.CENTER GETTING STARTED WITH SCRIPT AND TDL .P THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD DO IS READ THE MANUALS FOR SCRIPT AND TDL. ONCE YOUR ARE FAMILAR WITH THE DOCUMENTATION, YOU CAN FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW TO INSTALL THE PROGRAMS AND START TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THEM. .P THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES ON THE DISTRIBUTION TAPE. YOU CAN USE THESE TO DETERMINE IF THE PROGRAMS ARE WORKING PROPERLY ON YOUR SYSTEM AND AS EXAMPLES TO FOLLOW IN WRITING YOUR OWN FIRST SCRIPTS. THE FIRST THING YOU MUST DO IN TRYING THE EXAMPLES IS TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT ON YOUR SYSTEM FOR USER [1,98] WITH PASSWORD XXXX. (IF THIS NUMBER CAN NOT BE USED, YOU WILL HAVE TO EDIT THE SAMPLE SCRIPTS TO LOG IN UNDER A DIFFERENT NUMBER.) COPY ALL THE FILES ON THE DISTRIBUTION TAPE TO THE [1,98] DISK AREA. IF YOU USE BACKUP FOR THIS, BE SURE TO USE THE /R SWITCH OR YOU WILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH VARIOUS BASIC PROGRAMS THAT COPY SOME OF THESE FILES. NEXT PRINT THE SAMPLE SCRIPTS (ALL FILES WITH EXTENSION .SCP) AND LOOK THROUGH THEM TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY DO. .P INITIALLY RUN SCRIPT IN DIALOG MODE (CARRIAGE RETURN TO SCRIPT WHEN IT PRINTS THE ASTERISK.) TRY EACH OF THE SAMPLE SCRIPTS, OR AS MANY AS YOU CARE TO, AND LOOK OVER THE LOG FILES TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. IF YOU ARE CONFIDENT THAT SCRIPT IS WORKING PROPERLY, YOU MIGHT LIKE TO TRY AN EXAMPLE USING A CONTROL FILE (E.G. EDIT1.CTL). PRINT OUT THE CONTROL FILE TO SEE WHAT IT DOES. THEN RUN SCRIPT AND SPECIFY THAT FILE AS THE CONTROL FILE WHEN SCRIPT PRINTS THE ASTERISK. ONCE AGAIN YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE LOG FILE TO BE SURE IT WORKED PROPERLY. .P ONCE YOU ARE CONFIDENT ABOUT USING SCRIPT YOU MAY WANT TO GO ON TO TDL. TDL GIVES YOU A WAY TO CONSTRUCT MORE COMPLEX TESTS USING SCRIPTS AS THE BASIC COMPONENTS. PRINT OUT THE SAMPLE TDL PROGRAM, TEST.TDL, AND AGAIN, TAKE SOME TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WILL BE DOING. USE THE PROGRAM, TDL, TO PROCESS THE SAMPLE FILE AND PRODUCE A BASIC PROGRAM AS OUTPUT. WHEN TDL FINISHES, YOU WILL HAVE A RUNABLE BASIC PROGRAM WITH THE NAME THAT YOU SPECIFIED FOR TDL'S OUTPUT. RUN THIS PROGRAM JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BASIC PROGRAM, AND IT WILL TYPE OUT THE COMMANDS THAT IT GIVES TO SCRIPT AND ALL OF THE OUTPUT THAT SCRIPT SENDS BACK TO IT. ONCE YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY RUN THIS TEST, YOU SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE TO START PRODUCING AND RUNNING YOUR OWN TESTS WITH SCRIPT AND TDL.