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QuickTest Professional

I) Introduction
1) Test Automation
2) Disadvantages of Manual Testing
3) Advantages of Test Automation
4) Drawbacks of Test Automation
5) Types of Test Automation
6) Functional Test Automation
7) Types of Test Tool
8) Functional & Regression Testing Tools
9) History of QTP
10)Basic Features of QTP
11) Installation process of QTP

II) QuickTest Window / Key Elements of QTP

1) Test Pane
2) Active Screen
3) Data Table
4) Debug viewer
5) Information pane
6) Missing Resources pane
7) QTP Tool bars
8) QTP Menu items / QTP commands
9) Tool Settings

III) Object Repository

1) Software objects
2) Types of object in QTP
a) Runtime Objects
b) Test Objects
c) Utility Objects
d) Automation Objects
3) Object Repository
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a) Local Repository
b) Shared Repository
4) Operations on Object Repository
a) Adding Objects
b) Renaming Objects
c) Deleting Objects
d) Associating Object Repositories to an Action
e) Exporting Local Objects
f) Merging Repositories
g) View Options
h) Spying Objects
i) Importing and Exporting Repositories using XML

IV) QTP Testing Process

1) Planning

a) Analyzing the AUT

b) Implementing Automation Framework
c) Creating/Selecting Test cases
d) Collecting Test Data
e) Object Identification Configuration
i. Normal Identification
1. Mandatory Properties
2. Assertive Properties
ii. Smart Identification
1. Base filter Properties
2. Option filter properties
iii. Ordinal Identifier
iv. Making Tool Settings Global
2) Generating the basic Test
a) Recording
i. Normal Recording
ii. Analog Recording
iii. Low Level Recording
iv. Record and Run Settings

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b) Keyword driven methodology/Shared object repository
method/Preparing the script manually
c) Descriptive programming/Programmatic Descriptions
i. Entering Programmatic Descriptions Directly into Statements
ii. Using Description Objects for Programmatic Descriptions
iii. Retrieving Child Objects
iv. Using the Index Property in Programmatic Descriptions
v. Creating Checkpoints Programmatically

3) Enhancing the Test

a) Inserting Check points
i. Standard Checkpoint
ii. Text Checkpoint
iii. Text Area Checkpoint
iv. Bitmap Checkpoint
v. Database Checkpoint
vi. Accessibility Checkpoint
vii. XML Checkpoint (From Application)
viii. XML Checkpoint (From Resource)
ix. Page Checkpoint
x. Image Checkpoint
xi. Table Checkpoint
b) Inserting Output values
i. Standard Output value
ii. Text Output value
iii. Text Area Output value
iv. Database Output value
v. XML Output value (From Resource)
c) Adding Comments
d) Synchronization
i. Inserting Wait Statement
ii. Inserting Synchronization Point
iii. Increasing Tool Default Synchronization Time
iv. Sync method (only for web)
v. Selecting appropriate method
e) Parameterization

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i. Data Driven Testing through Loop statements
ii. Dynamic Test Data Submission through Looping
iii. Data Driven Testing through Data Table
iv. Importing Test Data from External files
v. Creating a Database, Tables and Entering Data
vi. Creating DSN
vii. Importing Test Data from Databases
f) Inserting Programmatic statements
i. Inserting Conditional Statements
ii. Inserting Loop statements
iii. Using VB Script Built-in Functions
g) Generating steps through Step Generator
h) Inserting Transaction points
i. Start Transaction
ii. End Transaction
i) Enhancing Tests with the windows API
4) Debugging the Test
a) Debug Commands
i. Step Into
ii. Step Over
iii. Step Out
b) Inserting/Removing Brake Points
c) Watching variables
d) Changing Variable values
5) Running the Test
a) Normal execution
b) Test Batch execution
i. Test batch formation
ii. Batch execution
iii. Partial Batch execution
6) Analyzing the Test Results
a) Test Result Viewer
b) Analyzing Test Results
c) Exporting Test Results
d) Test Results Deletion

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7) Reporting Defects
a) Manual Defect Reporting
b) Tool based Defect Reporting
c) Integration with Quality Center

V) QTP Advanced Features

1) Regular expressions
2) Environment Variables
a) Built-in Variables
b) User Defined Variables
c) Defining, modifying and associating environment variables
3) Methods
a) QTP Methods
b) VB Script Methods
4) Actions
a) Types of actions
i. Non-reusable Actions
ii. Re-Usable actions
iii. External Actions
b) Creating an Action
c) Splitting Actions
d) Renaming an Action
e) Deleting an Action
f) Making an Reusable/Non-Reusable
g) Calling an existing Action
h) Copying an Actions
i) Action Parameters
5) Functions
a) Preparing Procedures
b) Associating Procedures to QTP tests
c) Modifying Procedures
d) Calling Procedures
6) Dynamic Handling of Object Repositories
a) Loading Repositories directly through Utility Object
b) Finding Repository Position
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c) Removing Repositories
7) Data Driven Testing through Scripting
a) Importing Data from Flat files
b) Importing Data from spread sheets
c) Importing Data from Databases
i. Ms Access
ii. SQL Server
iii. Oracle
8) File System Operations
a) File system Object
b) Creating Files
c) Reading Data
d) Writing Data
e) Creating Folders
f) Creating Drives
9) Recovery Scenarios
a) Trigger events
i. Pop-Up window
ii. Object State
iii. Test Run Error
iv. Application Crash
b) Recovery Operations
i. Keyboard or Mouse Operation
ii. Close Application Process
iii. Function Call
iv. Restart Microsoft Windows
c) Creating Recovery Scenarios
d) Associating Recovery Scenarios
10) Virtual Object Configuration
a) Virtual Object Manager
b) Defining a Virtual Object
c) Removing or Disabling Virtual Object Definitions
11) Test Automation Frameworks
a) Automation Framework
b) Record & Playback or Linear Framework

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c) Modular Driven framework
d) Keyword Driven framework
e) Hybrid driven Framework
12) Automation Object Model

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