Technovation By SKS

“Let me first say sorry to all my readers for such a long wait for Chapter 6. It was totally my fault for such a long wait. I promise to all my readers that now they do not have to wait for so long for next chapter and every month I am going to publish 2 Articles. With this pledge, let get started with Chapter 6.” 1 Checkpoint In my previous chapter, I touch base with checkpoint but not in great detail. In this Chapter I am going to talk only about Check Points/Verification Points/Validation Points. First I will describe what is a Checkpoint? Let me explain the concept of Checkpoint with an example: See the below scenario with expected result for each step. The third column provides the information on where QTP checkpoint can be used. Validate the layout of login page Step1- Navigate to page The user navigated to login page Step 2- Verify user name input field The User Name field is visible and editable ...

1 Insert The Insert Menu will help you in inserting various verification points, New Steps, Function, and Call to Action etc. While describing the various commands which are available in Insert Menu, I will also be mentioning the hot keys to access some of the commands. See the below screen shot what command is available in the INSERT Menu: 1.1 Checkpoint Let me first describe what a checkpoint is all about. The Checkpoints feature is provided in Automation Tool for simplifying the test case automation where you need to validate the state of the application. For e.g. You might want to test that when you open a web page or form, you will be able to see 5 Input Boxes and 2 Buttons. Out of the 5 Input Boxes, 3 should be editable, 2 should be ready only. Likewise 2 Buttons – 1 will be disabled by default and 1 will be enabled by default. In such a case you can use Tool Checkpoint feature. I hope this now clarify what is a checkpoint and its usage. If you read the QTP documentation i...

1 Edit Menu In Edit Menu, the first 7 commands are very self explanatory, which you can find in any GUI based application. You will find Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Copy Documentation to Clipboard (used for copying the documentation column value into notepad, ms word etc.).The below command are also very self explanatory and will get active when you are in Expert View mode. The commands are Find, Replace, Goto, Bookmarks. In this paper, we will cover Action (Split Action, Rename Action, Delete Action, Action Properties, Action Call Properties), Step Properties (Object Properties, Checkpoint Properties, Output Value Properties), Advanced (Comment, Uncomment, Indent, Outdent, Goto Function Definition, Complete Word, Argument Info, Apply “with” to script, Remove “with” statements) & Optional Step. 1.1 Action As the name suggests, ACTION command can be used for doing manipulation on the QTP Actions. If you do not know what an ACTION is, then let me define for you. A...