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Test case generator requests are submitted using an HTML form. The request may have a title and names for the factors on the first lines. It contains at least one partition with at least one block of factor values lines, as shown below.

In the configuration example the test system has five test factors with values as follows.

Test Factor	Number of Values	Test Factor Values
1. Operating system	2	XP Vista
2. Display resolution	3	low medium high
3. Connection	4	wi-fi dsl cable lan
4. Browser	4	IE Firefox Opera Safari
5. Application	3	App1 App2 App3

The request for this example is shown in the yellow background below.

Configuration Example
Operating System
Display resolution
Connection
Browser
Application
#
XP Vista
low medium high
wi-fi dsl cable lan
IE Firefox Opera Safari
App1 App2 App3

The first line names the request. Each of the next five lines labels the test factors of the system. The pound (#) character at the beginning of the seventh line indicates the start of a partition. The partition has one block, with a factor values line for each of the five factors. The block defines a set of possible test cases formed by all combinations of these factor values. Any combination of values in the block is allowed.

If the partition had multiple blocks, as in the constraints example, the request also would have one or more lines beginning with the plus (+) character to indicate the start of a new block, followed by five more factor values lines:
Constraints Example Operating System Display resolution Connection Browser Application # + (XP MacOS Linux Vista) with (Firefox Opera) XP MacOS Linux Vista low medium high wi-fi dsl cable lan Firefox Opera App1 App2 App3 + (XP Vista) with (IE Safari) XP Vista low medium high wi-fi dsl cable lan IE Safari App1 App2 App3 + MacOS with Safari MacOS low medium high wi-fi dsl cable lan Safari App1 App2 App3

If the request had a second partition, it would follow the first, with a pound (#) at the beginning of its first line. (The calendar example has two partitions, for normal and error test cases.)