Exiting TETware professional
You can exit TETware professional by:
- Using the "Exit" item in the File menu
- Use the system exit
- Or use keyboard shortcut Alt-E
Exiting the TETware professional is handled differently dependent on the way in which the exit is requested.
Please note: It is recommended that you should always exit
TETware professional via the "File" menu,
this is due to the way in which Frame exiting is handled in Java.
The different methods of exiting TETware professional are detailed below:
Exiting via the File menu
If you exit TETware professional via the File menu then the following checks are made:
Whether there are Test Runs currently executing
If there any Test Runs that are currently executing then a dialog box will be displayed
to confirm whether you wish to stop execution of the Test Runs. The Stop
executing test runs dialog box is displayed.
Once you click "OK" all executing Test Runs will be stopped. This may take some time
since TETware professional will perform a limited clean up of the Test Runs execution.
If any Test Runs are present in TETware professional
If there any Test Runs open in TETware professional you will be prompted to save the Test Runs, saving is
not mandatory but is advisable. The Confirm save test runs dialog box is displayed.
If you choose "OK" then all the Test Runs currently open in TETware professional
will be saved. If the
Test Runs have save files associated with them then they will be saved quietly to those files
and if not then the "Save As" dialog box will be displayed. For more information on saving
Test Runs click here.
If you choose either "No" or "Cancel" then no Test Runs will be saved and TETware professional
will exit.
The Java Interpreter will also exit.
Once the Test Runs have been stopped (if any are executing) and they have been saved, you will be
prompted to exit TETware professional with the Confirm exit from TETware professional
dialog box If you choose "Yes" in this dialog box then TETware professional will exit and the Java Interpreter will also
exit. If you choose "No" or "Cancel" then TETware professional will NOT exit.
Using the system exit
This method of exiting TETware professional is dangerous and not recommended if there any Test Runs currently
executing. There is no way to halt TETware professional closing once a system exit has been called.
This means that
TETware professional is not able to cancel the exit and must try and clean up any Test Runs before exit.
TETware professional will perform the following checks on exit:
Whether there are Test Runs currently executing
If there any Test Runs that are currently executing then a dialog box will be displayed
indicating that any currently executing Test Runs will be stopped. The
Stop test run execution dialog box is
displayed.
Once you click "OK" all executing Test Runs will be stopped. This may take some time
since TETware professional will perform a limited clean up of the Test Runs execution.
If any Test Runs are present in TETware professional
If there any Test Runs open in TETware professional you will be prompted to save the Test Runs, saving is
not mandatory but is advisable. The Confirm save test runs dialog box is displayed.
If you choose "OK" then all the Test Runs currently open in TETware professional
will be saved. If the
Test Runs have save files associated with them then they will be saved quietly to those files
and if not then the "Save As" dialog box will be displayed. For more information on saving
Test Runs click here.
If you choose either "No" or "Cancel" then no Test Runs will be saved and TETware professional
will exit.
The Java Interpreter will also exit.