Hi On 2/2/07, Elks, Loren <lelks at exstream.com> wrote: > Is anyone aware of a tool that can go through an application and harvest > screenshots of all menus and dialog boxes? Then, would it be able to compare > screenshots of the last version to indicate where changes have occurred on > the GUI?
I don't know about the harvesting, etc., but Total Commander is absolutely amazing when it comes to comparing files. I call it my Feng Shui tool. You can compare many different types of files (don't dare say all types, but it's been all types for me so far). If you compare files that are different and they are not pure text files, then it gets messy (if not impossible) to read the differences. In those cases, it should be sufficient to know they are different and that you have to deal with them. Shareware: http://www.ghisler.com/ Some people get stars in their eyes when they talk about Total Commandor... I am still at the novice level. Another tool you can use for comparison is http://www.clonespy.com/. I know nothing about them. This was just recommended today in a newsletter. It compares on the basis of the checksum. Another tool that brings out stars in the eyes of some people is Emacs. I don't know how it would deal with graphics. Again, I am a novice Emacs user, using it on Windows. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ I have to agree with Richard Combs. I cannot see how you can avoid some sort of manual check. You might need a critical thinker who can say that the picture is slightly different, but is actually OK in this case. And there should be editing function that goes through everything anyway at some point. Still, I hope this tool suggestions can help in some way. regards, Karen Mardahl