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QuickTest Professional Introduction Record and run tests Actions and Transactions The Object Repository Synchronization Checkpoints Parameterization Outputting Values

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Quick Test Professional (QTP) is a solution for functional test automation.

User basically records a set of actions which constitute the test scenario and replay’s it with a varying set of data.

Modular and keyword driven table format of display of each of the operation performed

VB script is the programming language QTP allows easier capture of output values.


Parameterization of data in QTP is easier QTP allows easier capture of output values. Features like smart identification to identify the objects

used in our test make sure that the maintenance of the tests is easy.

Allows interfacing with Test Director and Winrunner


Recording Modes Analog Recording

Record relative to a specified window Record relative to the screen

Low-level Recording


Record and Run settings are first set To choose the Application which needs to be recorded.

Run tab in Test setting used to set the number of iterations that need to be executed

Resources tab to set the data-table location and repository type

The recorded test displayed in two views Expert View –> VBScript Keyword View -> Modular and keyword driven


Actions – Logical Units in a Test Help design modular and efficient tests

Three types of actions Non reusable action Reusable actions External action

Calls to actions Call to new action Call to existing action Call to copy of action


Nesting actions To run action within another action Parent – Child nested action created when we split an

action

Transactions To measure the time taken for a set of steps to

execute Transaction should start and end in same action.


Test object - Object that QTP creates in the test to represent the actual object in your application.

Run-time object - Actual object in the website or application on which methods are performed during the test run.

QTP identifies objects based on their properties

Properties identified are of 3 kinds- Mandatory properties Assistive properties Ordinal properties


Definition: The collection of the objects which QTP has identified during the recording.


The objects are represented in a tree view.


Object Spy is used to view the properties and methods of both run-time objects and Test objects

The object repository can be of two types Shared Object Repository Per-action Repository


Enables application to load fully before QTP methods can operate on them.

We can synchronize using the following options – Insert a synchronization point Use EXIST or WAIT statements Modify the default amount of time that QuickTest waits

for a Web page to load i.e. Modify object synchronization timeout value


A verification point that compares a current value for a specified property with the expected value for that property

If the current value does not match the expected value, the checkpoint fails.


Types of Checkpoints Standard :checks the property value of an object e.g.

buttons, radio buttons, combo boxes etc.

Image : checks the value of an image e.g. source file of the selected image.

Bitmap : checks an area of the Web page as a bitmap.

Table : checks information within a table. Created by inserting a standard checkpoint on a table.

Text :checks that a text string is displayed in the appropriate place in the application/Web page.


Types of Checkpoints Text Area : Checks that a text string is displayed

within a defined text area according to a specified criteria.

Page: Checks the characteristics of a web page e.g. check how long a page takes to load or it contains broken links.

Database: Checks the contents of a database accessed by your web site.

XML: Checks the data content of XML documents in XML files or XML documents in web pages and frames.

Accessibility Checkpoint: Identifies areas of a Web site to check for Section 508 compliancy (W3C compliant)


A parameter is a variable that is assigned values from various data sources.

QTP enables you to expand the scope of a basic test by replacing values with parameters.

There are 2 different groups of parameters Data table parameters: Enable to create a data-driven

test that runs several times using the data supplied. In each iteration, QTP substitutes the constant value with different values from the Data table.

All other parameters: Enable use of variable values from other sources during the test run.


Data Tables Used to store Test data which acts as input parameters

to the test. Resembles a Microsoft excel sheet. Data table parameters and output parameters can be

inserted from the test.

Data Driver Data Driver allows the user to parameterize several property values together.


Is used to extract property values to the data table to be used later as input to some other step.

Output value is stored only during one run session and gets reset during the next run session



Q & A….

QTP is an automated functional testing tool Tests are modular and keyword driven Uses an object repository to store and identify the test

objects Checkpoints and parameterization are easy in QTP. Allows storage of output values Enables Data driven testing


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