Method and apparatus for creating reference images for an automated test of software with a graphical user interface

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions configured when executed to perform a method for updating a test description for an automated computer test, the automated test being configured, when executed, to cause a test computer system to communicate with a system under test comprising one or more computer programs being executed upon a computer device, wherein the test description is configured to be executed by a test program to cause the test computer system to perform an automated computer test by comparing a received image from a GUI of the system under test with one or more reference images to identify an expected image, wherein the method comprises:

• a) receiving a user input representative of the selection of at least one pixel of a desired reference image from a GUI of a system under test;
• and
• b) automatically obtaining the desired reference image by:
• c) identifying one or more correlations between the at least one selected pixel and one or more adjacent pixels of the GUI of the system under test to determine a group of pixels corresponding to the desired reference image;
• d) determining the image boundaries of the desired reference image based the determined group of pixels and/or any identified correlations;
• e) capturing the desired reference image delimited by the determined image boundaries;
• and
• f) updating the test description with the captured reference image.

A computer system comprising:

• a processing device, a storage device and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions configured to perform, when executed, a method for updating a test description for an automated computer test, the automated test being configured, when executed, to cause a test computer system to communicate with a system under test comprising one or more computer programs being executed upon a computer device, wherein the test description is configured to be executed by a test program to cause the test computer system to perform an automated computer test by comparing a received image from a GUI of the system under test with one or more reference images to identify an expected image, wherein the method comprises:
• a) receiving a user input representative of the selection of at least one pixel of a desired reference image from a GUI of a system under test;
• and
• b) automatically obtaining the desired reference image by:
• c) identifying one or more correlations between the at least one selected pixel and one or more adjacent pixels of the GUI of the system under test to determine a group of pixels corresponding to the desired reference image;
• d) determining the image boundaries of the desired reference image based the determined group of pixels and/or any identified correlations;
• e) capturing the desired reference image delimited by the determined image boundaries;
• and
• f) updating the test description with the captured reference image.