An engineering approach to Software Testing and Test Automation

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 [...] ...

Parent page: Service Functions – String (QTP, VBScript) Description Based on the maximum allowed length of  the string (strMsgText) insert space characters. Implementation Public Function BreakTextLine(ByVal strMsgText, ByVal intMaxLen)  Dim intLoc, intMaxLen, strResult  If Len(strMsgText) < intMaxLen Then   BreakTextLine = strMsgText   Exit Function  End If  strResult = ""  While Len(strMsgText) > 0   intLoc = ...

Parent page: Service Functions – String (QTP, VBScript) Question The question was asked here. Hi Albert! Can you email me a QTP function that wraps line of text without breaking words? Thank you!  Answer Proper text alignment is important. The whole layout of CSS block or HTML table could be broken if a text line [...] ...

Parent page: Service Functions – String (QTP, VBScript) Question The question was asked here. What QTP function i can use to trim inside string? For e.g. “text text text text” – i want only 1 space between. Answer I believe the sample string provided in the question originally contained multiple space characters inside but was [...] ...

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, [...] ...

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. [...] ...

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. Matching string with a pattern (Regular Expression, RegEx) Public Function Regex_Test(ByVal strSrc, ByVal strRegEx)  Dim objRegEx  Dim boolRC, intRC  Set objRegEx = New RegExp   objRegEx.Pattern = [...] ...

Original date: N/A The post has been mostly recompiled from the comments. Displaying Text File comparison results in an embedded report. Refer to Text File Compare functions used to see how XML file is generated. Sample requirements to show comparison results stored in XML as a web-page (HTML). 1. Show file stats saved in xml file. [...] ...

Original date: 26 Jan 2009, 1:30pm Line by line, and word by word comparison isn’t a big problem. But how conveniently show the results? With WinRunner comparison and reporting has been implemented utilizing WDIFF program. With QTP we can do the same using XML-XSL technology. The function below performs comparison of 2 text files generating [...] ...

String / Text/ Date Functions 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. String/Text functions (WinRunner, TSL) Trim text line Check format String/Text functions 2 (WinRunner, TSL) Replace characters in a string Replace [...] ...

Parent page: Service Functions – String / WinRunner Date to Dictionary public function str_date_split(in date, inout dtVector[]) {  delete dtVector[];  date = str_date_align(date);    dtVector["month"] = substr(date,1,2);  dtVector["day"] = substr(date,4,2);  dtVector["year"] = substr(date,7,4); } Date comparison # suppose dates are aligned # format is mm/dd/yyyy public function str_date_compare(in date1, in ...

Parent page: Service Functions – String / WinRunner Month Name/Number conversion static const month_number[] = {  "JAN" = "01",  "FEB" = "02",  "MAR" = "03",  "APR" = "04",  "MAY" = "05",  "JUN" = "06",  "JUL" = "07",  "AUG" = "08",  "SEP" = "09", ...

Parent page: Service Functions – String / WinRunner CheckBox status value conversion static const string_cb_state[] = {  "ON" = ON,  "OFF" = OFF,  "DIMMED" = DIMMED,  "TOGGLE" = TOGGLE  }; ### static const integer_cb_state[] = {  ON = "ON",  OFF = "OFF",  DIMMED = "DIMMED",  TOGGLE = "TOGGLE"  }; ### public function int_cb_state(in cb_state) { [...] ...

Parent page: Service Functions – String / WinRunner Find a substring defined by 2 tokens public function str_get_text(in s, in text_before, in text_after) {  auto index1, index2;  auto result;    if (text_before == "")   index1 = 1;  else    index1 = index(s, text_before);  if (index1 == 0)   return("");  else     index1 = index1 + length(text_before);    [...] ...

Parent page: Service Functions – String / WinRunner Remove extra space and tab characters within a string public function str_shrink(in s, in separator) {  auto res, i, c, StringArray[];     res = str_trim(s);  if (res == "")   return(res);    res = str_replace(res, "\t", " ");  c = split(s, StringArray, " ");  if (c == 1)   return(StringArray[1]); [...] ...

Parent page: Service Functions – String / WinRunner Replace characters in a string public function str_replace(in s, in sub1, in sub2) {  auto loc, start, sub1_len;  auto src, result;  src = s;  sub1_len = length(sub1);     result = "";  while (1) {   loc = index(src, sub1);   if (loc == 0)    break;   else {    result = [...] ...

Parent page: Service Functions – String / WinRunner Trim text line public function str_trim(in value) {  auto StringArray[];  if (length(value) == 0)   return (""); #if we have space chars only - let's do it quickly    if (index(value,"\t") == 0) {   if (split(value, StringArray, " ") == 1)    return(StringArray[1]);   }    return str_rtrim(str_ltrim(value));  } ### [...] ...