Method and apparatus for statically testing visual resources

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for detecting visual display Property inconsistencies between a target visual resource and a source visual resource by performing, in a computer system the steps of:

• storing display properties of the target and source visual resources within an internal data structure;
• extracting the target visual resource from a target application file;
• extracting the source visual resource from a source application file;
• non-visually comparing display properties, including size and position, of the target visual resource to display properties of the source visual resource for differences;
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• producing a list of differences between the target visual resource and the source visual resource.

In a computer system, a method for facilitating non-visually determining display anomalies within a target visual resource, the target visual resource resulting from translation of displayed text from a source visual resource and having a plurality of visual resource elements, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a set of visual resource test that may be performed with reference to at least the target visual resource;
• selecting a first visual resource element from the plurality of visual resource elements;
• selecting a second visual resource element from the plurality of visual resource elements;
• and
• non-visually comparing display properties of the first visual resource element with display properties of the second visual resource element in accordance with at least one of the set of visual resource tests to determine display anomalies.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for facilitating non-visually determining display anomalies within a target visual resource, the target visual resource resulting from translation of displayed text from a source visual resource and having a plurality of visual resource elements by performing, in a computer system, the steps of:

• providing a set of visual resource tests that may be performed with reference to at least the target visual resource;
• storing the display properties of the source visual resource and target visual resource elements within at least one internal data structure;
• extracting the target visual resource from a file containing an executable application;
• selecting a first visual resource element from the plurality of visual resource elements;
• selecting a second visual resource element from the plurality of visual resource elements;
• first non-visually comparing display properties of the first visual resource element with display properties of the second visual resource element to determine display anomalies, wherein the non-visually comparing display properties step includes performing at least one of the set of visual resource tests including an alignment test, an overlap test, a dialog initialization test and a fit test;
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• second non-visually comparing display properties of target and source visual resource elements stored within the internal data structure.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for facilitating non-visually determining display anomalies within a target visual resource, the target visual resource resulting from translation of displayed text from a source visual resource and having a plurality of visual resource elements by performing, in a computer system, the steps of:

• providing a set of visual resource tests that may be performed with reference to at least the target visual resource;
• selecting a first visual resource element from the plurality of visual resource elements;
• selecting a second visual resource element from the plurality of visual resource elements;
• and
• non-visually comparing display properties of the first visual resource element with display properties of the second visual resource element in accordance with at least one of the set of visual resource tests to determine display anomalies.

In a computer system, a framework for non-visually, statically analyzing a target visual resource for display errors without executing a target application containing the target visual resource, the framework comprising:

• a storage device containing the target application and a source application;
• a parser for extracting the target visual resource from the target application and a source visual resource from the source application;
• a command interface for receiving commands identifying a visual resource test to be performed;
• a result interface for indicating results of the test;
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• a visual resource analyzer for performing the identified visual resource test on the target visual resource with reference to the source visual resource.