Assume you have some data that tells your scripts how to function when they run a particular set of actions. Instead of this logic being stored in a test script, common action sets are stored off in a data source. … Continue reading
One of the nice things about SilkTest was the use of a dereference operator. I was disappointed to see that QTP didn’t have that. Yet I found you could start to mimic some of the functionality with the Eval function … Continue reading
A problem with VBScript is that it doesn’t allow you to have optional parameters in your procedures. This also means you can’t do function overloading. There are various ways to deal with this but many of them can lead to … Continue reading
A lot of testers use QTP as a record-and-playback tool first and then add some logic to start building a framework around whatever their test scripts are. That’s an approach that can work but those same testers often don’t utilize … Continue reading
In a previous post, I talked about how I prefer the choice of descriptive programming in terms of my QTP logic for recognizing objects. Descriptive Programming (DP) is a specific approach that QTP makes possible for constructing your recognition strings … Continue reading
QTP allows you to use what the tool calls Descriptive Programming (DP) as a way to write your automated test logic. This is really nothing more than a way of referencing objects, similar to the recognition method path (object strings) … Continue reading