Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains
This is a light-weight project demonstrating research-and-engineering approach to test automation that I teach and practice.
MS Dynamics Great Plains is a unique and extremely complex accounting platform with its own GUI rendering engine making “traditional” tool-based automation not possible.
The engineering solution included the following phases: learning about the product (skilled exploratory testing), value/risk/coverage assessment (heuristic approach), identifying and resolving technical challenges (apply problem-solving and programming skills), implementing reliable/robust/maintainable/scalable solution.
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Investigations
MS Dynamics Great Plains: availability for Test Automation
MS Dynamics Great Plains: GUI Platform (automation perspective)
GP/QTP Automation: Addressing GUI names issue
GP/QTP Automation: cross-dictionary issue with sanScript
Documentation
GP/QTP Automation: Dynamics Continuum Integration Library
MS Dynamics Great Plains: Built-in Macro System
Approach and Implementation
GP/QTP Automation: Utilizing COM
GP/QTP Automation: Conclusion but not closure
Sample Code
GP/QTP Automation: GUI Mapping script
GP/QTP Automation: Executing sanScript
GP/QTP Automation: Overcoming VBScript limitation with Excel macros
GP/QTP Automation: interface class for Excel.VBA macro
GP/QTP Automation: GUI Capture script for Dexterity Window
GP/QTP Automation: Highlight controls in Dexterity Window
GP/QTP Automation: Creating Dexterity Macro XML template
GP/QTP Automation: Execute Dexterity Macro
Questions / Answers
How to use loops in Dexterity Macro
How to manually get Dexterity GUI field names