Descriptive Programming in QTP

Object Repository:

Ø  OR is a place to stores QTP learned objects

Ø  QTP uses default Object Identification properties: mandatory and assistive to learn objects into OR

Script play back using OR

-          QTP find the Objects in OR using Logical name and Object hierarchy

-          QTP retrieve the test object properties from OR

-          QTP search the application for the object with the same object in OR and perform the user action

Descriptive Programming:

v  Learn the object Properties and physical description of the objects and used into Script level

v  Descriptive properties is store Script level

Script play back using Descriptive programming

-          QTP search the AUT for the Object using Descriptive properties and performs user action

How to use the Descriptive programming

They are two ways in which descriptive programming can be used as below

1)    By creating properties for collection of Objects or Child Objects

    We can use description object to get all the objects on the page that matches that specific description. Suppose we have to check all the checkboxes present on a web page. So we will first create an object description for a checkbox and then get all the checkboxes from the page

Dim obj_ChkDesc
Set obj_ChkDesc=Description.Create
obj_ChkDesc(“html tag”).value = “INPUT”
obj_ChkDesc(“type”).value = “checkbox”
Dim allCheckboxes, singleCheckBox
Set allCheckboxes = Browse(“Browser”).Page(“Page”).ChildObjects(obj_ChkDesc)
For each singleCheckBox in allCheckboxes
             singleCheckBox.Set “ON”
Next

2)    By creating properties for Single Objects

        When going for single or specific point within a test object hierarchy, you must create descriptive properties from starting onwards

For Example,

Dialog("text:=Login").Activate

Dialog("text:=Login").WinEdit("attached text:=Agent Name:").Set "vinodh"

Dialog("text:=Login").WinEdit("attached text:=Agent Name:").Type  micTab

Dialog("text:=Login").WinEdit("attached text:=Password:").SetSecure "4c18d6c06f2d8fe29ad434c54106936bc9199553"

Dialog("text:=Login").WinButton("regexpwndtitle:=OK").Click

Window("text:=Flight Reservation").Close

Note: If initially of the code used OR objects after that, if used descriptive properties, QTP doesn’t recognize  the objects

For example

Dialog("text:=Login").WinButton("OK").Click

Error: