Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 30, 2010
Studying programming through record/playback sometimes results in a really weird code. What is wrong with Matryoshka Programming? ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 25, 2010
Sure, computer programs are now very complex systems – but they are always a part of even more complex system – Infrastructure. Therefore, testing is not limited to a program testing. Microsoft *ACLS.EXE family of tools is a handy set for investigation and testing of implemented security permissions. Don’t be afraid of command line! CACLS.EXE […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 23, 2010
Do you know enough about your test environment when designing a Load Test plan? What can you do and what would you do to provide stakeholders with the most valuable information in the context and at the moment? How do you use their feedback in your testing work? ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 18, 2010
Quick Test Professional provides 2 ways of referring to GUI objects while creating testing scripts. Have you ever tested performance of either one? ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 15, 2010
Reference page: Service Functions – System (QTP, VBScript) Question The question was asked here. I need to check number of text files in the folder but i dont know names Answer Checking what number of files is contained in a folder is simple. More challenging tasks would be processing files based on type or name […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 11, 2010
Reference page: Active Directory – Sample Scripts (Excel/VBA) Description The function below is used to clear group membership for a user account. The account is removed from all groups except recognized ones . By default, “Users” and “Domain Users” are in the list. The function can be easily modifed to recognize and process membership based on […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 09, 2010
Reference page: Active Directory – Sample Scripts (Excel/VBA) Description The function below performs 1-layer deep search of User Account object in all Organizational Units contained under parent Organizational Unit. The function can be easily modified for a recursive search if children OU hierarchy is unknown. Use objUser.Get(“distinguishedName”) to retrieve full LDAP path of found […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 04, 2010
All related posts: Reference Page – GP/QTP Automation Question The question was asked here. I need to make a small change in xml file created without re-mapping a window. How can I manually get Dexterity GUI field names from GP? Answer You can do that by accessing “Tools\Resource Descriptions\Windows” item of main menu of any Dexterity Window. […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 01, 2010
Reference page: Active Directory – Sample Scripts (Excel/VBA) How to modify Attributes of an Object Introduction In Microsoft Active Directory Object Classes have Attributes representing additional information about an object. It could be Firstname, Lastname – for a person, Address and Phone number both for a person and organization. Access to Attributes is performed through LDAP calls, […] ...