KnowledgeInbox (By Tarun Lalwani)

Watching the Call stack in Debug mode

Tarun Lalwani — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:32:20 +0000

Debugging is one of the most important part of QTP Scripting. Lack of knowledge in debugging a script can increase the time wasted for fixing issues with scripts. We can watch the Call Stack Trace while debugging scripts in QTP. This article will demonstrate how to watch the call stack. Consider the code shown below Function Top() [...]

Capturing values from an Application objects

Tarun Lalwani — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:01:54 +0000

Checkpoints and validations can be done by capturing actual values from an object in the Application and then comparing that value with some predefined value. QTP provides various methods for capturing values from an Application object. We will discuss all of these methods in detail. Checkpoints Checkpoints can be used for validating an Actual value against Expected [...]

Failed to connect to Siebel when using SWECmd=AutoOn

Tarun Lalwani — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:16:57 +0000

When launching the Siebel application with SWECmd=AutoOn parameter in the URL you might get a “Failed to connect to Siebel” error message. This error message indicates that the Siebel client package is corrupt and needs to be repaired. Corruption of Siebel packages can also cause QTP to stops identifying any of the Siebel objects even [...]

General run error while calling a function

Tarun Lalwani — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:39:38 +0000

Recently while debugging a QTP Script i was getting a “General Run Error” while calling a function. After many runs of the test, i finally found the root cause for the issue. The issue can be reproduced in the way shown below Create a library file with the code shown below and associate it with the [...]

Performing action on multiple objects

Tarun Lalwani — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:00:45 +0000

At times, there are situations where we need to execute the same operation on multiple objects. Example of such situations is listed below Checking/Unchecking all Check Boxes on a web page Setting all the Text Boxes to blank value Selecting the first possible value for every WebRadioGroup The usual way to do it in Descriptive Programming (DP) is to [...]

Difference between Test and Action Parameters

Tarun Lalwani — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:14:48 +0000

Many QTP user confuse between Test and Action Parameters. This article will explains both the concepts in details and eliminate any confusion. QTP Help does not describe the method of using Test Parameters Test Parameters Test Parameters can be used to pass values to the test and retrieve values when the test completes. They are global parameters [...]

How to delete browser cookies in QTP?

Tarun Lalwani — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:41:07 +0000

Web applications uses cookies to store user related information. While testing these cookies might interfere with the results of test. It is recommended to delete cookies before starting new test. In this article we will see how to delete cookies for a browser. Different browser stores cookies in different places and in different format. Deleting IE Cookies IE [...]

How to make hidden elements on a web page visible

Tarun Lalwani — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:04:13 +0000

In one of the recent articles ‘Exist returns True even when the object does not exists’ we saw how elements can be hidden on a web page using CSS. To analyze the complexity of a web page we should make sure it does not have many hidden elements, as they make automation difficult sometimes. We [...]

Firefox is not recognized as Browser after upgrade

Tarun Lalwani — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:29:11 +0000

I recently upgraded my QTP from version 9.2 to 9.5. The upgrade was does after doing a clean uninstall using my QTP Clean Uninstaller tool. Even after the clean uninstall, i found that QTP 9.5 was not recognizing Firefox a Browser but as a Window test object. The issue seemed to be with Firefox caching [...]

Object repository window does not show up

Tarun Lalwani — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:18:24 +0000

Sometimes clicking on the Object Repository (OR) button on the toolbar does not bring up the Object Repository window. This issue mostly happens with people who use Multiple monitors with QTP and place the Object Repository window on the secondary monitor. When they relaunch QTP with only one monitor connected, QTP remembers the old co-ordinates [...]

Maintaining list of class objects created

Tarun Lalwani — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:57:05 +0000

At times, we might want to maintain a list of all objects which are created for an object. We will not discuss the situations where it would be required, but we will see how it’s done. To store the list of object we can use the Dictionary objects. When we create classes object the first event [...]

Exporting data table every N iterations

Tarun Lalwani — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:59:05 +0000

It is recommended to export the results of a test with huge iterations periodically. This minimizes the loss of results in case QTP or the system crashes. In this article we will look at a method which will export the data table after specified no. of iterations. 'Global counter for iterations Dim iAfterIterations iAfterIterations = 0 'Author: Tarun Lalwani 'Website: [...]

Announcing the launch of KnowledgeInbox forums

Tarun Lalwani — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:06:16 +0000

It gives me great pleasure to announce the launch for new KnowledgeInbox forums. It’s something my readers have been missing from a long time. The forum will be focused on QTP and KnowledgeInbox tools. Click here to launch the forum Note: Users need to register on the blog to access the forums. There is no need for [...]

Exist returns True even when the object does not exists

Tarun Lalwani — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:27:54 +0000

Checking Exist property for a Test object might return True even when the object is not present on the screen. Though this is not an issue with QTP but there could be 2 possible reasons behind this. This article walks through both the reasons in details Root Cause #1 - Smart identification being used to identify [...]