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Parent page: Service Functions – Math (QTP, VBScript) Description Sorts one-dimentional array in ascending / descending order with typecasting.  Implementation Unit Tests ...

Parent page: Service Functions – Math (QTP, VBScript) Description Sorts one-dimentional array in ascending / descending order.  Implementation Unit Tests ...

Robustness is the quality of being able to withstand stresses, pressures, or changes in procedure or circumstance. A system, organism or design may be said to be “robust” if it is capable of coping well with variations (sometimes unpredictable variations) in its operating environment with minimal damage, alteration or loss of functionality. wikipedia.org Test Script […] ...

Reporting with WinRunner  built-in functions ...

Generic GUI object Desktop / Web Window Desktop / Web Table Desktop / Web Button Web GUI hyperlink Check box / Radio button Desktop / Web Edit Box (Input Box) Desktop / Web List Box / Combo Box Desktop Dropdown Menu ...

Software Testing Hotlist by Bret Pettychord Open Source Testing eXtreme Software Testing ...

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. Working with HTML Table Web Table operations (WinRunner, TSL) Get cell text Get cell object Find column by RegEx Find row by RegEx Check table […] ...

Service Functions – Windows Web GUI / WinRunner Loop through web page in order to find matching table Load web table data into matrix Load a range of web table data into matrix ...

Service Functions – Windows Web GUI / WinRunner Get cell text Get cell object Find column by RegEx Find row by RegEx Check table exists with defined text in expected cell ...

Declarations Restore window Minimize window Maximize window Window synchronization Close window ...

Synchronization in Test Automation What’s it about? As in regular, human-to-human conversation, it is important not to interrupt each other, and wait till a talker finishes a message, in human-to-program, and in program-to-program interaction, giving time is important. In conversation, we usually recognize end of a message by a pause in speech. In interaction with […] ...

Automated Test Report Requirements Every executed Test Scenario must be reported Report must include for each Test Case: description both in brief and detailed views Report format must be user-friendly and easily transferable to formats like MS Word, Excel Test Case Report Requirements Enlist order of the all Test Steps executed Define Test Data source […] ...

What to tell? In the previous post I gave an example of interesting fishing trip story. What makes it interesting? Details! And same about software testing: details is the most important thing. Automated testing script must report every little single thing to tester to provide as detailed picture as possible When to tell? While telling a […] ...

Test Log or Test Results? Well, I’ve got to start from definitions. Traditionally, Test Results is a table, enlisting Test Cases along with PASS/FAIL status. While one might think that PASS/FAIL status is the only important information, for Testers is more important to know what have been covered. Unfortunately, Test Case has no such granularity […] ...

Root page: Service Functions – XML 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.  Creating XML file with WinRunner Definitions and initialization Create / Write XML Node Write body text and add comment node […] ...

Root page: Service Functions – XML Parent page: Service Functions – XML / WinRunner Write single child XML node Write a pack of child XML nodes ...

Root page: Service Functions – XML Parent page: Service Functions – XML / WinRunner Write child comment Write XML body text ...

Root page: Service Functions – XML Parent page: Service Functions – XML / WinRunner Create XML Node Add Attributes to XML Node Append XML Node to file Finalize XML Node to file ...

Root page: Service Functions – XML Parent page: Service Functions – XML / WinRunner Declarations and definitions Initialization Parsing Control flag Buffering ...

Is your automation asset or debt? Test Assets? Vendors, offering Test Automation tools, often refer to automation and its elements (i.e. scripts, data files, logs) as “test assets”. I could certainly agree with such reference, if it’s based on the assumption that since time, money, and effort were put [invested] to create those elements, they are assets. […] ...

Maintaining an old messed up suite of WinRunner scripts? See how they call / use each other. Note if GUI map files are opened and never closed. Know that it’s a serious performance issue. Notice name duplication issue. Solve the problem by closing GUI maps and cleaning memory. ...

2-tier Data-Driven Test Automation Architecture (WinRunner) – Advanced Reporting ...

2-tier Data-Driven Test Automation Architecture (WinRunner) – Functional Diagram ...

2-tier Data-Driven Test Automation Architecture (WinRunner) Business Components Business Components – Functions that implement a certain business-case testing specific functionality which is used by Test Scripts. Typically Business Components are contained within compiled modules; that allows re-using the implemented logic in a similar Test Scripts. Business Components may incorporate standard WinRunner TSL functions and Service […] ...

What is built-in verification mechanism Enterprise level automation tools are claimed to be suitable for a wide range of users, including non-technical, not programming, like some testers and business analysts. To support such types of users, tools offer a variety of pre-defined, built-in components. The component, implementing verification mechanism, is usually called “checkpoint”. With the help […] ...

What’s it about? Automated tests represent a certain test logic as a sequence of steps, manipulating data and interacting with a GUI. Test data, as in manual testing, could be data we feed into application-under-test (input data), retrieve from application-under-test (actual data, or actual result), and compare with (expected result). These data have to be […] ...

AdvancedQTP – resource hub by Meir Bar-Tal and Dani Vainstein LearnQTP – professional blog by Ankur Jain “Easy way to automate testing” – video tutorials and examples by Dmitry Motevich ...

Math primitives 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.  Math primitives 1 (WinRunner, TSL) Absolute value (Modulus) Check if a value has a multiple Check if a value belongs to range Check if […] ...

Service Functions – Math / WinRunner Find and retrieve subrange, defined by RegEx ...

Service Functions – Math / WinRunner Add new column to a matrix Add new vector (column) to a matrix Retrieve vector (row or column) from a matrix Retrieve subrange (matrix) from a matrix ...