Posted by Albert Gareev on Oct 26, 2010
Parent page: Service Functions – System (QTP, VBScript) Question I need to modify text file template (add a few lines) and “Save as”. Answer One of the typical challenges that people face while trying to automate work tasks, is “procedure – result” confusion. Here, the end result* is confused with a way** to do the […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Oct 18, 2010
“I don’t even see the code anymore; all I see now is blonde, brunette, redhead”, Cypher (Matrix the Movie) Parent page: GUI Recognition with TestComplete Unlike operators from the popular movie, automation engineer sees picture first, but has a need to get inside down to the code. In TestComplete we can do that with Object […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Oct 15, 2010
I’m very glad that the testing challenge I set went to a second round. I prompt my readers now to read through the post in Darren McMillan’s blog. Please pay special attention to Results and Debriefing sections. I think those are great examples of facilitation to learn from. I also would like to share what I […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Oct 14, 2010
Parent page: GUI Recognition with TestComplete Close all browser windows Description In the example presented, Internet Explorer browser program (executable name) is hard-coded (as “iexplore”). Closing begins from first instance number (i.e. a sequential number of the process in memory, if a few were loaded). In first attempt, .Close method is used, which allows an application […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Oct 13, 2010
How to find bugs quickly? How to pick just right test scenarios without losing your time trying thousands of possible combinations? These questions worth years of research. In my post I’m going to cover just one simple approach I practice quite successfully, and give a few examples you might be able to reproduce. Let’s start from […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Oct 12, 2010
Parent page: GUI Recognition with TestComplete Close single browser window Description In the example presented, Internet Explorer browser program (executable name) is hard-coded (as “iexplore”). Instance number (i.e. a sequential number of the process in memory, if a few were loaded), is parameterized. In first attempt, .Close method is used, which allows an application to finalize. Second […] ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Oct 06, 2010
Spoon Browser Sandbox 18 automation refactoring heuristics with code examples Surplus is an asset Keep Moving Excel-based test-reports-1 ...
Posted by Albert Gareev on Oct 05, 2010
Time Management – Mind Map Printer-friendly XML and XSL reference cards IP Address Tools Are you still using screenshots? ...
