QTP: Flex Objects and Sample Adobe Flex Applications

The flex content of the web applications is not directly accessible by QTP tool. To automate flex applications, we need to build the flex application with automation libraries which are usually available at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3\sdks\3.2.0\frameworks\libs based on the installation path.
 
These libraries act as agent(INTERFACE) between the application and QTP tool. Building flex application with the automation libraries could be done by developers.
Configuration from Developers perspective:

-->.  Include the SWC files before compiling the application in the following path

< flex_builder_dir>\sdks\...\frameworks\libs\automation.swc
< flex_builder_dir>\sdks\...\frameworks\libs\automation_agent.swc
 <flex_builder_dir>\sdks\...\frameworks\libs\qtp.swc
 <flex_builder_dir>\sdks\...\frameworks\libs\automation_dmv.swc

--> Configure the above file paths in …/WEB-INF/flex/flex-config.xml file

      <include-libraries>

         <library>./user_classes/automation.swc</library>

         <library>./user_classes/automation_agent.swc</library>

         <library>./user_classes/qtp.swc</library>

         <library>./user_classes/automation_dmv.swc</library>

      </include-libraries>

      <debug>true</debug>

                                       OR

 Select Project > Properties > Flex Compiler.

In the "Additional compiler arguments" field, enter the following:

-include-libraries "flex_builder_dir\sdks\3.0.0\frameworks\libs\automation.swc"
 "flex_builder_dir\sdks\3.0.0\frameworks\libs\automation_agent.swc"
 "flex_builder_dir\sdks\3.0.0\frameworks\libs\qtp.swc"
 "flex_builder_dir\sdks\3.0.0\frameworks\libs\automation_dmv.swc"

Sample Application Name: Flex Store

URL:  http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/inproduct/sdk/flexstore/flexstore.html

When you try to identify objects with QTP, you will see the whole page as single object  i.e “MacromediaFlashPlayerActiveX”

So use another sample adobe flex application

URL: http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/inproduct/lcds/flexstore/flexstore.html

Now you could identify the whoe page as different objects...

Both applications are same but they deployed in SDK and LCDS.

Want to know more about this. 

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/using/WS2db454920e96a9e51e63e3d11c0bf69084-7ec5.html

 

Test data generation

At some point of time you might have faced some difficulty with creating Test data.

If you get a chance in future use the below application, it will solve your problem.

How.....

 http://www.generatedata.com/#generator

                  All The Best..............

Details on QTP Certification v10.0

As some of you may know since August 1st, 2010 HP has stopped offering QTP certification for v9.2 and have instead started certification for QTP v10.0. Here are the details in case you wish to get registered and certified in HP QuickTest Professional.

There are two levels for HP QTP/QC certification – AIS and ASE. AIS is a beginners level certification exam while ASE is an advanced level certification exam.  You can take ASE only when you have successfully qualified the first level ie AIS. For the purpose of this article we will discuss the steps to take AIS certification.

QTP AIS certification exam comes under the broad heading of  AIS – HP Quality Center v10.
To pass this exam you must complete 2 core requirements exams
 Exam HP0-M31: HP Quality Center 10.0 Software

                            and

 Exam HP0-M39: HP QuickTest Professional 10.0 Software
You can take these exams in same or different sittings as per your convenience and availability of slot at the examination center.

What to expect in HP0-M31: HP Quality Center 10.0 exam?
§  Number of items: 60
§  Item types: Multiple choice (single-response), Multiple Choice (multiple response), and Drag and Drop §  Exam Time: 90 minutes
§  Passing Score: 73 percent

What to expect in HP0-M39: HP QuickTest Professional 10.0 exam?
§  Number of items: 66
§  Item types: Multiple choice (single-response), Multiple Choice (multiple response), Drag and Drop, and  Point and Click.
§  Exam Time: 90 minutes
§  Passing Score: 74 percent

Source – HP certification data sheet for AIS QC v10

How to get started with QTP certification?

Sign in to HP’s certification portal here (You would need HP passport to login) In case you are new to HP partner portal, you can get yourself registered using one of the links mentioned here as per your geographic location. (Within 48 hrs of registering you should be able to access HP partner portal.)

Once you are in, just follow the step-by-step procedure as mentioned on the website to enroll for QTP/QC exam registration. You can also download various attachments/syllabus/registration guide for QTP/QC certification from inside the HP partner portal. Cost for QTP certification exam is $150 USD.

                                  All The Best................

Want to know more about Automation Testing importance....

Now a days, tools that help programmers quickly create applications with graphical user interfaces have dramatically improved programmer productivity. This has increased the pressure on testers, who are often perceived as bottlenecks to the delivery of software products. Testers are being asked to test more and more code in less and less time. They need to dramatically improve their own productivity. Test automation is one way to do this.
Software testers, under pressure to do more testing in less time, often find themselves rushed and eager for anything that will give them a hand. Their fear and desperation lead them to seek a "silver bullet" that will help them regain a rational pace to their work. Test automation is often this silver bullet. The fantasy is that it will make their job simpler and easier and help them contend with unrealistic schedules.

Automating tests for a graphical user interface presents significant difficulties not found in character based interfaces, much less command line interfaces or programming interfaces (APIs). Graphical user interfaces tend to be made of complex components and tend to be constantly redesigned during the development process. Significant successes have been made in delivering test tools that are able to identify and manipulate graphical user interfaces.

Most experienced software testers have excellent insights into the kinds of practices that are critical for software development. They see the consequences of their developers coding before designing, neglecting code reviews or ignoring feedback: more bugs and slipped schedules. However, testers' clear insight into the development process often fades when they undertake test automation. They fail to realize that test automation is itself a software development activity and that it therefore needs to adhere to critical development practices. Like developers who are stressed for time, testers are prone to skipping steps, taking the big leap, and blindly hoping to come out with a success at the other side. But frustration and disappointment are more likely consequences.
Some testers even try to develop test automation in their spare time. I have rarely seen this deliver test suites that can bear much weight.
Major challenges for GUI test automation are maintainability and reliability. These challenges demand that a software engineering approach be taken to address them. Different teams define the software development process differently. This is fine. The important thing to remember is that this process should be used with test automation as well.
Many testers do not have strong programming skills. This combined with the repetitive nature of much testing, leads people to use record and playback techniques. There indeed are many tools that allow scripts to be recorded and then played back, using screen captures for verification. The problem that always crops up is that the layouts are changed, invalidating the screen captures and then the interface controls change making playback fail. Now the scripts must be re-recorded from scratch. Record and playback tools provide an easy way to create throwaway test suites.
It is particularly hard for people who have had so much success using these techniques with character-based interfaces to understand the difficulty of using them with graphical interfaces.
Recording tests and reviewing the created code is an excellent way to learn how to use a test tool. But most successful test automators move on to more generalized testing methods.
Someone using a test tool, whether she/he has the title of tester or developer, needs to understand how to design, develop and maintain software. Test automation systems will need to be tested themselves and should be subjected to frequent review and improvement to make sure that they are actually addressing the testing needs of the organization.

All the Best

Automation Testing on Android applications using Robotium tool

Robotium is a test framework created to make automatic black-box testing of Android applications significantly faster and easier than what is possible with Android instrumentation tests out-of-the-box.
With the support of Robotium, test case developers can write system and acceptance test scenarios, spanning multiple Android activities.

to know more about this...

http://androidclip.com/introducing-robotium-4/

Mobile Test Automation Tool for iPhone,Android,Blackberry - plugs into QTP and other frameworks

Records and Runs on your REAL(Smart Phones) device connected via USB to your PC.

To Know more…

Watch a video http://vimeo.co26912970m/

Automate anything you see

1.   Automate anything you see

2. Automate using screenshots

3.Work on Windows/Mac/Linux  

To know more about this...

http://sikuli.org/

QTP-Quick Reference Card

Object Properties for Windows and Web based Applications

Dialog	Static	WinButton	Wincalender
abs_x	abs_x	abs_x	abs_x
abs_y	abs_y	abs_y	abs_y
enabled	attached text	attached text	attached text
focused	enabled	enabled	date
foreground	focused	focused	enabled
hasborder	height	height	focused
hascaption	hwnd	hwnd	height
hashscroll	nativeclass	nativeclass	hwnd
hassizebox	object class	object class	nativeclass
hassystemmenu	regexpwndclass	regexpwndclass	object class
hasvscroll	regexpwndtitle	regexpwndtitle	regexpwndclass
height	rightaligned	rightaligned	regexpwndtitle
hscrollpagesize	righttoleftlayout	righttoleftlayout	rightaligned
hscrollposition	righttoleftreading	righttoleftreading	righttoleftlayout
hwnd	text	text	righttoleftreading
is child window	visible	visible	text
is owned window	width	width	time
ismdichildwindow	window id	window id	visible
ispopupwindow	windowextendedstyle	windowextendedstyle	width
istoolwindow	windowstyle	windowstyle	window id
leftscrollbar	x	x	windowextendedstyle
maxhscrollpos	y	y	windowstyle
maximizable			x
maximized			y
maxvscrollpos	nativeclass	nativeclass
minhscrollpos	window id	text
minimizable			nativeclass
minimized	text	window id
minvscrollpos			window id
nativeclass
object class
regexpwndclass
regexpwndtitle
rightaligned
righttoleftlayout
righttoleftreading
text
topmost
visible
vscrollpagesize
vscrollposition
width
window id
windowextendedstyle
windowstyle
x
y
is child window
is owned window
nativeclass
text

Wincheckbox	Wincombobox	Window	WinEdit
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abs_y	abs_y	abs_y	abs_y
attached text	all items	enabled	attached text
checked	attached text	focused	enabled
enabled	enabled	foreground	focused
focused	focused	hasborder	height
height	height	hascaption	hwnd
hwnd	hwnd	hashscroll	nativeclass
nativeclass	items count	hassizebox	object class
object class	nativeclass	hassystemmenu	regexpwndclass
regexpwndclass	object class	hasvscroll	regexpwndtitle
regexpwndtitle	regexpwndclass	height	rightaligned
rightaligned	regexpwndtitle	hscrollpagesize	righttoleftlayout
righttoleftlayout	rightaligned	hscrollposition	righttoleftreading
righttoleftreading	righttoleftlayout	hwnd	text
text	righttoleftreading	is child window	visible
visible	selection	is owned window	width
width	text	ismdichildwindow	window id
window id	visible	ispopupwindow	windowextendedstyle
windowextendedstyle	width	istoolwindow	windowstyle
windowstyle	window id	leftscrollbar	x
x	windowextendedstyle	maxhscrollpos	y
y	windowstyle	maximizable
	x	maximized
	y	maxvscrollpos	attached text
nativeclass		minhscrollpos	nativeclass
text		minimizable
	attached text	minimized	window id
window id	nativeclass	minvscrollpos
		nativeclass
	window id	object class
		regexpwndclass
		regexpwndtitle
		rightaligned
		righttoleftlayout
		righttoleftreading
		text
		topmost
		visible
		vscrollpagesize
		vscrollposition
		width
		window id
		windowextendedstyle
		windowstyle
		x
		y
		text
		is child window
		is owned window
		regexpwndclass
		regexpwndtitle

WinEditor	Winlist	Winlistview	Winobject
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abs_y	abs_y	abs_y	abs_y
attached text	all items	all items	attached text
column	attached text	attached text	enabled
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focused	focused	enabled	hashscroll
hashscroll	hashscroll	focused	hasvscroll
hasvscroll	hasvscroll	hashscroll	height
height	height	hasvscroll	hscrollpagesize
hscrollpagesize	hscrollpagesize	height	hscrollposition
hscrollposition	hscrollposition	hscrollpagesize	hwnd
hwnd	hwnd	hscrollposition	leftscrollbar
leftscrollbar	items count	hwnd	maxhscrollpos
line	leftscrollbar	items count	maxvscrollpos
maxhscrollpos	maxhscrollpos	leftscrollbar	minhscrollpos
maxvscrollpos	maxvscrollpos	maxhscrollpos	minvscrollpos
minhscrollpos	minhscrollpos	maxvscrollpos	nativeclass
minvscrollpos	minvscrollpos	minhscrollpos	object class
nativeclass	nativeclass	minvscrollpos	regexpwndclass
object class	object class	nativeclass	regexpwndtitle
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text	selection	righttoleftreading	vscrollpagesize
visible	text	selection	vscrollposition
vscrollpagesize	visible	text	width
vscrollposition	vscrollpagesize	visible	window id
width	vscrollposition	vscrollpagesize	windowextendedstyle
window id	width	vscrollposition	windowstyle
windowextendedstyle	window id	width	x
windowstyle	windowextendedstyle	window id	y
x	windowstyle	windowextendedstyle
y	x	windowstyle
	y	x	regexpwndclass
		y
attached text			attached text
nativeclass	attached text		window id
	nativeclass	attached text	nativeclass
window id		nativeclass	text
	window id		object class
		window id

WinRadiobutton	Winradiogroup	Winscrollbar	Winspin
abs_x	abs_x	abs_x	abs_x
abs_y	abs_y	abs_y	abs_y
attached text	all items	attached text	attached text
checked	attached text	enabled	enabled
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focused	focused	height	height
height	height	hwnd	hwnd
hwnd	hwnd	maxscrollpos	nativeclass
nativeclass	items count	minscrollpos	object class
object class	nativeclass	nativeclass	position
regexpwndclass	object class	object class	regexpwndclass
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rightaligned	regexpwndclass	regexpwndtitle	text
righttoleftlayout	regexpwndtitle	scrollpagesize	visible
righttoleftreading	selection	scrollposition	width
text	text	text	window id
visible	visible	visible	windowextendedstyle
width	width	width	windowstyle
window id	window id	window id	x
windowextendedstyle	x	windowextendedstyle	y
windowstyle	y	windowstyle
x		x
y		y	attached text
	radiogroupkind		nativeclass
	text
nativeclass		attached text	window id
text		nativeclass
window id		window id

Winstatus bar	Wintab	Wintable	Wintoolbar
abs_x	abs_x	abs_x	abs_x
abs_y	abs_y	abs_y	abs_y
all items	all items	attached text	attached text
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height	height	hasvscroll	hwnd
hwnd	hwnd	height	nativeclass
items count	items count	hscrollpagesize	object class
nativeclass	nativeclass	hscrollposition	regexpwndclass
object class	object class	hwnd	regexpwndtitle
regexpwndclass	regexpwndclass	leftscrollbar	rightaligned
regexpwndtitle	regexpwndtitle	maxhscrollpos	righttoleftlayout
rightaligned	rightaligned	maxvscrollpos	righttoleftreading
righttoleftlayout	righttoleftlayout	minhscrollpos	text
righttoleftreading	righttoleftreading	minvscrollpos	visible
statusbartext	selection	nativeclass	width
text	text	object class	window id
visible	visible	regexpwndclass	windowextendedstyle
width	width	regexpwndtitle	windowstyle
window id	window id	rightaligned	x
windowextendedstyle	windowextendedstyle	righttoleftlayout	y
windowstyle	windowstyle	righttoleftreading
x	x	text
y	y	visible	nativeclass
		vscrollpagesize	text
		vscrollposition
nativeclass	attached text	width	window id
	nativeclass	window id
window id		windowextendedstyle
	window id	windowstyle
		x
		y
		nativeclass
		window id

Wintreeview	Web	Browser	Frame	image
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abs_y		abs_y	abs_y	abs_y
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enabled		hastoolbar	name	height
focused		height	title	href
hashscroll		hwnd	url	html id
hasvscroll		name	width	html tag
height		openedbytestingtool		image type
hscrollpagesize		opentitle		innerhtml
hscrollposition		openurl	name	innertext
hwnd		title		name
items count		version		outerhtml
leftscrollbar		width		outertext
maxhscrollpos				src
maxvscrollpos			name	target
minhscrollpos			title	url
minvscrollpos			url	visible
nativeclass				width
object class				x
regexpwndclass		name		y
regexpwndtitle		title
rightaligned		openurl
righttoleftlayout		opentitle		alt
righttoleftreading		hasstatusbar		html tag
selection		hasmenubar		image type
text		hastoolbar
visible		openedbytestingtool
vscrollpagesize
vscrollposition				html tag
width
window id				alt
windowextendedstyle				image type
windowstyle				html id
x				name
y				file name
				class
				visible
attached text				width
nativeclass
window id

link	page	Viewlink	Webarea
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abs_y	abs_y	abs_y	abs_y
background color	height	class	alt
class	hwnd	height	class
color	name	html id	coords
font	title	html tag	height
height	url	innerhtml	href
href	width	innertext	html id
html id		outerhtml	html tag
html tag		outertext	image type
innerhtml		type	innerhtml
innertext		visible	innertext
name		width	map name
outerhtml	title	x	outerhtml
outertext	url	y	outertext
target			src
text			target
url		html tag	url
visible		innertext	visible
width			width
x			x
y			y
html tag			alt
text			html tag
html tag			html tag
text			alt
html id			html id
class			map name
name			class
href			href
visible			coords
			visible

Webbutton	Webcheckbox	Webedit	Webelement
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abs_y	abs_y	abs_y	abs_y
alt	checked	class	class
class	class	default value	height
coords	disabled	disabled	html id
height	height	height	html tag
href	html id	html id	innerhtml
html id	html tag	html tag	innertext
html tag	innerhtml	innerhtml	outerhtml
image type	innertext	innertext	outertext
innerhtml	name	kind	type
innertext	outerhtml	max length	visible
map name	outertext	name	width
outerhtml	type	outerhtml	x
outertext	value	outertext	y
src	visible	readonly
target	width	rows
url	x	type	html tag
visible	y	value	innertext
width		visible
x		width
y	html tag	width in characters
	name	x	html tag
	type	y
alt			html id
html tag			class
		html tag	innertext
	html tag	name	visible
		type
html tag	name
	type
alt	html id
html id	value	html tag
map name	class	type
class	visible
href		name
coords		html id
visible		max length
		default value
		class
		rows
		visible

Webfile	Weblist	Webradiogroup	Webtable
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abs_y	abs_y	abs_y	abs_y
class	all items	all items	border
default value	class	checked	class
disabled	default value	class	cols
height	disabled	disabled	height
html id	height	height	html id
html tag	html id	html id	html tag
innerhtml	html tag	html tag	innerhtml
innertext	innerhtml	innerhtml	innertext
name	innertext	innertext	name
outerhtml	items count	items count	outerhtml
outertext	name	name	outertext
readonly	outerhtml	outerhtml	rows
rows	outertext	outertext	text
type	select type	selected item index	visible
value	selected item index	type	width
visible	selected items count	value	x
width	selection	visible	y
width in characters	value	width
x	visible	x
y	visible items	y	html tag
	width
	x
html tag	y	html tag
name		name	html tag
type
	html tag		html id
	name		border
		html tag
html tag
		name
name	html tag	html id
type		class
html id	name	items count
class	html id	visible
default value	class	class
visible	default value	default value
	items count	items count
	visible items	visible items
	visible	visible