Re: [lmi] Patches to run the tests with, or without, any password

[Boutin, Wendy]

Vadim Zeitlin wrote: 
[...]
>  This change also takes care of the failure in validate_output_mec test.
> However there is still one other test case which passes with the
> unutterable password, but fails without it: input_validation one. The
> reason for this is clear enough, in normal use trying to run
> CoiMultiplier.cns results in the following message box
> 
>       ---------------------------
>       Error
>       ---------------------------
>       Input validation problems for '':
>       Lowest COI multiplier entered is 0.85, but 1 is the lowest multiplier 
> allowed.
> 
>       [file .\input_realization.cpp, line 260]
> 
>       ---------------------------
>       OK
>       ---------------------------
> 
> instead of the expected, as described in the item 15 of the testing
> specification, one:
> 
>       ---------------------------
>       Error
>       ---------------------------
>       Input validation problems for '':
>       COI multiplier entered is '0', but it must contain at least one number 
> other than zero.
> 
>       [file .\input_realization.cpp, line 260]
> 
>       ---------------------------
>       OK
>       ---------------------------
> 
>  The only solution I see here is to check whether the password was given
> explicitly in the test. But even then I am not sure if the test should be
> skipped if it wasn't given, or just check for a different error message?

I think it's better to check for the second error message then to test whether
a password was used or not. It's a good validation check. I'm guessing Kim has 
run some of these tests without passwords in order to simulate that group of 
users when she's testing final distributions. 




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