VB6 Automated Test Tools

[RJW@Pru]

Hi, I am looking for a test tool that can be used to automate parts of the
testing of our VB6 legacy systems. We are looking for a tool that can be
used in a similar manner to JUnit on the Java platform. At a high level we
would like a tool that can be used as an add-in for VB6 to allow developers
to test components within the IDE. Ideally the tool should also allow
testing to be fired off as part of a scripted build process. The type of
testing we would expect to run would be to check components (dll's) respond
as expected (regression type unit testing), as well as being easy to define
new tests during code development. We would also like to be able to check
the code against site standards, however this is less of a requirement to the
unit-test capacity.
Can anyone provide some suggestions please?

thanks.

[jahusoen]

Hi,

I used SimplyVBUnit, VBUnit and tools from AutomatedQA:

SimplyVBUnit (http://sourceforge.net/projects/simplyvbunit/):
It's free and there was a plug-in available anywhere (I'm sure).

VBUnit (http://www.vbunit.com):
Is not free anymore, but you can find earlier versions for free (try
google). Or you can buy the commercial version.

AutomatedQA TestComplete etc. (http://www.automatedqa.com):
Not free, not cheap, but very powerfull. You can do any test you like (unit,
load, web, interface ...) and you have access to the controls of your
application at runtime. It's a test suite where you write unit test in
ActiveX-exes and call the functionality of the test suite from within the
ActiveX. But unit-testing is only a very small part of the test suite. They
also provide AutomatedBuildStudio which integrates the tests into an
automated build. This is the most powerfull solution, but you need time to
learn it and some money to buy it.