Test Automation Ecstasy

In QTP, we can use lot of ways to identify an object. Most of the QTP Test Developers are always using streamlined and static approaches and if object is not identifiable using those approaches, just leaving then as not identifiable. We can try using below ways of handling objects for our purpose before saying NO !!! 1. Store the objects in OR If you are comfortable on using OR and suitable for your project with your designed framework, you can go ahead with OR. a. Add the object in OR, then see what are the properties will make QTP to identify this object uniquely.  b. Remove unwanted properties c. Add unique and required properties d. Assign regular expressions for the required properties which have dynamic values in full or part.Make use of Reg Exp Evaluator to set the RegExp correctly. e. Assign a human understandable, easily classifiable logical name for the object based on type of object, application module or screen, etc. 2. Use Descriptive Programming Here you

Always I am seeing  many of my friends asking for help if any error occurs while running script in QTP without googling for help. How much troubleshooting you guys are doing will directly reflect your knowledge on the tool. I agree, no one knows each and every error occurs in the software. But we can improve our knowledge by googling and doing workarounds... Whenever the question "How much level you know QTP?" arrows me, always I am comfortable with the answer "below 10%". But after answered, my mind will have an inner thought like, What are the things I have to learn to fulfill the answer I have told because I never used lot of features in QTP. Here I am listing out some of the errors, situations and what might be the original issue things etc. I hope this will give you some ideas to improve your debug ability and to solve your errors. Kindly correct me If I am wrong in any point. Type mismatch: - Mostly doing operations with different data types without doi