Questions and Answers for Actions in QTP

1.What is an action in    QTP

Ans:

Action is nothing but a specific task under one test

(Ex: Login is one action and Payment is another action)

(We can make them both in one action but it would be better if they are different)

2.How to call an action in QTP

Ans.

RunAction “Action2[Action Name]“,oneIteration, parameters

3.What is reusable action in QTP

Ans.

To call an action from other tests we must make it as reusable so that scope becomes global and can be called from any test.

A reusable action can be called and executed but not editable in the current test.

4.How many types of actions are there in QTP

Ans.

i)Non-Reusable Action :an action that can be called only in the test with which it is stored, and can be called only once.

ii)Reusable Action : an action that can be called multiple times by the test with which it is stored (the local test) as well as by other tests.

iii)External Action : a reusable action stored within another test.

External actions are read-only in the calling test.

The below are not types of actions.

Internal Action : an action which is created locally under one test . Eventhough if it is reusable action , it would be internal action

Independent Action : an action which is not dependent on any other action

Dependant Action :an action which is depend on other action(s)

Examples for actions in qtp

1. How to create actions while recording in qtp

Create Blank TestCase. Goto –>Record .Open ur Flight Reservation application

Do the record for login (Enter Agent Name and Mercury Password).Then the script would be

SystemUtil.Run “C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\flight4a.exe”,”",”C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\”,”open”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Agent Name:”).Set “venkatesh”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Password:”).SetSecure “4c04981da8da89eb8a871793145df8e386047656″

Dialog(“Login”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

Goto insert —>Call to new action and then it would create action2.

Then go for File–>Open Order and give orger number (Ex:5) and ok.Then the script would be

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Activate

Window(“Flight Reservation”).WinMenu(“Menu”).Select “File;Open Order…”

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Dialog(“Open Order”).WinCheckBox(“Order No.”).Set “ON”

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Dialog(“Open Order”).WinEdit(“Edit”).Set “5″

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Dialog(“Open Order”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

Goto insert —>Call to new action and then it would create action3.

Close the Flight Reservation application.Then the script would be

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Activate

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Close

2.How to create actions for data table from Keyword View in qtp

Create Blank TestCase. Goto –>Record .Open ur Flight Reservation application

Action1 :

Do the record for login (Enter Agent Name and Mercury Password).Then the script would be

SystemUtil.Run “C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\flight4a.exe”,”",”C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\”,”open”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Agent Name:”).Set “venkatesh”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Password:”).SetSecure “4c04981da8da89eb8a871793145df8e386047656″

Dialog(“Login”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

Action2 :

Goto insert —>Call to new action and then it would create action2.

Then go for File–>Open Order and give orger number (Ex:5) and ok.Then the script would be

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Activate

Window(“Flight Reservation”).WinMenu(“Menu”).Select “File;Open Order…”

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Dialog(“Open Order”).WinCheckBox(“Order No.”).Set “ON”

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Dialog(“Open Order”).WinEdit(“Edit”).Set “5″

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Dialog(“Open Order”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

Action3 :

Goto insert —>Call to new action and then it would create action3.

Close the Flight Reservation application.Then the script would be

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Activate

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Close

Fill the data in the global sheet. Ex:

Make the A name as Login and B name as Password

Give any name (Ex: venkatesh for login and mercury for password)

Fill the data in the Action2. Ex:

Make the A name as Order Number

Give some numbers (Ex: 3,45,8 )

Goto KeyWord View

Action1

Login :

AgentName Set Value

Click on the value.There choose Parameter:DataTable.

Name :Choose Login

Ok

Same thing for password field.

Name :Choose Password

Ok

Action2

Flight Reservation

Open Order

Edit  set “some number” click there

There choose Parameter:DataTable.

Location in the datatable :current action

ok

Now you look into the expert view and see the code .

There automatically code would be change

Goto–Action1–>Right Click–>Action Call Properties–>Run on all rows

Goto–Action2–>Right Click–>Action Call Properties–>Run on all rows

Execute it.

execute it

3.How to create actions for data table in qtp

Action 1:

SystemUtil.Run “C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\flight4a.exe”,”",”C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\”,”open”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Agent Name:”).Set DataTable(“Login”, dtGlobalSheet)

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Password:”).SetSecure DataTable(“Password”, dtGlobalSheet)

Dialog(“Login”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

Action2 :

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Activate

Window(“Flight Reservation”).WinMenu(“Menu”).Select “File;Open Order…”

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Dialog(“Open Order”).WinCheckBox(“Order No.”).Set “ON”

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Dialog(“Open Order”).WinEdit(“Edit”).Set DataTable(“OpenOrder”, dtLocalSheet)

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Dialog(“Open Order”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

Action3:

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Activate

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Close

4.How to reuse actions in qtp

Step 1:Create Blank Test.

Goto –>Record .Open ur Flight Reservation application

Do the record for login (Enter Agent Name and Mercury Password).Then the script would be

SystemUtil.Run “C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\flight4a.exe”,”",”C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\”,”open”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Agent Name:”).Set “venkatesh”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Password:”).SetSecure “4c04981da8da89eb8a871793145df8e386047656″

Dialog(“Login”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

Goto insert —>Call to new action and then it would create action2.

Then go for File–>Open Order and give orger number (Ex:5) and ok.Then the script would be

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Activate

Window(“Flight Reservation”).WinMenu(“Menu”).Select “File;Open Order…”

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Dialog(“Open Order”).WinCheckBox(“Order No.”).Set “ON”

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Dialog(“Open Order”).WinEdit(“Edit”).Set “5″

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Dialog(“Open Order”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

Goto insert —>Call to new action and then it would create action3.

Close the Flight Reservation application.Then the script would be

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Activate

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Close

Now Goto—>KeyWord view–>Rht Click on Action1 –>Action Properties–>There u choose the option

for Reusable action  (Then action1 is called reusable action)

(Note : You need to give the reuasable action to the corresponding action)

Step2 : Now we can use action1 (which we made as reusable)

Create blank test

Goto–>Keyword view–>Rht Click on action1–>Insert Call to Existing Action

There u can browse the actions and choose (Ex:Action1).

Then you can execute

5.How to exit from the test in actions using exittest in qtp

Action1 :

No need to goto record mode.Just goto Object Repository and add objects to local

Open ur flight application and click on log in window.click ok

write the below code in expert view

SystemUtil.Run “C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\flight4a.exe”,”",”C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\”,”open”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Agent Name:”).Set “venkatesh”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Password:”).SetSecure “4c0616cda83a5c9f88633cdaff4c044c”

Dialog(“Login”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

bexists=Dialog(“Login”).Dialog(“Flight Reservations”).Exist(2)

If bexists Then

smsg=Dialog(“Login”).Dialog(“Flight Reservations”).GetVisibleText

reporter.ReportEvent micFail,”Login”,smsg

Dialog(“Login”).Dialog(“Flight Reservations”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

Dialog(“Login”).WinButton(“Cancel”).Click

exittest

End If

Action2:

Open ur flight application login and login with agent name and pwd

No need to goto record mode.Just goto Object Repository and add objects to local

click on FlightReservation window. click ok

write the below code in expert view

window(“Flight Reservation”).Activate

window(“Flight Reservation”).Close

6.How to exit from the action in actions using exitaction in qtp

Action1 :

No need to goto record mode.Just goto Object Repository and add objects to local

Open ur flight application and click on log in window.click ok

write the below code in expert view

SystemUtil.Run “C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\flight4a.exe”,”",”C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\”,”open”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Agent Name:”).Set “venkatesh”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Password:”).SetSecure “4c0616cda83a5c9f88633cdaff4c044c”

Dialog(“Login”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

bexists=Dialog(“Login”).Dialog(“Flight Reservations”).Exist(2)

If bexists Then

smsg=Dialog(“Login”).Dialog(“Flight Reservations”).GetVisibleText

reporter.ReportEvent micFail,”Login”,smsg

Dialog(“Login”).Dialog(“Flight Reservations”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

Dialog(“Login”).WinButton(“Cancel”).Click

exitaction

End If

msgbox “it will not execute”

Action2:

Open ur flight application login and login with agent name and pwd

No need to goto record mode.Just goto Object Repository and add objects to local

click on FlightReservation window. click ok

write the below code in expert view

window(“Flight Reservation”).Activate

window(“Flight Reservation”).Close

7.How to call action in qtp

(qtp reusable action example)

To call any action in qtp using RunAction, that action should be made as reusable

Follwing example has 3 actions. I am calling Action3 in Action1

Action1 :

SystemUtil.Run “C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\flight4a.exe”,”",”C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\”,”open”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Agent Name:”).Set “venkatesh”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Password:”).SetSecure “4c0616cda83a5c9f88633cdaff4c044c”

Dialog(“Login”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

bexists=Dialog(“Login”).Dialog(“Flight Reservations”).Exist(2)

If bexists Then

smsg=Dialog(“Login”).Dialog(“Flight Reservations”).GetVisibleText

reporter.ReportEvent micFail,”Login”,smsg

Dialog(“Login”).Dialog(“Flight Reservations”).WinButton(“OK”).Click

Dialog(“Login”).WinButton(“Cancel”).Click

End If

runaction “Action3″,oneiteration

Action2 :

msgbox “welcome to action2″

Action3 :

SystemUtil.Run “C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\flight4a.exe”,”",”C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\samples\flight\app\”,”open”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Agent Name:”).Set “venkatesh”

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Password:”).SetSecure “4c06513879e8c9aae96f878ebd40924cb403de52″

Dialog(“Login”).WinEdit(“Password:”).Type  micReturn

Window(“Flight Reservation”).Close

Execute it.It will execute in the below sequence.

Action1–>Action3

Action2–>Action3