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Chapter 5
Introduction to Test Objects

Chapter Topics
 What is an Object?
 Object Properties
 Object Methods
 The Object Spy
 How QTP identifies objects?
 The Object Repository

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What is an Object?

 In strictly mathematical branches of computer science the term object is used in a
purely mathematical sense to refer to any "thing".
 Something that is perceived as an entity and referred to by a name

Object Properties

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What is an Object Property?
 A property of an object is some quality of that object. A physical property is any
aspect of an object or substance that can be measured or perceived.

Object Methods

What is an Object Method?
 A method usually consists of a sequence of statements to perform an action, a set
of input parameters to customize those actions, and possibly an output value.
 Methods are associated with a particular object.

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Object Spy
Windows Objects
QuickTest recognizes objects in an supported application and determines what type
of object each is

The Object Spy
 Using the Object Spy pointing hand mechanism, you can view the supported
properties and methods of any object in an open application.
 As you move the pointing hand over the objects in the application, their details are
displayed in the Object Spy.

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 These details may include the test object's
hierarchy tree, its properties and values,
and the methods associated with the object.

Choose Tools > Object Spy or click the Object Spy toolbar button to open the
Object Spy dialog box and display the Properties tab.

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Understanding the Object Spy Dialog Box
 Using the Object Spy, you can view the run-time
or test object properties and methods of any
object in an open application.
 You use the Object Spy pointer to point to an
object.
 The Object Spy displays the selected object's
hierarchy tree.
 It displays the run-time or test object properties
and values of the selected object in the
Properties tab.
 It displays the run-time or test object methods
associated with the selected object in the
Methods tab.

Task - Spying Objects

 Open and login to the Flight Reservation application.
 Be sure that the form is empty of data.
 In QuickTest, open the object Spy.
 Select the WinComboBox "Fly From" with the Spy finger point.
 Answer the following :
o How many items does the list have?
o What kind of Test Object is the list parent?
o What is the second item in the list?
o Which item is currently selected?
o How many arguments have the method Select?
o What is the purpose of the GetSelection method?

Object Identification Properties
 Object identification properties can be used in the object repository description, in
programmatic descriptions, in checkpoint and output value steps, and as argument
values for the GetROProperty method.
 GetROProperty - Returns the current value of the test object property from the
object in the application.

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Displaying Messages during the Run Session
Use the MsgBox VBScript function in your test to display information during the run
session. The run session pauses until the message box is closed.

Use the Print Utility statement in your test to display information in the QuickTest
Print Log window while still continuing the run session.

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Interactive Quiz - How am I?

I am a Win______________________

I am a Win______________________

I am a Win______________________

I am a Win______________________

I am a Win______________________

Common Methods and Properties

How QTP Identifies Objects?
In the Object > Method > Value model, how do you think QuickTest came up with
“Fly From:?”

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Discussion: How QuickTest Recognize Objects

The Object Repository
The Object Repository – The hidden object.
 When QuickTest runs a test, it simulates a human user by moving the pointer
over the application, clicking objects, and entering keyboard input.
 Like a human user, QuickTest must learn the interface of an application to be able

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to work with it.
 QuickTest does this by learning the application's objects and their
corresponding property values and storing these object descriptions in
an object repository.
 The Object Repository window displays a tree of all test objects and
all checkpoint ( 9.5 only ) and output objects in the current component
or in the selected action including all local objects and all objects in any shared
object repositories associated with the selected action.

Tree Structure
and
Logical Names

 For each object you select in the tree, the Object Repository window displays
information on the object, its type, the repository in which it is stored, and its
object details.
 Local objects are editable (black); shared objects are in read-only format (gray).
 You can use the Object Repository window to view the object description of any
Test object in the repository.

Recording a Script

Based on the Instructor Presentation.

How QTP Identifies Objects
 Learns the object's parent window and the object properties...
 Recognizes the object type ( class name ).
 Collect unique physical properties for that object.
 Assigns a "Logical name" to the learned object.

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"Playing" a script

Based on the Instructor Presentation.

 When the script is run, the process is reversed.
 The Object Repository translates logical names into physical descriptions.
 There is no link between the logical names appearing in the script and the objects
in the AUT besides the one created by QuickTest in the Object Repository.
 So, all communication, both when recording and when running, passes through
the Object Repository.

Logical Names
 Even if QuickTest has already learned the majority of GUI objects in the AUT, It
is quite possible that at a later stage of development there will be new objects in
the AUT that should be learned.
 Logical name must be identical in repository AND in test script, otherwise script
won't run correctly

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Summary
In this chapter you learned about:
 property is a set of characteristics that define an object’s appearance, values, state
and identity in an application
 A Method is a procedure or process for attaining an object.
 Objects have common and/or specific properties and methods, that's why that the
most important property is the object type
 With the Object Spy you can overview test or run time properties and method of a
specific object
 The Object Repository is one or more reusable file which maps logical names to
a physical description
 Logical names are important for readability
 Physical descriptions are important for locating objects
 QuickTest creates an object repository while it records
 Objects are accessible from the object repository

Review Questions
Question 1
What are the two most important properties for a testing object?
1. _________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________

Question 2
Which Test object will never have a parent? _________________________________

Question 3
The click method is used by almost all testing objects.
Why the method does have 2 optional arguments? ( x and y )
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

Question 4
Where the click method is going to "click" without x and y coordinates?
____________________________________________________________________

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Question 5
Which method is used to retrieve Object identification properties?
1. GetContent.
2. GetTOProperty.
3. GetROPrperty.
4. ItemsCount
5. Both 2 and 3
6. None of the options above.

Question 6
The drop-down list is represented by the test object:
1. WinList
2. WinDropDownList
3. WinObject
4. WinComboBox.

Question 7
The object spy can be activated from:
1. The Tools menu.
2. The Tools toolbar.
3. The Local Object Repository.
4. The Object Repository Manager.
5. All options above.
6. Options 1 and 2.

Question 8
What is the difference between an Object Logical Description and Object Physical
Description?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

Question 9
Logical names in repository must identical to script object names
True False

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Exercise: Identification Properties
Part 1 - Open the Basic Script
 From menu File > Open > Test
 Select QTP0100_1

Part 2 - Handling Dynamic Data
 In The Flight Reservation application press on the New button or File > Menu
print the number of items in the dropdown list Fly to:

 Run the script.
 Why two different methods return the same value?
__________________________________________________________________
 After the Step "Select London" ( Fly From ) Step, print again the number of items
on the dropdown list Fly to:
 Run the script.
 Why the values are now different?
__________________________________________________________________
 After the Step Select "London", print the "enabled" value of the Flights button.
 After the Step Select "Paris", print the "enabled" value of the Flights button.
 Put in the right location within the script to print the "enabled" identification
property of the button "Insert Order" to be True
 Print the final message in the progress bar ( "Insert Done..." )
 Run the script and describe your conclusions :
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Part 3 - Investigating the Object Spy
 Open the Flight Reservation application if it closed.
 Login to the Flight Reservation Application.

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 Enter Date: "010110", Fly From: "Seattle".
 Activate the Object Spy.
 Spy the test object "Fly From:"
 What is the value of the identification property all items?
__________________________________________________________________
 What is the value of the selected property?
__________________________________________________________________
 What is the value of the text property?
__________________________________________________________________
 What is the difference between them (selected and text)?
selected: __________________________________________________________
text: ______________________________________________________________
 Spy the test object "Fly To:"
 What is the value of the selected property?
__________________________________________________________________
 What is the value of the text property?
__________________________________________________________________
 Close the Spy.
 Minimize the Flight Reservation application.
 Activate the Spy again.
 "Spy" on the Flights button.
 Retrieve the identification property of the Flights button?
 Why the text property value different from the actual text value?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Part 4 - Runtime Properties
 Spy on the object "Name:" and answer the following:
 How many run-time object properties "Name:" has? ______________________
 How many run-time object methods "Name:" has? _______________________
 "Spy" on the Date of Flight field ( ActiveX object ) and answer the following:
 How many run-time object properties "MaskEdBox:" has? ________________
 How many run-time object methods "MaskEdBox:" has? __________________

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Part 5 - The Object Repository
 Open the Object Repository form the basic test ( CTRL + R )
 How many "Dialog" test objects do you see?
__________________________________________________________________
 Locate the "Fly From:" test object.
 Who is the "parent" of "Fly From:"?
__________________________________________________________________
 Why we don't see the identification properties" text" and "items count"?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
 Locate the "Date of Flight" field
 Why logical name is not "Date of Flight"? _____________________________
 How many "OK" buttons you see in the object repository? ________________
 If you find more than one, what is the difference between them?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
 Why the WinRadioButton "Economy" is not in the OR?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
 The "native class" value of the t "Fly To:" test object is WinComboBox
.
True False

 The "class" value of the "Fly To:" test object is WinComboBox.

True False

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