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1. To use an external spreadsheet to data-drive a test

Open the Excel file in Excel.

Verify that the first row of data contains the Column headers.

Rename the sheet(s) to match the names used in the test script (e.g., Global,
Action1, etc.).

Open the test script.

Go to Test -> Settings.

Select the Resources tab.

In the Data table section, select the "Other location" radio button.

Click <OK> to close the warning dialog.

Enter the full path to the Excel file or browse to the file using the browse button
(...).

Click <Apply>.

Click <OK>.
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2. To compare two .xls files

TrueOrFalse = "Same" DataTable.Import("C:\Temp\test.xls") FirstTableCount =

DataTable.GetRowCount DataTable.Import("C:\Temp\test1.xls") SecondTableCount =
DataTable.GetRowCount if (FirstTableCount <> SecondTableCount) then

msgbox "Both files are not Equal" else

For I = 1 To FirstTableCount DataTable.Import("C:\Temp\test.xls")

Datatable.SetCurrentRow(I)

value1 = DataTable.Value("FirstSheetColumn")
DataTable.Import("C:\Temp\test1.xls") Datatable.SetCurrentRow(I)

value2 = DataTable.Value("SecondSheetColumn") if(value1 <> value2) then

TrueOrFalse = "Different" Exit For

end if Next

end if msgbox(TrueOrFalse)

3. To parameterize a password
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Option 1:

Use the Set method instead of SetSecure and parameterize that. This method will
not encrypt the password.
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Option 2:

Enter the "real" password in the data table.

Select the column that contains the password.

Right-click on the selected column and select Data -> Encrypt.

If you use Option 2, you can use the SetSecure method to directly access the
encrypted password in the data table.

To specify number of times iteration in a test will execute

Go to Test -> Settings.

Select the Run tab.

In the Test Setting window, you will see a section called Data Table iterations. This
is where you can specify the number of iterations. Select the "Run one iteration
only" option to run only with the first row of data. Select "Run on all rows" to
iterate through all rows of data. Select "Run from row x to row y" to specify which
rows of data in the data table to use.

Note:
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If you want to run on only one row of data, but do not want to use the first row, select
the "Run from row x to row y" option specifying the same row for x and y.

5. To delete a row from the data table

Selecting a cell or row in the Data Table and pressing Ctrl+X or the Delete key on
the keyboard deletes the data from the selected cell or row, but does not delete the
actual cell or row. Thus, if you delete data from a row in the Data Table using one
of these shortcut keys, QuickTest will still run an iteration on that row.

Workaround: To delete an entire cell or row from the Data Table, select it and
choose Delete from the context menu, or press Ctrl+K on the keyboard.

If you import a Microsoft Excel table containing a combo box or list cells,
conditional formatting, or other special cell formats, the formats are not
imported and the cells are displayed in the Data Table with fixed values.

When you record a test and you try to play it back a popup window opens saying that
“An Exception occurred in pdm.dll and Quick Test is going to close”.

How we go around this issue?

If version 6.0.0.8169 of Pdm.dll is found on the system, install a newer version

from: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q293/6/23.ASP. This will
be recognized during installation and QuickTest Professional will instruct you to
download the corrected DLL from the Microsoft site.X
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8. To verify if a checkbox within a Web table is selected

Use the ChildItem and GetROProperty methods to retrieve the state of a checkbox

The ChildItem method will return an object referencing the checkbox. Follow this
with the GetROProperty method will return the property value specified of the
object.

Example:

Set myObj = Browser("Table Example").Page("Table

Example").WebTable("Bats").ChildItem(1, 1, "WebCheckBox", 0) msgbox
myObj.GetROProperty ("checked")

Where 0 is not checked and 1 is checked.

9. To rename the local data sheet name in the data table

If you rename a particular action that gets reflected in the local data sheet whereas
you cannot rename any actions in the global data sheet.

10. to access the second row in local sheet without accessing the first row

The SetCurrentRow method sets the specified row as the current (active) row in
the run-time data table.

Sheet.SetCurrentRow(RowNumber)
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RowNumber - Indicates the number of the row to set as the active row.

If you do not specify that the sheet is a local sheet, using GetSheet, the row will be
activated in the Global sheet by default.

Example:

DataTable.GetSheet("Action1") ' This will activate the specified sheet.

DataTable.SetCurrentRow(2) ' This will set the specified row in the activated sheet.

' If the GetSheet function is not used, it will set the Row in the Global Sheet.
msgbox(DataTable.Value("Data1", "Action1")) ' This will read the cell value.

DataTable.GetSheet("Action2").SetCurrentRow(3)

DataTable.Value("A", "Action2") = "new value"

Whats new in QTP8.2?

Unicode is supported.

Function to send Test result as mail.

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Function SendMail(SendTo, Subject, Body, Attachment) Set

ol=CreateObject("Outlook.Application")

Set Mail=ol.CreateItem(0) Mail.to=SendTo Mail.Subject=Subject

Mail.Body=Body

If (Attachment <> "") Then Mail.Attachments.Add(Attachment)

End If Mail.Send 'ol.Quit

'ol.Skip

Set Mail = Nothing Set ol = Nothing

End Function
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'Function SendMail(SendFrom, SendTo, Subject, Body) ' Set

objMail=CreateObject("CDONTS.Newmail")

ObjMail.From = SendFrom

ObjMail.To = SendTo 'ObjMail.Subject = Subject 'ObjMail.Body = Body

'ObjMail.Send

'Set objMail = Nothing 'End Function

'**********************************************************************

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SendTo = "Some one"

Subject = "Sending through QTP Test" Body = "Testing"

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Attachment = "Path"

Call SendMail(SendTo, Subject, Body, Attachment)