Take your functional test automation skills to the next level by learning to use the Expert View in QuickTest Professional. Through discussions and hands-on exercises, you will learn to create steps that work with dynamic objects and data, use VBScript conditional and looping statements to control the flow of your tests and components, and use Data Table methods and database connection objects to retrieve external data.

• Quality assurance engineers who will assume technical lead roles in the use of QuickTest Professional.
• Quality assurance engineers who will support business analysts using Business Process Testing.
• Other users of QuickTest Professional who need to customize and enhance their automated tests using scripting.

Using QuickTest Professional or Using QuickTest Professional with Business Process Testing

At least three months working automating test scripts using QuickTest Professional or prior development experience in any high-level programming language.

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Identify the advantages of Expert View.
• Translate steps between Keyword View and Expert Views.
• Enter test steps in Expert View.
• Retrieve and use the properties of an application object.
• Use constants and variables in tests.
• Identify application objects with programmatic descriptions.
• Create tests that include VBScript operators, functions, and statements.
• Retrieve data from application objects.
• Describe and use various VBScript looping statements.
• Use the Data Table object to store run-time data and drive actions.
• Create scripts that access data from external sources.
• Create new subroutines and functions.
• Create and associate a library of functions.
• Use the Function Library editor.
• Identify when to handle exceptions programmatically.

• Course Overview
• Introduction to Expert View
• Using Expert View
• Working With Object Properties
• Working with Dynamic Objects
• Using VBScript Operators, Statements, and Functions
• Working with Dynamic DataRetrieving External Data
• Creating New Procedures
• Managing QuickTest Exception Handling

DAY 1

Course Overview

• Introduction to Advanced QuickTest

Introduction to Expert View

• Understanding Expert View
• Introduction to VBScript or OOP
• Translating Steps

Using Expert View

• Using the Step Generator
• Entering Steps Manually
• Debugging the Script

Working With Object Properties

• Retrieving Properties of an Object
• Using Constants and Variables
• Using the Report Utility Object

Working with Dynamic Objects

• Using Dynamic Objects
• Building a Programmatic Description

DAY 2

Using VBScript Operators, Statements, and Functions

• Using VBScript Operators, Statements, and Functions

Working with Dynamic Data

• Retrieving Data
• Using Looping Statements
• Using the Data Table Object

Retrieving External Data

• Importing Data
• Working with Databases and File Systems

Creating New Procedures

• Working with Procedures
• Building a Library
• Using a Procedure in Different Scenarios

Managing QuickTest Exception Handling

• Overview of Exception Handling
• Handling Exceptions Through Recovery Scenarios
• Handling Exceptions Programmatically