Note: For Database Testing no object reference is required, uft has an integrated SQL Engine, we can execute SQL commands directly in the UFT Tool Editor.
Software Objects in Windows based Environment:
Window, Dialog Box, Button, Radio Button, Check box, edit box, List box, Drop-down box, Combo box Etc…
Software Objects in Web based Environment:
Browser, Page, Link, Image, Grid, Button, Radio Button, Check box, edit box, List box, Drop-down box, Combo box Etc…
Note: Some objects are common in both the environments, ex: Button, edit box, List box etc…
What is Object?
It is some thing which has structure and Properties.
What is Property?
It is an attribute of the Object, which describes the object.
What is Method?
It is an Operation on the Object
In Test Automation Using UFT, we user 4 Types of Objects,
i) Run-time Objects
ii) Test Objects
iii) Utility Objects
iv) Automation Objects
i) Run-time Objects
Objects present in the Application
Ex: Buttons, Links, edit boxexs etc…
Note: Irrecptive of the environment (Ex: Java or .NET or Web) end user calls Button is Button, Edit box is Edit box, Check box is Check box(If it is Java or .NET or any environment)
States of Run-time Objects:
Enabled, Disabled, Visible, Hidden, Focused
ii) Test Objects
Reference of Run-time object ia called Test Object.
Test object name varies from one environment to another
Example:
Object Windows Visual Basic Web
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Button WinButton VbButton WebButton
Edit box WinEdit VbEdit WebEdit
Browser NA NA Browser
Page NA NA Page
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How to get Test Object Information
Using Object Spy
Using Object Identification
States of Test Object
Constant Object : Whose properties values are fixed
Dynamic Object: Whose properties values change dynamically throughout the execution
Duplicate Objects: Two are more objects with same description
iii) Utility Objects
They are UFT Reserved Objects used for Testing and Result Reporting
Every Utility object is unique,
Ex:
SystemUtil Object is Used to launch the Application.
Syntax:
SystemUtil.Run "Path of the Application" - windows based Application
SystemUtil.Run "Path of the Browser", "url" -Web based Application
Ex:
SystemUtil.Run "C:\Program Files\HP\Unified Functional Testing\samples\flight\app\flight4a.exe"
SystemUtil.Run "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe", "www.yahoo.com"
iv) Automation Objects
They are User defined Objects used to work with Drives, Folders, Databases and Files.
a) File System Object Model
It is used to work with Drives, Folders and Files (Flat files)
Class value: ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
How to create File System Object?
Set Variable = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”)
b) Excel Application Object
It is used to work with Excel Application/Excel files
Class value: ("Excel.Application")
c) Word Application Object
It is used to work with Word Application / Word documents
Class Value: ("Word.Application")
d) Database Objects
1) Database Connection Object
It is used to connect to Databases
Class value: ("Adodb.Connection")
2) Database Recordset object
It is used to perform operations on Database Tables
Class value: ("Adodb.Recordset")
e) Dictionary Object
It is used to define Key, Value pairs
Class value: ("Scripting.Dictionary")
f) QTP Application Object
It is used to automate UFT Tool operations and it is Local object model
Class Value: ("QuickTest.Application")
