Function types
Analog functions
Context Sensitive functions
Customization functions
Standard functions
Two Recording Modes
In Winrunner, when we record a test script, there are two recording modes; test scripts can be in both modes or in either mode. The two modes are:
- Context Sensitive Mode (the default mode)
- Context Sensitive statements describe actions made to GUI objects and are recommended for most situations, where the test scripts are:
- object-based
- not affected by user interface changes (i.e., movement of objects)
- Software examples: menus, icons, check boxes
- Analog Mode
- Analog statements are useful for literally describing the keyboard, mouse, and mouse button input of user
- Test scripts are:
- screen-coordinate dependent
- based on mouse and keyboard activities (e.g., mouse movement, press, and release, and keyboard input)
- Software examples: virtual reality environment, drawing, paint brush strokes
3. Mercury Quickest Professional
Mercury Quickest Professional� provides the industry's best solution for functional test and regression test automation - addressing every major software application and environment. This next-generation automated testing solution deploys the concept of Keyword-driven testing to radically simplify test creation and maintenance. Unique to QuickTest Professional's Keyword-driven approach, test automation experts have full access to the underlying test and object properties, via an integrated scripting and debugging environment that is round-trip synchronized with the Keyword View.
Quickest Professional satisfies the needs of both technical and non-technical users. It enables you to deploy higher-quality applications faster, cheaper, and with less risk. It works hand-in-hand with Mercury Business Process Testing� to bring non-technical subject matter experts into the quality process in a meaningful way. Plus, it empowers the entire testing team to create sophisticated test suites with minimal training.
With Quickest Professional, your QA organization can achieve a number of advantages:
- Empower the entire team to create sophisticated test suites with minimal training
- Ensure correct functionality across all environments, data sets, and business processes
- Fully document and replicate defects for developers, enabling them to fix defects faster and meet production deadlines
- Easily regression-test ever-changing applications and environments
- Become a key player in enabling the organization to deliver quality products and services, and improve revenues and profitability
| Key Parameter | Winrunner | QTP |
| Scripting Language used | TSL | VB Script |
| .Net frame work Support | Does not support .NET frame work environment(Up to 7.5v) | Supports .Net frame work environment |
| File Modes | GUI global mode /File per test mode | Shared repository mode/Per test repository mode |
| Recovery scenario | Supported | Supported |
| Web Testing | Supported | Supported |
| XML Support | Not Supported | Supported |
| Integrated with Quality center | Integrated with Quality center |
| Active screens | Not supported | Supported |
| Keyword view | Not supported | Supported |
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- .In Winrunner, these are the "GUI Map per Test" and "Global GUI Map" settings, respectively.
- Quickest allows you to have Object Repository file per Action (on plug-and-play basis). However, if you planning to build robust test-automation framework, you will probably want to use Shared Object Repository file
Winrunner
QTP
As a WR expert you know that any Test Script has to have checkpoints. Besides Winrunner-like set of checkpoints you can use XML and Accessibility checkpoints.
Winrunner
QTP
Quickest offers improved checkpoint functionalities compared to Winrunner. Using Quickest checkpoints you can parameterize object properties you'd like to check, measure page load-time, check for broken links in your web page, and much more.
Similar to Win Runner's Function Generator, Quickest 8.0 offers Step Generator. The Step Generator utility enables you to add steps in your Test Script that perform operations, using test object methods, utility object methods, or function calls. If you just started to work with QTP, you may find this utility very handy. You may access the Step Generator three ways:
- By selecting Insert > Step > Step Generator on QTP tool bar
- By right-clicking on object you want to perform the method on in your Active Screen, Expert View, or Keyword View, and selecting Insert Step option in the sub-menu.
- By selecting F7 hot key from either Keyword View or Expert View.
Winrunner
QTP
As an alternative, you can insert methods in your script manually by selecting it from method list. If you type a dot '.' following your object, QTP will invoke list of methods available for this object. Select desired method and follow the tool tips to insert arguments for this method.
Data Driven testing
Winrunner
Similar to Winrunner, QTP uses a Data Driver Wizard, where you can parameterize either all values in objects parameterization-candidates, or only desired ones.
QTP
It is also very useful to know that you can pass parameters in QuickTest 8.0 either by using Output Values, Environment Variables, Using Data Table method for Global or Local data sheets, or similar to WinRunner using either Test Parameters or Action Parameters.
However, unlike WinRunner, QTP 8.0 alone with Input Parameters allows you to specify Output Parameters. Output parameters - specifies the parameters that the test or component can pass to the source that runs or calls it. Also, you may specify type of the Input and Output parameter: String, Boolean, Date, Number, Password, or Any. You may specify Test Parameters selecting Test Settings > Parameters tab. Accordingly Action Parameters may be specified either by selecting Step > Action Properties from QTP tool bar, or by right clicking on action icon and selecting Action Properties from sub-menu (Keyword View only).
As an QuickTest Experts most of your activities will be in Expert View, instead of selecting input (or output) parameters from the appropriate dialog boxes while parameterizing steps or inserting output value steps, you can enter input and output parameters as values in the Expert View using the Parameter utility object: Parameter("ParameterName").
Parameterization is very much improved in QuickTest compared to WinRunner. You can parameterize not only input and select values, but also object properties, and checkpoints, to give you more flexibility in Test Script development.
You may also create parameters using system or user-defined environment variables, random numbers, or regular expression.
Recovery Scenarios in Quickest 8.0 implemented using same Recovery Scenario Wizard as the Compound Recovery Scenarios Wizard available in Winrunner 7.5 and 7.6. In case you have not had a chance to work with these versions of Winrunner, you need to know that unlike Exception Handler utility available in previous versions of Winrunner and Quickest, Recovery Scenario Wizard in Quickest 8.0 offers the ability to create multiple recovery paths for your test including post-recovery. There are four trigger-event types of recovery scenarios: Pop-up Window, Object State, Test Run Error, and Application Crash. Some of these triggers have options using user-defined functions similar to Simple Recovery Scenarios (Exception Handlers in earlier WR versions) in Winrunner.
Exception handling in winrunner
Recovery scenario in QTP
Once you have created a recovery scenario you need to add it to Recovery Scenario List in the QTP Test Settings Recovery tab (Test > Settings > Recovery tab on QTP tool bar).
One of the very powerful functionalities of Quickest is Active Screen. The Active Screen is the functionality that provides a snapshot of your application, as it appeared when you performed a certain step while recording your test. Using the Active Screen you may set checkpoints after recording, create output values, or create steps using Method Argument utility.
