Directory of files used for test

1. Open the project description: on the "Project" pane, in the "Project" group, click "Description".
2. In the "Files" tab, select the location of test files:
   • Directory of the current configuration or current directory: The data files used will be in the subdirectory corresponding to the project configuration (subdirectory of the project EXE directory).
   • Specific directory: The data files will be found in the specified directory.
   • Directory of the application data (recommended when using the application in Windows XP, Windows Vista and later). This directory is different if the data is common to all the application users or if the data is specific to each user.

1. Open the description window of the User Groupware: on the "Project" pane, in the "Project" group, click "User groupware".
2. Display the "Files" tab.

Runtime directory

1. On the "Project" pane, in the "Test mode" group, expand "Test mode" and select "Configure the test mode".
2. In the window that is displayed, expand "Advanced modes (Windows Vista, UAC, ...)".
3. In the "Runtime directory" tab, check "Start the test mode in the actual runtime directory: ".
4. Select the requested runtime directory.
5. The data files that will be taken into account are the data files found in the directories specified:
   • in the project description.
   • in the description of the user groupware if the user groupware is used by the application.
6. Click the "Copy the files" button. For each data file, you can choose the directory into which this file must be copied:
   • a directory proposed by default:
     • <RuntimeDir>: Standard runtime directory of the application. This directory is identical to the one chosen in the "Runtime directory" tab.
     • <DirDataUser>: Standard directory of the application data for a specific user. In Windows XP/Vista, this directory has the following format: "C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Application Data\<Company Name>\<Application Name>".
     • <DirCommonData>: Standard directory of application data for all users of the same computer. In Windows XP/Vista, this directory has the following format: "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\<Company Name>\<Application Name>".
     • <GlobalDirUser>: Standard directory of the data shared by several applications for a specific user. In Windows XP/Vista, this directory has the following format: "C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Application Data".
     • <GlobalDirCommon>: Standard directory of data shared by several applications for all users of the same computer. In Windows XP/Vista, this directory has the following format: "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data".
   • in a directory selected via the picker ([...] option).

Vista manifest

• No manifest
• No privileges
• Maximum user privileges
• Administrator privileges
• Versions 21 and later
  Like in generation. This option allows you to automatically re-use the manifest characteristics specified during the last generation of application.
  New in version 21
  Like in generation. This option allows you to automatically re-use the manifest characteristics specified during the last generation of application.
  Like in generation. This option allows you to automatically re-use the manifest characteristics specified during the last generation of application.

Other user account

• the use of a runtime directory. For Windows Vista, the runtime directory and the data directory must correspond to the Vista standards.
• the use of a manifest (if your development computer runs on XP).

1. Create (if necessary) one or more users on your computer. New users can be created from the control panel of Windows ("User accounts").
2. In the "Other user account" tab, specify the characteristics of the user: Name, Password, Domain.
3. The next application test will be run with this user.