, CustomEngines can be developed for the existing engine (see chapter "BASE I Custom engines").
Procedure for executing automated TestCases
If a test case is executed in Tosca, the business-based test information stored in Tosca Commander™ is exported to an XML file (see chapter "BASE I Business layer") and is passed on to the engine.
The engine arranges the execution information in an object tree (see chapter "BASE I Engine object model") and subsequently executes this tree structure from top to bottom to run different steering commands.
Technical range of the engine
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Engine.dll is a COM.dll which encapsulates the required classes. The Engine.dll file uses a set of basic objects (e.g. Services.dll, etc.).
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Executor.exe is an executable file which is started for test execution and uses Engine.dll.
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ToscaWizard.exe is an executable file, which starts Tosca Wizard for scanning definition data.
Tosca Base Engine has no control logic. The control logic is technology-specific and is therefore implemented in specific engines (Tosca HTML Engine, Java Engine, etc). From a technical point of view these are VB OCX files.