Choose the Compare menu item to manually compare test
results to benchmark files.
DTM will not complete the comparison process
automatically for any of the following reasons:
o You chose the option not to compare when you created
the collection
o A test in the collection is only partially run
o Some of the tests in the collection do not run
In any of these cases, you need to compare the test
results manually before you can review the results.
1 – t_cdb
Use the Compare dialog box to specify the collections you want to compare and to choose comparison options.
1.1 – t_cdb_c
Use the Collection field to enter the names of the collections you want to compare. You can specify collections to DTM by first selecting (highlighting) them in an active collection view window, or by explicitly specifying them in the Collection field by specifying a collection name.
1.2 – t_cdb_tp
Use the Comparison Type buttons to control the type of comparison that DTM carries out. The Default button causes DTM to default to the comparison setting you chose for each test when you created it. The remaining three buttons produce a comparison that is screen by screen (default for interactive terminal and DECwindows tests), record by record (default for noninteractive tests) or character by character. By clicking on one of the remaining three buttons, you cause DTM to compare all tests in the collection using the specified comparison type, no matter what the individual test comparison setting might be.
1.3 – t_cdb_df
Use the Full and Parallel buttons and the Width field to modify the content and format of a printed difference file for noninteractive tests.
1.4 – t_cdb_fl
Click on the Full button to modify the contents of a printed difference file for noninteractive tests. When the button is enabled, DTM includes in the difference file a complete listing of the text that is identical, as well as a listing of the differences DTM encounters when it compares the result file to the benchmark file. When the button is disabled, DTM includes only a listing of differences.
1.5 – t_cdb_pl
Use the Parallel button to modify the format of a printed difference file for noninteractive tests. When the Parallel button is enabled, DTM places the lines that do not match from the result and benchmark files side by side in the difference file. When the Parallel button is disabled, DTM places the benchmark lines above and the corresponding result lines below in the difference file.
1.6 – t_cdb_wd
Use the Width field to specify the width of the difference file's output. The minimum width is 48 columns, the maximum width is 511 columns, and the default is 132 columns.
1.7 – t_cdb_ig
The Ignore buttons enable you to specify that various
aspects of benchmark and result files are to be ignored
during comparison.
The following buttons and their effects apply to
noninteractive and interactive terminal tests, only.
Button Result
Case Ignores any differences between the case
of alphabetic characters (A,a,B,b, . . . )
Form-feeds Ignores form-feed characters
Spacing Treats multiple blanks and tabs as a
single space
Leading Ignores leading blanks and tabs
blanks
Trailing Ignores trailing blanks and tabs
blanks
The following button and its effect applies to
DECwindows tests only.
Button Result
Mask Ignores masked areas defined on
DECwindows benchmark images
1.8 – t_cdb_se
Use the Skip Text fields to enter a pair of strings used to delimit a section of text to be ignored during the comparison of result and benchmark files for noninteractive tests. The delimiters can be up to 256 characters per line, and must be unique. Any text between and including the delimiters is ignored by DTM.
1.9 – t_cdb_ap
Click on the OK button to apply the current settings in the dialog box and remove the dialog box. The border on this button indicates that it is the default choice. You can also choose the default by pressing the RETURN or ENTER key.
1.10 – t_cdb_cn
Click on the Cancel button to remove the dialog box without applying any of the settings to the selection.