Segue Software introduces advanced software testing support for PowerBuilder applications.Inc. today announced enhanced support for the PowerBuilder development tool from Powersoft Corporation (company) Powersoft Corporation - A leading vendor of client/server application development tools. In February 1994, Watcom became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Powersoft Corporation which merged with Sybase on 13 February 1995. . The PowerBuilder Extension to Segue's QA Partner provides advanced testing capabilities beyond those available through Powersoft's test applications programming interface (TAPI (Telephony API) A programming interface from Microsoft and Intel that is part of Microsoft's WOSA architecture. It allows Windows client applications to access voice services on a server. ). QA Partner, which recently received a PowerBuilder Developer's Journal Seal of Excellence , can now automatically drive and interrogate all of the PowerBuilder Data Window components to provide point-and-click record/playback functionality. This breakthrough permits QA and development professionals to treat Powersoft objects just like any other standard object, enabling more thorough testing without having to rely solely on the information supplied in the TAPI. "QA Partner is now the only the tool that can verify both the attribute definition and the actual value displayed to the user," said Tim Perkins, Segue's vice president of marketing. "For example, a customer building a payroll application can verify not only the formulas that calculate total salaries, but also confirm that those salaries displayed on the screen total correctly. QA Partner now enables verification of the actual result, not merely the code that is intended to create the result. Other PowerBuilder testing tools can only interrogate the attributes of the Data Window behind the screen, but fail to verify the information that is actually being displayed to the user." The release also includes a dramatically enhanced user interface that further improves ease-of-use and permits full point-and-click creation of PowerBuilder test scripts. Perkins said, "Segue's commercial customers are finding they require the robustness and depth of flexibility that Segue has been providing to independent software vendors for years. With the increased power and ease-of-use of QA Partner -- and the introduction of seamlessly integrated test management with QA Planner -- commercial customers are increasingly using Segue's testing technology with their mainstream application development tools." "Segue views Powersoft as a key marketing partner and customer," said Perkins. "Segue works closely with Powersoft to ensure testing across multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. . QA Partner is the only test tool vendor that will support all current and future operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. supported by Powersoft, enabling cross-platform testing for PowerBuilder developers." Pricing and Availability PowerBuilder support will be available January 15 on Windows 3.1 at no extra charge beyond the price of QA Partner, and will be available on Windows 95, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). following the release of PowerBuilder 5.0 on those platforms. About Segue Software Segue Software Incorporated (NASDAQ: SEGU) is a leader in quality optimization solutions through their automated software testing products like SilkTest. Segue was founded in 1988. The company has 200 employees worldwide and over $30 million in annual revenue. Segue Software develops, markets and supports the QA Partner and QA Planner line of testing products, which enables the rapid development and re-use of automated software tests across more than 25 platforms. QA Partner is currently used by more than 6,500 software quality professionals worldwide. Headquartered in Newton Centre, Massachusetts Newton Centre is a village of Newton, Massachusetts. The main commercial center of "Newton Centre" is at the intersection of Beacon Street and Centre Street. Newton City Hall is located at 1000 Commonwealth Avenue in Newton Centre. Centre vs. , Segue also has offices in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Atlanta, and Dallas, and distribution offices throughout Europe, Canada, and Australia. Segue's 90-plus employees provide automated testing (testing) automated testing - Software testing assisted with software tools that require no operator input, analysis, or evaluation. products and consulting services to organizations developing client/server software applications. Segue Software offers corporate and product information through its World Wide Web site, located at http://www.segue.com. -0- QA Partner is a registered trademark of Segue Software, and QA Planner is a trademark of Segue Software. All other system and product names are either trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Chris Carroll, Carroll & Associates (508) 385-6050 Carrollpr@aol.com |
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