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Should we call it Matryoshka Programming or Onion Code?

Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 30, 2010
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Studying programming through record/playback sometimes results in a really weird code. What is wrong with Matryoshka Programming? ...

Security Administration Tool – Microsoft CACLS

Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 25, 2010
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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 […] ...

Not a Load Test Plan template

Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 23, 2010
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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? ...

A little QTP performance test: Object Repository vs. ...

Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 18, 2010
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Quick Test Professional provides 2 ways of referring to GUI objects while creating testing scripts. Have you ever tested performance of either one? ...

Processing files contained in a folder

Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 15, 2010
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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 […] ...

Active Directory Scripting – Security Group ...

Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 11, 2010
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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 […] ...

Active Directory Scripting – find User Account

Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 09, 2010
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  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 […] ...

How to manually get Dexterity GUI field names

Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 04, 2010
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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. […] ...

Active Directory Scripting – modify Attributes

Posted by Albert Gareev on Mar 01, 2010
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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, […] ...
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