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InternationalJournalofSoftwareEngineering&Applications(IJSEA),Vol.3,No.1,January2012STUDYPAPERONTESTCASEGENERATIONFORGUIBASEDTESTINGIsabella1andEmiRetna21PGResearchScholar,SoftwareEngineeringGroup,SchoolofComputerScienceandTechnology,KarunyaUniversity,Coimbatore,[e-mail]2Head–ComputerTechnologyCentre,KarunyaUniversity,Coimbatore,[e-mail]ofWWWandoutburstintechnologyandsoftwaredevelopment,testingthesoftwarebecameamajorconcern.Duetotheimportanceofthetestingphaseinasoftwaredevelopmentlifecycle,testinghasbeendividedintographicaluserinterface(GUI)basedtesting,logicaltesting,integrationtesting,etc.GUITestinghasbecomeveryimportantasitprovidesmoresophisticatedwaytointeractwiththesoftware.ThecomplexityoftestingGUIincreasedovertime.Thetestingneedstobeperformedinawaythatitprovideseffectiveness,efficiency,increasedfaultdetectionrateandgoodpathcoverage.Tocoverallusecasesandtoprovidetestingforallpossible(success/failure)scenariosthelengthofthetestsequenceisconsideredimportant.IntentofthispaperistostudysometechniquesusedfortestcasegenerationandprocessforvariousGUIbasedsoftwareapplications.KEYWORDSGUITesting,Model-BasedTesting,TestCase,AutomatedTesting,EventTesting.1.INTRODUCTIONGraphicalUserInterface(GUI)isaprograminterfacethattakesadvantageofthecomputer'sgraphicscapabilitiestomaketheprogrameasiertouse.GraphicalUserInterface(GUI)providesuseranimmensewaytointeractwiththesoftware[1].ThemosteminentandessentialpartsofthesoftwarethatisbeingusedtodayareGraphicalUserInterfaces(GUIs)[8],[9].EventhoughGUIsprovidesuseraneasywaytousethesoftware,theymakethedevelopmentprocessofthesoftwaretangled[2].Graphicaluserinterface(GUI)testingistheprocessoftestingsoftware'sgraphicaluserinterfacetosafeguarditmeetsitswrittenspecificationsandtodetectifapplicationisworkingfunctionallycorrect.GUItestinginvolvesperformingsometasksandcomparingtheresultwiththeexpectedoutput.Thisisperformedusingtestcases.GUITestingcanbeperformedeithermanuallybyhumansorautomatic