Unified Functional Testing Add-ins Guide

389 Pages·2016·2.52 MB·English

HP Unified Functional Testing
Software Version:12.52
Windows® operatingsystems
Add-ins Guide
DocumentReleaseDate:January2016
SoftwareReleaseDate:January2016
Add-insGuide
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Contents
Welcome tothe Add-insGuide 12
Part 1:WorkingwithUFTAdd-ins 13
UFTAdd-insOverview 14
UFTAdd-inSupport - Overview 15
LoadingUFTAdd-ins 16
Add-inLicenses 17
ConsiderationsforWorkingwithUFTAdd-ins 17
RecordandRunSettingsforAdd-ins - Overview 18
ConsiderationsforDefiningRecordandRunSettings 19
EnvironmentVariablesinRecordandRunSettings 20
UFTAdd-inExtensibility 21
HowtoManageUFTAdd-ins 22
HowtoDefineRecordandRunSettingsforUFTAdd-ins 23
Web-BasedApplicationSupport 25
Web-BasedApplicationSupport -Overview 26
Considerations -Web-BasedApplicationSupport 26
RegisteringBrowserControls 28
AccessingPassword-ProtectedResourcesintheActiveScreen 28
CheckpointsforWebPages 29
EventRecordingConfigurationforWeb-BasedApplications 30
WebEventRecordingConfigurationXMLFileStructure 31
AdvancedOperationsonWeb-BasedApplications 32
ActivatingmethodsassociatedwithaWeb-basedobjectusingtheObjectproperty 32
UsingprogrammaticdescriptionsfortheWebElementobject 33
WebObjectIdentifiers 33
WebObjectIdentifierTypes 34
CSSWebObjectIdentification 34
User-DefinedXPathWebObjectIdentification 34
AutomaticX-PathWebObjectIdentification 35
Attribute/*NotationWebObjectIdentification 35
Style/*NotationWebObjectIdentification 36
Considerations -WebObjectIdentifiers 39
HowtoUseWebObjectIdentifiers-Exercise 39
WebObjectRecognitionUsingtheWebAccessibilityToolkit 42
HowtoModifyEventRecordingConfigurationforWeb-BasedApplications 43
HowtoConfigureUFTtoRecordMouseClicks 44
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EnvironmentVariablesforaWeb-BasedEnvironment 46
TroubleshootingandLimitations -Web-BasedApplicationSupport 48
Windows-BasedApplicationSupport 52
Windows-BasedApplicationSupport - Overview 53
UFTConfigurationforWindows-BasedApplications 53
RecordandRunSettingsforWindows-BasedApplications 54
EnvironmentVariablesforWindows-basedApplications 55
ConsiderationsforAdvancedWindows-basedApplicationTesting 55
RecordandRunSettingGuidelinesforWindows-BasedAdd-ins 57
Part 2:.NETAdd-in 59
.NETAdd-in -Overview 60
.NETSilverlightAdd-in 61
.NETSilverlightAdd-in -QuickReference 62
SilverlightAdd-inExtensibility 64
KnownIssues - SilverlightAdd-in 65
.NETWebFormsAdd-in 67
.NETWebFormsAdd-in -Quick Reference 68
ConsiderationsforTesting.NETWebForms 69
AccessingInternalPropertiesandMethodsofRun-Time.NETWebFormsObjects 69
KnownIssues- .NETWebForms 69
.NETWindowsFormsAdd-in 73
.NETWindowsFormsSupport -Quick Reference 74
.NETWindowsFormsSupport -TestingandConfiguration 76
ConsiderationsforTesting.NETWindowsFormsApplications 77
.NETWindowsFormsObjects - CheckpointsandOutputValues 77
.NETAdd-inExtensibility 78
.NETWindowsFormsSpy 79
HowtoUsethe.NETWindowsFormsSpy 80
KnownIssues - .NETWindowsForms 83
.NETWindowsPresentationFoundation(WPF)Add-in 85
.NETWindowsPresentationFoundation(WPF) Add-in -Quick Reference 86
.NETWindowsPresentationFoundation(WPF)Add-in -TestingandConfiguration 88
ConsiderationsforWorkingwiththeWPFAdd-in 89
WPFObjects,Methods,andPropertiestoEnhanceYourTestorComponent 89
AboutWPFUserInterfaceAutomation 90
AutomationElements 90
ControlPatterns 90
WPFAdd-inExtensibility 91
KnownIssues - .NETWPF 91
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Part 3:ActiveX Add-in 93
ActiveXAdd-in -QuickReference 94
ConsiderationsforWorkingwiththeActiveXAdd-in 95
KnownIssues - ActiveXAdd-in 96
Part 4:Delphi Add-in 99
DelphiAdd-in-Quick Reference 100
DelphiAdd-inExtensibility 101
HowtoEnableCommunicationsBetweenUFTandYourDelphiApplication 102
KnownIssues-DelphiAdd-in 103
Part 5:Flex Add-in 104
FlexAdd-in -QuickReference 105
FlexAdd-in-TestingandConfiguration 106
EnablingUFTtoIdentifyObjectsinyourFlexApplication 106
Considerations forWorkingwiththeFlexAdd-in 109
HowtoSetUptheAdobeFlashPlayerDebuggertoEnableUFTGUITesting 110
HowtoOpenFlexApplicationsUsingtheRuntimeLoader 112
HowtoEmbedaFlexApplicationinaWebPagewiththeRuntimeLoader 114
HowtoCompileFlexApplicationsforUFTTesting 116
HowtoWorkWithEmbeddedObjectsinFlexLists,Tables,orTree-Views 118
KnownIssues -FlexAdd-in 120
Part 6:Java Add-in 122
JavaAdd-in -QuickReference 123
JavaAdd-in -TestingandConfiguration 125
JavaAdd-in -Overview 126
JavaAdd-inEnvironments 126
Considerations -JavaAdd-in 127
JavaAdd-inExtensibility 128
HowtoDisableDynamicTransformationSupport(Advanced) 129
JavaEnvironmentVariablesSettings 131
RecordandRunEnvironmentVariablesforJavaObjects 132
KnownIssues -JavaAdd-in 132
RunningAnotherJavaApplicationorAppletwiththeSameSettings 133
IdentifyingandSolvingCommonProblems 133
GeneralNotesandLimitations 135
JavaAdd-in-TestObjects 140
RecordingStepsonJavaObjects 141
RecordingStepsonJtableCellEditors 142
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TextCheckpointandTextOutputValueStepsforJavaObjects 142
FullObjectHierarchyViews 143
AdvancedJavaTestObjectMethods 143
CreateObjectMethod 144
GetStaticsMethod 144
FireEvent/FireEventExMethods 145
HowtoModifyOptionsforRecordingonJavaTables 146
Part 7:Mobile Add-in 149
MobileAdd-in-QuickReference 150
Part 8:Oracle Add-in 152
OracleAdd-in -QuickReference 153
OracleAdd-in -TestingandConfiguration 155
ConsiderationsforWorkingwiththeOracleAdd-in 156
RecordingTestsonOracleApplications 157
DynamicTransformationSupport 158
HowtoVerifyorEnabletheOracleServerUniqueNameAttributes 159
HowtoEnabletheOracleNameAttribute 159
HowtoSetOracleEnvironmentVariables 161
HowtoDisableDynamicTransformationSupport 161
OracleRecordandRunEnvironmentVariables 163
KnownIssues - OracleAdd-in 164
Part 9:PeopleSoft Add-in 166
PeopleSoftAdd-in -Quick Reference 167
ConsiderationsforWorkingwiththePeopleSoftAdd-in 168
KnownIssues - PeopleSoftAdd-in 169
Part 10:PowerBuilder Add-in 170
PowerBuilderAdd-in -QuickReference 171
ConsiderationsforWorkingwiththePowerBuilderAdd-in 172
KnownIssues - PowerBuilderAdd-in 173
Part 11:Qt Add-in 174
QtAdd-in -Quick Reference 175
Considerations - QtAdd-in 177
Part 12:Add-infor SAP Solutions 178
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Add-inforSAP Solutions -Overview 179
Web-basedSAPSupport 180
Web-BasedSAPSupport -Quick Reference 181
ConsiderationsforWorkingwithSAPGUIforHTML 183
KnownIssues - Web-basedSAP 185
Windows-basedSAPSupport 189
Windows-basedSAPSupport -Quick Reference 190
Windows-basedSAPSupport -Testing and Configuration 192
SAPGUIScriptingAPIandUFT 193
HowtoEnableSupportforSAPGUIforWindows 195
HowtoEnableScriptingontheSAPApplication(Server-Side) 197
Considerations -Windows-basedSAPAdd-inforSAP Solutions 200
EnvironmentVariablesforWindows-basedSAPApplications 201
PackageandPatchVersionsRequirements-SAPApplicationServerandSAPGUIfor
Windows 201
KnownIssues - Windows-basedSAP 202
Windows-BasedSAPSupport-TestObjects 207
CheckpointsandOutputValuesinSAPGUIforWindows 208
UsingtheAuto-ParameterizeOptiontoParameterizeTableandGridCellValues 208
HowUFTRecordsinAuto-ParameterizeMode 209
ParameterizedCellValuesintheInputDataSheet 211
ConsiderationsforAuto-Parameterization 212
DatainRowsthatRequireScrolling 213
Low-LevelorAnalogModeRecordingonSAPGUIforWindows 214
SpoolingDatafromaTable 214
HowtoRecordonStandardWindowsControlsDuringanSAPGUIforWindows
RecordingSession 215
UFT-SAPSolutionManagerIntegration 216
UFT-SAPSolutionManagerIntegration-Overview 217
TestManagementinSAPSolutionManager 217
ResourceFilesinSolutionManager 218
SolutionManagerTestingModes:StandaloneorIntegrated 218
StandaloneMode 219
IntegratedMode 220
SAPStructuredParameters 220
HowtoConfigureSolutionManagertoWorkwithUFT 221
HowtoWorkwithTestsinSolutionManagerinStandaloneMode 223
HowtoRunaTestStoredinSolutionManager 228
HowtoDisplayorEditaGUITestfromSolutionManagerinIntegratedMode 229
HowtoTransferDataToandFromGUITestsinIntegratedModeUsingTest
Parameters 230
HowtoWorkwithSAPStructuredParameters 231
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Part 13:SiebelAdd-in 235
SiebelAdd-in -Quick Reference 236
SiebelAdd-in -Testing and Configuration 239
SiebelAdd-in - Overview 240
Considerations -SiebelAdd-in 240
SiebelTestObjectModel - Overview 241
RecordingStepsonSiebelObjects 242
NativeOperationsandPropertiesinSiebel7.0.xand7.5.xApplications 243
SiebelAdd-in -CheckpointsandOutputValues 243
SpoolingDatafromaSiebelTable 245
Siebel7.7.xorLater -TestAutomationModuleConfiguration 246
HowtoDefineEnvironmentVariablesforSiebelApplications 247
KnownIssues -SiebelAdd-in 248
Siebel 7.7.xorLater 249
Siebel 7.0.xand 7.5.x 250
SiebelTestExpress 252
UsingSiebelTestExpresstoGenerateorUpdateSharedObjectRepositories 253
HowtoUseSiebelTestExpresstoGenerateorUpdateaSharedObjectRepository 253
Part 14:StandardWindowsTestingSupport 255
StandardWindowsSupport -Quick Reference 256
KnownIssues - StandardWindows 258
Part 15:Stingray Add-in 259
StingrayAdd-in-Quick Reference 260
StingrayAdd-in - TestingandConfiguration 262
SettingUpStingrayObjectSupport 263
ConsiderationsforWorkingwiththeStingrayAdd-in 263
StingrayRun-timeAgent(AgentDLL) 263
StingrayPrecompiledAgentMode 264
RecordCellEditingOptions - Example 264
HowtoSetUpYourStingrayProjectUsingthePrecompiledAgentMode 265
KnownIssues - StingrayAdd-in 267
Part 16:TerminalEmulator Add-in 270
TerminalEmulatorAdd-in-Quick Reference 271
TerminalEmulatorAdd-in - TestingandConfiguration 273
TerminalEmulatorAdd-in-Overview 274
RecordingTestsandComponentsonTerminalEmulatorApplications 275
ConsiderationsforRecordingandRunningTestsandComponentsonTerminal 276
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Emulators
RunSessionSynchronization 277
TerminalEmulatorRecoveryScenarios 277
HowtoConfigureanEmulatortoWorkwiththeTerminalEmulatorAdd-in 278
HowtoSetYourHLLAPITerminalEmulatortoWorkwithUFT 282
HowtoManageTerminalEmulatorConfigurationSettings 282
HowtoCopyExistingTerminalEmulatorConfigurations 283
HowtoChecktheValidityofaTerminalEmulatorConfiguration 285
ValidatingaTerminalEmulator-PossibleErrorResponses 285
InvalidHLLAPIDLL 285
Cannotdetectanopensession 286
Cannotlocatethemainwindowclass 286
Cannotdetecttheemulatorscreen 286
Cannotconnecttotheopensession 286
Cannotretrievesessiontext 287
Cannotdetectopensession,orCannotlocatethemainwindowclass 287
HLLAPIDLLnotfound 287
Morethanonesessionopen 287
Unknownerror 287
HowtoSynchronizeStepsonTerminalEmulators 288
CheckpointsandOutputValues-TerminalEmulators 290
KnownIssues -TerminalEmulator 291
Part 17:VisualAge Smalltalk Add-in 296
VisualAgeSmalltalkAdd-in-Quick Reference 297
HowtoConfiguretheVisualAgeSmalltalkAdd-in 299
Part 18:VisualBasic Add-in 300
VisualBasicAdd-in -Quick Reference 301
KnownIssues - VisualBasicAdd-in 303
Part 19:WebAdd-in 304
WebAdd-in -QuickReference 305
WebAdd-in -TestingandConfiguration 308
EventRecordingConfigurationforWebObjects - Overview 309
EventListeningandRecordingforWebObjects 310
Considerations -EventListeningandRecording 311
EventListeningandRecording-Use-caseScenario 311
WebAdd-inExtensibility 312
ExtensibilityAcceleratorforHPFunctionalTesting 313
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