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Steps to set up web driver and Eclipse: Open Eclipse from the menu choose File, New, Project... In the folder Java, choose Java Project. Give project a name, accept the rest of the defaults, and click Next. Download the latest zip file for selenium frm : http://seleniumhq.org/download/ The latest version right now is : "selenium-java-2.15.0.zip" Unzip the files into the project that you just created Back in Eclipse, right click on your project in the Package Explorer and choose Build Path , Configure Build Path... . Choose the Libraries tab Click Add Jars Select all of the jars that you just unzipped into the /lib/selenium-jars/ folder and click OK Choose the primary selenium jar, which in this example is selenium-java-2.15.jar , expand and  double-click on Javadoc location . (Enter the location for the Selenium JavaDocs into the Javadoc location path field htt tp://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/api/java/ ) Click Ok and u are ready. Right click on t

Eclipse does not have integrated Maven support out of the box. To add the support, I am going to use Maven Integration (m2e) . In Eclipse: Help -> Install New Software… Type the following URL in field Work with : http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases Click Add… Give a name for the repository (such as m2eclipse ) Click OK Select the checkbox Maven Integration for Eclipse Click Next etc. to move forward and choose to restart Eclipse when prompted

Steps to Install Maven  for Windows XP: Maven is a Java tool, so you must have Java installed. Download Maven from http://maven.apache.org/download.html#Installation Unzip the distribution archive, i.e. apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.zip to the directory you wish to install Maven 3.0.3 Add the M2_HOME environment variable with the value of where you have extracted the zip artchive: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\apache-maven-3.0.3 Add the M2 environment variable in the user variables with the value %M2_HOME%\bin Update/create the Path environment variable and append the value %M2% to add Maven available in the command line. Make sure that JAVA_HOME exists in your user variables or in the system variables and it is set to the location of your JDK, e.g. C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_02 Restart the machine Open a new command prompt and type mvn --version to verify that it is correctly installed Source: http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/maven-in-five-minutes.h

I had a hard time trying to figure this out , so here are the steps for the basic integration of these two tools : The same logic can be used to integrate Quality center and any open source tool: Set up a VAPI-XP-TEST in quality center that will store the script and the logic to run the same. The script would then invoke the opensource tool , in our case Fitnesse from test lab in QC. Once the test is complete we would do two things Report a Pass/Fail for the test Upload the results that are generated by the Fitnesse tool into QC Here is the cod e that you need to place in the QC VAPI-XP-TEST: ' FitNesse.SuiteAcceptanceTests.SuiteWidgetTests.SetUpLinkTest [VBScript] ' Created by Quality Center ' ==================================================== ' ---------------------------------------------------- ' Main Test Function ' Debug - Boolean. Equals to false if running in [Test Mode] : reporting to Quality Center ' CurrentTestSet - [OTA

A strange thing happened when i was trying to run QTP tests from Quality Center , there was this error message popped up after every test run. Until the message box was not closed manually QC would wait indefinitely, defeating the whole purpose of automation. So here is the vbcript that would run indefinitely waiting for the popup; and close it for tests to continue: Set wshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Do       ret = wshShell.AppActivate("System Settings Change")       If ret = True Then           wshShell.SendKeys "%N"           Exit Do       End If       WScript.Sleep 500   Loop 

QuickTest .NET Add-in Extensibility is an SDK package that enables you to support testing applications that use third-party and custom .NET Windows Forms controls that are not supported out-of-the-box by the .NET Add-in. We need to create a Custom Server (DLLs or control definition XML file) to handle each custom control. We shall look at the steps to develop a custom server dll using the .net extensibility kit: Use the QTP Setup program to install the QuickTest Professional .NET Add-in Extensibility SDK on your computer. Create a new project in VS2008 or above and select the Visual C# > Windows node in the Project types treeVisual C# >  3.  In the Application Settings page, specify the following settings: Server class name e.g. TrackBarSrv Select the Customize Record process check box. Select the Customize Run process check box. Accept the rest of the default settings. 4.  Click Next. The XML Configuration Settings page opens In the XML Configuration Se

I am sure a lot of QTP users who run their tests from quality center must have noticed that a test passes with warning , but when the test set is closed it turns into fail. Solution: The best way is to modify the registry setting or use the below code: WshShell.RegWrite"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\"&_ "Logger\Media\TD\TreatWarningAs","TREAT_AS_PASS","REG_SZ" If the tests are failing the key (TreatWarningAs)would have "TREAT_AS_FAIL" change this to TREAT_AS_PASS and you would be relieved for sure ;) Hope this helps, Happy Testing!

Like most testers, you probably automate a certain number of websites.. Ever wonder how those websites work? What technologies does that website or blog use? What is the underlying software that the website runs on? These are all good questions before starting automation on a website and not always easily determined by just viewing a website. Sitonomy is a cool web service that you can use to get information about a website, such as what technology is used to run the website, what advertising the site uses, the programming language for the website, what kind of server it is running on, and lots more.     To add to that : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/396739/how-do-you-determine-what-technology-a-website-is-built-on

There are a lot of instances while working with Quality center that you might have noticed this message "this test is locked by another quality center user” Sometimes you may have imposed a self lock on it.. J This happens mostly when the user kills the QTP process when the script is still open(from QC). If you have forgotten the machine where you have imposed a self lock then don’t worry as here is the soln to get rid of the same: Copy the following code and run it from the machine were qc is instantiated. On Error Resume Next     desc = "Please provide the network id for the user, and please make sure" &_         "this user is logged out prior to removing locks"    UName = InputBox(desc,"Provide network id")   If(UName <> "") Then        Set cmd = TDConnection.Command         cmd.CommandText = "DELETE FROM Locks WHERE LK_USER = '" & UName & "'"          cmd.Execute         MsgBox &

Problem : Maximize a tabbed browser (ie7/ie8/firefox) Solution1:  hwnd=Browser("name:=myBrowser").getROProperty("hwnd")                Window("hwnd:="&hwnd").Maximize Disadvantage:  Does not work with tabbed browsers consistently Solution2: hwnd=Browser("name:=myBrowser").Object.HWND               Set objWindow=Window("hwnd:="&hwnd2)               objWindow.Maximize Disadvantage:  Does not work with tabbed browsers when there are multiple browsers open   Solution3: SystemUtil.Run "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe",URL,"C:\","open","3" The "3" at the end Activates and Maximizes the window. Disadvantage:  Does not work when the browser is already open   Solution4: Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")                'Alt Space X - shortcut to maximize ie browser.                 WshShell.SendKeys "% x" Hope this he

Have you ever wondered why do we need to launch the application under test (AUT) after QTP is launched? When I started learning QTP I asked the same question to the trainer and he said he would get back on it, after some research i found the answer to my question , sharing here what i learnt ( few years back ) and found ( recently ) : QTP interacts with test applications using windows hooks. A hook is a point in the system message-handling mechanism where an application can install a subroutine to monitor the message traffic in the system and process certain types of messages before they reach the target window procedure. Therefore these hooks help QTP during recording and identifying objects Hooks can only be installed using DLLs These Hooks can be injected only during runtime when QTP is brought up. An interesting example from Tarun here  : "Hooks are basically interceptors in system". This example will clear it User Clicks -> Windows OS determine which Appli

In continuation to the prev post on " Ten Best Tools for Test Automation " read another interesting link ( toolsjournal ) on what are the ten best open source bug tracking systems, so here is the list in no particular order: Bugzilla Mantis BT   Trac Redmine OTRS [Open-source Ticket Request System] Request Tracker Eventum BugGenie WebIssues Fossil Click on the links to get more info on any of the tools. Happy Testing! And if you want a comparison on the tools features here is an excellent link

Some vbscript to get the previous week's date, modify the code and you can do a lot of fun things with the same: 'Gets the last friday's date  strCurrentSysDate = Date  strModDate = dateadd("ww",-1,strCurrentSysDate)  numWeekDay = 6- weekday(strModDate)  strModifiedDate = dateadd("d",numWeekDay,strModDate)  strmonth =left(monthname(month(strModifiedDate)),3)  If len(cstr(day(strModifiedDate))) < 2 Then   strDate = "0"&day(strModifiedDate)  else   strDate = day(strModifiedDate)  End If  strYear = year(strModifiedDate)  strPrevDate =  strmonth& "/" & strDate & "/" & strYear Msgbox strPrevDate

Read an interesting link ( toolsjournal ) on what are the ten best tools for automation , though i wouldnt say that these are the ten best tools , rather they are ten known/popular tools in no particular order: QTP Watir TOSCA Testsuite Selenium VISUAL STUDIO TEST PROFESSIONAL WebUI TEST STUDIO RATIONAL FUNCTIONAL TESTER TESTCOMPLETE TESTPARTNER SOA TEST Click on the links to get more info on any of the tools. Happy Testing!

 Here is the code to set "Allow other HP products" option to true before starting automation. Set objWshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set objApp = createObject("QuickTest.Application") objWshShell.RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\MicTest\")         If Err <> 0 Then             Wscript.Sleep 1000             objApp.Launch             objApp.Visible = False             objApp.Options.Run.RunMode = "Fast"             objApp.Quit         End If         objWshShell.RegWrite "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\MicTest\AllowTDConnect","1","REG_DWORD" '------------------ ' Launches QC Explorer '------------------ Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") If objFSO.FileExists ("C:\Program Files\Common Files\HP\QCExplorer\QCExplorer.exe") Then             objW

Today came across an interesting comparison on test automation tools on " knol " P.S: Click on the link to get the comparison .

 There are instances when there isn't any unique property or object to check on the landing page during a browser navigation, in such cases we can use either of the below options to code: set objReadyState = Browser("").Page("").Object While objReadyState.readyState = "Completed" Wend Set Object=nothing Set Object=Browser("").object While Object.Busy=True Wend Set Object=nothing Happy Testing!

In continuation from the previous post where we try and get the attribute values from an xml, here is the code where we get the tag names and its values : Const xmlFile1= "C:\Test.xml" Set xmlDoc1 = CreateObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument") xmlDoc1.load(xmlFile1) set nodes1 = xmlDoc1.selectNodes("//*") for i = 0 to nodes1.length -1         tagname1 = nodes1(i).nodeName         val1 = nodes1(i).text         If  tagname1= "test" Then                 msgbox tagname1                 msgbox val1                 Exit for         End If next Hope this helps , happy testing!

Loved this article and thought its apt for the skillset label on my blog , so here it is for the benefit of others: WORKING as a business consultant all over the world, I have discovered some basic career-related rules that everyone should know but many don’t. Business is made up of ambiguous victories and nebulous defeats. Claim them all as victories. Keep track of what you do; someone is sure to ask. Be comfortable around senior managers, or learn to fake it. Never bring your boss a problem without some solution. You are getting paid to think, not to whine. Long hours don’t mean anything; results count, not effort. Write down ideas; they get lost, like good pens. Always arrive at work 30 minutes before your boss. Help other people network for jobs. You never know when your turn will come. Don’t take days off sick unless you are. Assume no one can / will keep a secret. Know when you do your best morning, night, under pressure, relaxed; schedule and prioritize your wor

In continuation of my previous posts that are tagged " Skillset " , Here is what a company is looking for when they want a "Test Automation Developer" Overview: The Test Automation Developer will build and execute test automation scripts using QTP, Selenium, Macro or Mobile automation test tools for functional system integration and business acceptance testing under multiple platforms and cross-browsers. Responsibilities: • Write automation test plans & strategies, convert & or write test scripts, perform test execution, provide result documentation & metrics reporting. • Build automation framework in QTP • Collaborate with Quality Assurance Analyst – subject matter expert to gather requirements for automation development and provide guidance to execution of scripts • Provide technical knowledge on multiple projects simultaneously. • Solid written and verbal communication skills • Proven automation development experience • Profic

I am sharing this info as I had to do quite a research before i found the solution. Problem :  Copy a test set from one folder to another in Quality Center test lab using code. First things first : This cannot be coded in vbscript or QTP as it uses the ISupportCopyPaste interface and the CopyToClipboard method which is part of this interface. Therefore you cannot declare a statement like Dim iscp As ISupportCopyPaste A simpler way would be to use vba and do the following: 1. Add the following code in excel vba editor. 2. Add the " OTA COM Type Library " as a reference under tools -> references from excel. 3. Run and enjoy the magic :-) Solution : Public Function CopyPasteTestSetFolder(sourceFolderPath, destFolderPath)              strServer = "http://xyz/qcbin"      strDomain = ""      strProject = ""      strUser = ""      strPassword = ""            Set objTDConnection = CreateObject("tdapiole80.TDCON

Here are a set of patches that might help wrt  QTP 11.0: QTP_00699 QTP 11 support for 64-Bit applications. The 64-Bit technologies that are currently supported: - .Net - Java - WPF - Standard http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/document/FID/DOCUMENTUM_QTP_00699 QTP_00709 Recovery scenarios did not work in BPT wrapper tests. Run-time errors were displayed if you ran a business component that contained a QCUtil.CurrentTest.Name step. Function libraries that were created from an QuickTest crashed or an OS blue screen appeared when using a User-Defined / Non-HLLAPI emulator on Windows 7 with Office 2007/2010 installed. http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/document/FID/DOCUMENTUM_QTP_00709 WEB_00073 Testing applications in Internet Explorer when Internet Explorer is in protected mode. http://support.openview.hp.com/downloadAPatch.jsp?patchName=QTPWEB_00073.EXE&prodName=qtp&prodRelease=11.0 ORACLE_00010 Support for Oracle Forms 11g.Enhanced support for Orac

For a long time was looking for some tool that would quickly format the vbscript files that I had. Here is an amazing tool that will help you do the same: Both the source code and the exe are available for download from here: VBSBeautifier - Daan Systems Features: · Comes with a nice GUI. · Works on serverside and clientside VBScript. · Can be used as a text filter in editors. · Skips HTML. · Properizes keywords. · Splits Dim statements. · Places spaces around operators. · Indents blocks. · Lines out assignment statements. · Removes redundant endlines. · Makes backups.