Posts Tagged ‘BlueZone’

SmarteSuite Now Available for Legacy “Green Screen” Users

Friday, September 4th, 2009

On September 3, SmarteSoft and BlueZone Software announced a combined solution that gives enterprises that develop and maintain legacy “green screen” applications on IBM System z and System i access to a game-changing suite of test automation software. By including BlueZone in SmarteSoft’s SmartScript and SmartX applications, the firms are extending support of testing applications which help to break down the walls between software development, quality assurance, and business analysis teams for “green screen”-reliant projects.

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Old School

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Many of us are tasked with daily testing of applications,

WebSite Check
C++ App Check
>net widget Check
CICS Che…huh?

Automated testing and 3270? How are we supposed to do that?  The traditional way would be to approach server side scripting, or even to look at automated tools that allow you to map screen position to the start point of a field.  Some tools even allow you to send tabs and keys–but are they really maintainable?

Enter a new option.

SmarteSoft has entered into a partnership with Rocket Software to deliver BlueZone as a part of the solution.  Through this partnership SmarteSoft’s SmarteScript tool is able to “see” the fields in a CICS type application as though they were input fields in a browser or desktop app.  This allows the full power of automation to be applied to the data driven functional test of legacy applications.

As the 3270 user is well aware, what terminal emulation application you use does not affect the outcome of the transaction.  SmarteSoft provides a license for the BlueZone product with each license of SmarteScript.  Users who are currently using other solutions will find BlueZone easy to use–and you can’t beat the deal.

Our primary goal was to bring legacy system testing into the current world.  No more mapping, no more server scripts.  His is fully automated, data driven testing where it was just not possible before.

See for yourself!