Lesson 3 - Getting Started With QTP

Before you start creating your script, understand  QTP window and its Menu.

• Test Pane:- The area provided by QTP to create, modify  and enhance your script.It supports modes or view.
• Modes:- QTP has two modes that allows you create your script.

1. Keyword View:-The keyword view displays your script in the form of keywords (objects represented by icons) arranged in tree like format.Keyword view has components as Item, Operation,  value and Documentation with which testers with no programming skills can deal. 
2. Expert View:-Expert view displays your script in the form of VB script code and provides substantial capabilities that are not available in keyword view.

• Active Screen:-QTP provided a feature called Active Screen that holds the snapshot of each and every statement in your script.Viewing the snapshots in result summary makes easy to enhance and debug script.

• Data Table:-It is a third party excel sheet integrated into QTP. There are two types of data tables available in QTP.

1. Design Time Data Table
2. Run Time Data Table

Debug Viewer Pane:- This pane allows you to set or reset values of variables and expression in your script during test execution.

Toolbar Pane:- This area provides various tools of QTP like file, view, resources etc.to operate QTP.

Add In Manager in QTP:- Add In provides the integrated system environment that makes the QTP compatible with the application.By default thee add ins are loaded in QTP , you have to select them at the time of installing QTP.

1. Activex
2. Visual Basic
3. Web

Other than these add in's you have to pay .

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