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Well this post is about tips on various topics. I will try to cover as many as i have in mind and would try to
summarize the tips that people have given on the forum
Data Table
Usage:
DataTable("Column Name",dtGlobalSheet) for Global data sheet
DataTable("Column Name",dtLocalSheet) for Local data sheet
If we change any thing in the Data Table at Run-Time the data is changed only in the run-time data table.
The run-time data table is accessible only through then test result. The run-time data table can also be
exported using DataTable.Export or DataTable.ExportSheet
• Well you can't do it normally but you can use Excel COM API's do the same. Below code will explain
some expects of Excel COM APIs
code:
Set xlApp=Createobject("Excel.Application")
set xlWorkBook=xlApp.workbooks.add
set xlWorkSheet=xlWorkbook.worksheet.add
xlWorkSheet.Range("A1:B10").interior.colorindex = 34 'Change the color of the cells
xlWorkSheet.Range("A1:A10").value="text" 'Will set values of all 10 rows to "text"
xlWorkSheet.Cells(1,1).value="Text" 'Will set the value of first row and first col
SMART Identification
Smart Identification is nothing but an algorithm used by QTP when it is not able to recognize one of the
object. A very generic example as per the
QTP manual would be, A photograph of a 8 year old girl and boy and QTP records identification
properties of that girl when she was 8, now when both are 10 years old then QTP would not be able to
recognize the girl. But there is something that is still the same that is there is only one girl in the
photograph. So it kind of PI (Programmed intelligence) not AI.
Descriptive Programming
Descriptive programming is nothing but a technique using which operations can be performed on the AUT
object, which are not present in the OR. For more details refer to
http://bondofus.tripod.com/QTP/DP_in_QTP.doc (right click and use save as...)
Recovery Scenarios
recovery function defined in library file or restart windows. You can have a series of all the specified
actions.
Post-recovery operation: Basically defined what need to be done after the recovery action has been taken.
It could be to repeat the step, move
to next step etc....
QTP script but could occur in the world outside QTP, again the example would be "out of paper", as this
error is caused by printer device driver. "On
error resume next" should be used when you know if an error is expected and dont want to raise it, you
may want to have different actions
depending upon the error that occurred. Use err.number & err.description to get more details about the
error.
function to include a file at run-time also. To associate a library file with your script go to Test->Settings...
and add your library file to resources
tab.
When to associate a library file with a test and when to use execute file?
When we associate a library file with the test, then all the functions within that library are available to all
the actions present in the test. But
when we use Executefile function to load a library file, then the function are available in the action that
called executefile. By associated a library to
a test we share variables across action (global variables basically), using association also makes it possible
to execute code as soon as the script
runs because while loading the script on startup QTP executes all the code on the global scope. We can use
executefile in a library file associated
with the test to load dynamic files and they will be available to all the actions in the test.
Add-ins
change this property. But you can use WebElement().object.outerText="Something" to change the
property.
associated with it while a function can't. A function is just lines of code with some/none parameters and a
single return value while an action can
automation script i.e. a function like getting a string between to specific characters, now this is something
not specific to QTP and can be done on
pure VB Script, so this should be done in a function and not an action. Code specific to QTP can also be
put into an function using DP. Decision of
using function/action depends on what any one would be comfortable using in a given situation.
checkpoints depending on the type of data that needs to be tested in the AUT. It can be text, image/bitmap,
attributes, XML etc....
What's the difference between a checkpoint and output value?
Checkpoint only checks for the specific attribute of an object in AUT while Output value can output those
attributes value to a column in data
table.
How can i check if a checkpoint passes or not?
code:
chk_PassFail = Browser(...).Page(...).WebEdit(...).Check (Checkpoint("Check1"))
if chk_PassFail then
MsgBox "Check Point passed"
else
MsgBox "Check Point failed"
end if
<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]-->
My test fails due to checkpoint failing, Can i validate a checkpoint without my test failing due to
checpoint failure?
code:
Reporter.Filter = rfDisableAll 'Disables all the reporting stuff
chk_PassFail = Browser(...).Page(...).WebEdit(...).Check (Checkpoint("Check1"))
Reporter.Filter = rfEnableAll 'Enable all the reporting stuff
if chk_PassFail then
MsgBox "Check Point passed"
else
MsgBox "Check Point failed"
end if
<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]-->
Environment
How can i import environment from a file on disk
Environment.LoadFromFile "C:\Env.xml"
How can i check if a environment variable exist or not?
When we use Environment("Param1").value then QTP expects the environment variable to be already
defined. But when we use
Environment.value("Param1") then QTP will create a new internal environment variable if it does not
exists already. So to be sure that variable exist
Const adOpenStatic = 3
Const adLockOptimistic = 3
Const adUseClient = 3
Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set objRecordset = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
objConnection.Open "DRIVER={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle};UID=;PWD=
"
objRecordset.CursorLocation = adUseClient
objRecordset.CursorType = adopenstatic
objRecordset.LockType = adlockoptimistic
ObjRecordset.Source="select field1,field2 from testTable"
ObjRecordset.ActiveConnection=ObjConnection
ObjRecordset.Open 'This will execute your Query
If ObjRecordset.recordcount>0 then
Field1 = ObjRecordset("Field1").Value
Field2 = ObjRecordset("Field2").Value
End if
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