2.2. Starting the Graphical Interface

To examine the tests in the test database, you can use QMTest's graphical user interface. To start the graphical user interface, use the qmtest gui command, like this:


> qmtest gui
  
You will see output similar to:

QMTest running at http://127.0.0.1:1158/test/dir



After a moment, a new web browser window will open, and you will see the QMTest graphical user interface (GUI). If a web browser window does not open, you will have to manually enter the URL that QMTest printed out (http://127.0.0.1:1158/test/dir in the example above) into your browser. Alterantively, you can edit your QM configuration file to tell QM how to invoke your browser and then start the GUI again.

The page you see in your browser shows the contents of the test database. You can see that there are three tests in the database, named exec0, exec1, and exec2. You can always click on the Home link in the upper-right corner to return to this page.

QMTest creates a traditional graphical user interface using your web browser. The black bar across the top of the browser window is QMTest's menu bar.