Microsoft® Local Test Manager (LTM) is a stand-alone conformance testing tool that can be used with different applications, using a variety of APIs, written in numerous programming languages. Examples of testing configurations might include a Microsoft Visual Basic® ADO application connecting to Microsoft SQL Server™ through the native provider, or a Microsoft Visual J++® application invoking the OLE DB Provider for Microsoft Jet and the OLE DB Persistence Provider.
Using LTM, you can test OLE DB interface specification conformance for a particular OLE DB provider. Standard tests accompany LTM, but you can also run your own complete test suites and modules and any specific test cases within those modules. You can customize tests to identify and isolate specific interfaces and providers and their interaction with a variety of consumers. You can then analyze the results to see whether your implementations match the OLE DB specification. Test suites can be saved and reused to provide consistent conformance test runs.
Conformance tests performed using LTM are meant to be only one part of the entire test battery of a provider. The tests do not allow checking for performance, stress scenarios, low resource conditions, multiuser cases, or provider-specific behaviors.
For detailed information about how to use the Local Test Manager testing tool, see the LTM online help. (Open LTM.exe, open the Help menu, and then click Help Topics.)
| For information about | See |
| Documentation of OLE DB Test Tools | "What's New" in the OLE DB Testing Overview |
| Conformance testing issues | "Conformance Testing in OLE DB" |
| Building conformance tests | "Conformance Testing in OLE DB" |
| QuikTest test module | "QuikTest Test Module" |