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Advanced UFT 12 for Test Engineers Cookbook

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Advanced UFT 12 for Test Engineers Cookbook

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Overview of this book

This advanced cookbook is designed for software testers and engineers with previous automation experience and teaches UFT (QTP) developers advanced programming approaches. Knowledge of software testing and basic coding (with VBScript in particular) and familiarity with programming concepts are prerequisites.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you will need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

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1. Data-driven Tests

1. Data-driven Tests

Introduction

Creating a DataTable parameter

Retrieving data from a DataTable

Storing data in a DataTable

Importing an Excel file to a test

Exporting a DataTable

Parameterizing Test Object properties

Defining test cases using a DataTable

Storing data in the Environment object

Retrieving data from the Environment object

Reading values from an INI file

Using a configuration file to manage test environments

Using a global dictionary for fast shared data access

Using a global dictionary for fast shared code access

2. Testing Web Pages

2. Testing Web Pages

Introduction

Checking whether page links are broken

Deleting cookies

Managing multiple browser windows

Handling pop-up dialogs

Downloading a file using XMLHttp

Checking whether a website is up

Uploading a file using FTP

Identifying elements based on anchors

Synchronizing a test with a web page loading

Accessing web elements through DOM

3. Testing XML and Database

3. Testing XML and Database

Introduction

Establishing and closing a database connection

Using SQL queries programmatically

Using a database checkpoint

Using an XML checkpoint

4. Method Overriding

4. Method Overriding

Introduction

Overriding a Test Object method

Registering a method to all classes

Using method overriding to support object subtypes

Adding a new method to a class

5. Object Identification

5. Object Identification

Introduction

Setting mandatory and assistive properties for a class

Using Descriptive Programming inline

Using the Description object

Using child objects

Using native properties for object identification

Identifying an object based on its parent

6. Event and Exception Handling

6. Event and Exception Handling

Introduction

Catching errors inside a function or subroutine

Creating and using a recovery scenario

Using a global dictionary for recovery

7. Using Classes

7. Using Classes

Introduction

Implementing a class

Implementing a simple search class

Implementing a generic Login class

Implementing function pointers

Implementing a generic Iterator

8. Utility and Reserved Objects

8. Utility and Reserved Objects

Introduction

Using global variables (Environment)

Customizing mouse operations (DeviceReplay)

Managing processes (SystemUtil)

Measuring time (MercuryTimers)

Resolving file locations (PathFinder)

Loading shared object repositories (RepositoriesCollection)

Loading and creating XML documents (XMLUtil)

Drawing a rectangle on the screen with Win32 API methods (Extern)

Verifying binary file contents (FileCompare)

Implementing a custom reserved object

Using remote objects

Utility statements

9. Windows Script Host

9. Windows Script Host

Introduction

Reading a key from the Windows® system registry

Writing a key to the Windows® system registry

Deleting a key from the Windows® system registry

Running a process using the Windows® system shell

10. Frameworks

10. Frameworks

Introduction to test automation frameworks

Designing a test automation framework

Building a test controller

Building a reusable component (action)

Building an event handler

Building a test reporter

A. Design Patterns

A. Design Patterns

Auxiliary classes and functions

Action patterns

Runtime data patterns

Index

Index

Creating a DataTable parameter

DataTable is a UFT object that acts as a wrapper to an MS Excel file, and its scope is global. This means that it can be accessed from any action within a test, as well as from function libraries that were attached to the test. When you create a new test or open an existing UFT test, you will notice that the DataTable pane will always show a global and local datasheet, one for each existing action within the test. In this section, we will see how to create a DataTable parameter.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps to create the DataTable parameter LocalParam1 for the local sheet:

From the File menu, navigate to New | Test or use the Ctrl + N shortcut. When a new test dialog opens, choose GUI Test and then click on the Create button.
We will create a DataTable parameter in the Action1 local sheet from the UFT data pane by double-clicking on the column header and entering the parameter name LocalParam1 in the dialog that opens, as shown in the following screenshot:
Similarly, for the test global sheet we will create a parameter named GlobalParam1.
Next, we need to enter our input data in the remaining cells of the parameter column in the global or local sheet, according to the requirements.

How it works...

If we open the Default.xls file in the test folder (which, as its name suggests, is the default data source for a new test), we will notice that there are two worksheets, namely, Global and Action1. In each of these, the first row holds the name of the parameters, so we will see GlobalParam1 in the Global worksheet and LocalParam1 in the Action1 worksheet. You will also notice that the used rows have borders at the bottom of the worksheet (the borders have no real function; UFT identifies the used range by the number of used rows and columns based on the content range).

See also

For information about setting and retrieving values for a DataTable parameter, refer to the next two recipes, Retrieving data from a DataTable and Storing data in a DataTable.

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