QTP: Working with Multiple Browser Applications (Revised)

by Anshoo Arora ON October 19, 2009 · Posted In All, QTP, QTP/Web · 32 comments

Web applications due to their dynamic nature, make script development quite challenging. I am writing this article in an attempt to simplify one of its aspects that automation developers face while working with Web applications. We will see how it can be made extremely easy to work with multiple browsers with the use of a Dictionary object, to which we can add Browsers, remove them, change the way we reference them and much more.

We had an issue with one of the SiebButton objects’ in our environment. When we executed a statement to click on this particular SiebButton, the next statement would not execute. What happens is, as we click this particular SiebButton, a Dialog box pops up immediately. For some reason that we have not been able to figure out, the execution marker from the SiebButton(“”).Click statement will not move to the next line.

QTP: Creating a Highly Efficient Test-Data Dictionary

by Anshoo Arora ON October 8, 2009 · Posted In All, QTP · 72 comments

This article describes how the management of test data can be greatly simplified with the help of ADO and the Dictionary Object. This concept shows how your data-pool needs to be accessed only once to create a highly efficient and fast-performing data-dictionary. Examples and Demos included.

Custom View Options for QTP’s Expert-View Editor

by Anshoo Arora ON October 1, 2009 · Posted In All, QTP · 15 comments

Today, after being quite tired of switching windows between Notepad++ and QTP, I started experimenting with different layouts I can create to make the the QuickTest editor a little more viewing-friendly. After a few minutes of playing around, I finally have something that I like.