Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 30, 2009
Parent page: Service Functions – XML (QTP, VBScript) Answers Description Open XML file – load into memory – locate target nodes – update (replace) values – save XML file (either under a new name or overwrite the original file). Search is performed by tag name (“target_node”). If you pass in a non-string parameter for .SetValue function, convert […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 29, 2009
Parent page: Service Functions – XML (QTP, VBScript) Answers 1. How to count all direct children? 2. How to count all direct children, specific name tag? 3. How to count all descendants? References Read more about XPath queries. ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 28, 2009
GP/QTP Automation: Conclusion but not closure The main question – whether it’s possible to automate Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains application testing (OS Patch smoke tests, UAT/Regression tests) – was answered positively, and proven in the actual implementation of automated test scenarios. Tools and Technologies Standard GUI recognition method (via Windows Handle) used by UI Automation tools […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 23, 2009
All related posts: Reference Page – GP/QTP Automation Dexterity Macro Limitation and Suggested Workaround One of the major limitations identified in Dexterity Macro System is totally hard-coded data with no functionalities to read them from any external source. To overcome this issue we can dynamically generate Dexterity macro text file from a pre-built XML template. After the file […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 21, 2009
All related posts: Reference Page – GP/QTP Automation Answer According to the documentation, there are no loop operators defined in Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains Dexterity Macros. However, the macro language provides other commands to workaround the issues in the most required cases. Workarounds 1. Capture values of GUI fields (in a loop) Use DumpFieldBegin…DumpFieldEnd commands. 2. Window synchronization […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 16, 2009
Parent page: Service Functions – System (QTP, VBScript) How to create a unique subfolder Description A subfolder is created based on the name pattern and a date-time stamp, e.g. “AccountSearch 2009-10-14 17-18-03”. You can add extra steps and form the code as a function that returns full path of the newly created subfolder. sName – name pattern sFullPath […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 15, 2009
Parent page: Service Functions – System (QTP, VBScript) How to duplicate an existing file (If you want to access the file but it’s locked) Description sFileName – name of the file to duplicate sNewName – name of created file (generated automatically), pass-back argument. Uses UniqueFilename function to generate a name for the duplicate file. ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 14, 2009
Parent page: Service Functions – System (QTP, VBScript) How to generate a unique file name if the file name already exists in the given folder (That often happens, if you need to create a series of files or duplicate an existing file) Description sFileName – the “original” file name or file name template sFolderName – parent folder […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 09, 2009
Parent page: Service Functions – System (QTP, VBScript) Description If you need to generate text file with values you don’t know ahead you may do it dynamically, by utilizing the function below. Make sure you designed template first. The current logic is oriented to executable text files generation, like Dexterity Macro or OS Shell batch files. Code lines are data-driven, […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 07, 2009
All related posts: Reference Page – GP/QTP Automation Dexterity Macro Limitation One of the major limitations identified in Dexterity Macro System is totally hard-coded data with no functionalities to read them from any external source. Running scripts that always look for exactly the same account number or check balance on always the same date would provide a little […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 05, 2009
In the code examples I present I often refer to routine functions. In my framework I have specialized libraries to call from. In my blog I maintain the similar structure. FileSystemObject (FSO) FileSystemObject is a primary “interface object” for the all standard Drive/File/Folder operations: retrieving information (Drive), creating/renaming/deleting and getting/setting properties/attributes (Folders and Files), reading/writing ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 04, 2009
Blog maintenance ahead – source code formatting Thanks for the new plugin implemented in Alex Gorbatchev’s SyntaxHighlighter project. The all pages containing code examples will be updated. New Look The example below is taken from my Text File Compare sample solution. New Convenience Code lines – easier to scan through, each line of code easier to read […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 03, 2009
Root page: Service Functions – XML (QTP, VBScript) Parent page: XSL introduction and references Related post: Text File compare in “WDIFF” style (QTP, VBScript, XML, XSL) – Instructions and XSL script Sample task After line by line (and word by word) text file comparison has been performed, XML log was produced. Review the log, identify and report found issues. […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Dec 02, 2009
Root page: Service Functions – XML (QTP, VBScript) Parent page: XSL introduction and references Sample task Verify “transactions” xml file consisting of 10-1000 records. Only “debit” or “credit” record names are valid. Any other entries must be located and reported. Additionally, identify and report all debit records with debit amount greater than 50.00 Sample XML As you can […] ...
