Dynamically building a URL in QTP

Question

I've been taking a quick look at QTP with one of our test team.

We've figured out some basics like recording a test, capturing text using output values, putting in check points, etc.

However, I can't figure out how to do the following...

We have a web form which a user fills in and submits. This will create an item and assign it an ID in the database. We can capture this ID.

A subsequent page then shows a list of all items, with a link available to open a specific item. This is a simple hyperlink on a web page.

How do I:

• Check that a link exists on the page with the ID assigned from the creation step?
• Click that link?

I'm sure that this must be possible, but I've been struggling grokking the tool so far, so this is a shameless cry for help to save me from having to study the docs.

Thanks.

Answer 1

1. Quickly look on Web GUI recognition principles in QTP. Get to the descriptive programming part.

2. Find Help for Link object in QTP.

3. Define your target Link object using descriptive programming. It should be something like

   Set objTargetLink = Browser("title:=...").Page("title:=...").Frame("title:=...").Link("id:=target_id")

4. Use

   boolRC = objTargetLink.Exist(0)

   To check if your link exists.

5. Use

   sURL = objTargetLink.GetTOProperty("url")

   to retrieve the actual url. You may get other properties the same way.

6. Use objTargetLink.Click to click on the link.

PS. Functional Test Automation is something different, though. Ask your testing team to read about automation frameworks and automation requirements. I have some stuff on my blog. http://automation-beyond.com/2009/06/06/qa-test-automation-requirements-usability/

Thank you, Albert Gareev

http://automation-beyond.com/