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Descriptive Programming

Descriptive Programming

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Descriptive Programming is a method of performing operation on the object which is not there in Object Repository. In this process object properties will be used in script.

When to use Descriptive Programming

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1. If the application is having Dynamic Objects

OR:- Difficult to handle Dynamic Objects using Object Repository

2. When we have more objects to perform operations

OR:- The performance will decrease if object repository is having huge number of objects.

3. If the application is having objects that are adding in the Run Time

OR:- We can’t add objects to Object Repository in run time.

4. If we need to start Automation before Build Release

OR:- There is no application to create Object Repository.

5. If Application is having similar type of objects or similar name objects

OR:- Object Repository will create multiple objects with same description unnecessarily.

6. Big Team Size

OR:- Shared Object Repository is not changeable by multiple persons at a time. Maintenance becomes harder if all the team members have created their own object repositories.

Advantages of Descriptive Programming

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1. Version Free

DP:- Script can be executed in any version of QTP without any changes.

2. Code Portability

DP:- Just code is enough run script. We can copy and paste in other scripts for any other required requirement.

3. Reusing of Properties

DP:- We can assign properties to a global variable and reuse it for same type of objects.

4. Plug & Play

DP:- Any time scripts will be in ready to run state. No need to worry about any other settings or files.

5. Just Maintenance of variables

DP:- We can store the object properties in the form of variables in a txt / vbs file which will be placed in central location. In this case we just need to maintain that file.

Types in Descriptive Programming

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• Static– You list the set of properties and values that describe the object directly in a VBScript

statement.Browser("micclass:=Browser").Page("micclass:=page").Link("name:=Login").Click

• Dynamic– You add a collection of properties and values to a Description object, and then enter

the Description object name in the statement.

Set oBrowser = Description.createoBrowser (“micclass”).value=”Browser”oBrowser (“name”).value= “Google”

Set oPage = Description.createoPage (“micclass”).value=”Page”oPage (“name”).value= “Google”Set oLink = Description.create

oLink (“name”).value= “Login”oLink (“index”).value= 1

Browser(oBrowser).Page(oPage).Link(oLink).click

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