JavaTest harness online help describes how to use the JavaTest harness to run test suites and evaluate test results. This page describes how to access online help and how to navigate through the help topics to find the information you want.
The JavaTest harness online help is also provided in the following PDF format documents available at doc/javatest/
in your TCK installation directory:
Throughout the JavaTest harness online help, the icon is used to identify additional information that may be required to fully understand a topic. In the PDF format this information is presented as Notes.
The following table describes user actions in the GUI that display online help and information about the JavaTest harness:
Action | Description |
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F1 key |
Press the F1 key to display information about the JavaTest harness window that has keyboard focus.
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Help menu |
The Help menu lists the available online documentation. In addition to documentation provided by the JavaTest harness, test suites can also provide online documentation. The JavaTest harness lists the JavaTest harness documentation followed by any documentation provided by the test suite. Choose Help -> JavaTest Online Help from the menu bar to display the online documentation for the GUI. To display the help page for the window that has focus (such as the Test Manager window), choose Help -> window_name from the menu bar. Use the navigators in the Help viewer's left pane to locate specific information. |
Help buttons | Click the Help button in a dialog box for information about how to use that dialog box. |
You can also display online help without starting the JavaTest harness. See Information Commands for detailed information.
The following table describes the tabs in the left pane of the help viewer that are used to navigate through the help information.
Tab | Description |
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Contents | Table of contents. Topics are organized by task (where possible). Topics displayed in the right pane are highlighted in the table of contents. You can also add pages from the Contents to the Bookmarks section of the Help viewer. See Bookmarks for detailed information. |
Index | Keyword index. Index entries are listed in alphabetical order. To search for entries, enter a string of characters in the Find field and press Return. If the string is found in the index, it is highlighted (press Return again to repeat the search). |
Glossary | Glossary. Glossary entries are listed in alphabetical order. You can scroll through the list or search for a term. To search for a term, enter a string of characters in the Find field and press Return. If the term is found in the glossary, it is highlighted in the list and its definition is displayed. Press Return to repeat the search. |
Search |
Full-text search. Type a natural language phrase in the Find field and press return. A ranked list of topics is returned with the following information:
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Bookmarks |
You can add a topic from the Contents to the Bookmarks section of the Help viewer. Click the topic name in the Contents tab and then click the Bookmarks button ![]() |