Advanced UFT 12 for test engineers Cookbook : over 60 practical recipes to help you accomplish automation tasks using UFT 12 and VBScript / / Meir Bar-Tal, Jonathon Lee Wright ; cover image by Faiz F

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808237803321
• Autore: Bar-Tal Meir
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Birmingham, England : , : Packt Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-84968-841-9
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Collana: Quick answers to common problems
• Disciplina: 005.437
• Soggetti: Graphical user interfaces (Computer systems)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Quick answers to common problems"--Cover.; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 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 accessUsing a global dictionary for fast shared code access; Chapter 2: Testing Web Pages; Introduction; Checking if 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; Chapter 3: Testing XML and Database; Introduction; Establishing and closing a database connection; Using SQL queries programmaticallyUsing a database checkpoint; Using an XML checkpoint; Chapter 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; Chapter 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; Chapter 6: Event and Exception HandlingIntroduction; Catching errors inside a function or subroutine; Creating and using a recovery scenario; Using a global dictionary for recovery; Chapter 7: Using Classes; Introduction; Implementing a class; Implementing a simple search class; Implementing a generic Login class; Implementing function pointers; Implementing a generic Iterator; Chapter 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; Chapter 9: Windows Script Host (WSH); 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; Chapter 10: Frameworks
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.