What’s new with QTP9.5

What’s new with QTP9.5

This is the general overview giving the brief description of what is new in QTP9.5

New Features:

1. New design time panes:
Various new IDE panes have been introduced which does not provide any new functionality to add up but basically the operations which were in the deep sub menus are now put up in front.

Available Keyword Pane:
This pane shows all the available functions in the current test (either in-action or externally added), as well as all the objects in your object repository (local and external). The items are effectively separated into groups, making it easier to search for a relevant item. Double clicking any item in the pane will open it, and dragging the item to the main window will add it to the script in the drop position. Double clicking a function will not only open the hosting file in the main window, but also focus on the exact position of the function within the file.

Test Flow Pane:
This pane lays out the action call structure of the current test. It outlines the order in which the “main” actions are called, as well as the inner-action calls between actions. Other than understanding the test flow, it offers a central place to access and maintain the properties of the actions. One can easily delete an action, change its properties and its action-call properties, access its object- repository, and control the order in which it will be called within a test.

Resource Pane:
This pane offers a quick overview of all the external function files, recovery scenarios and object repositories associated with the test; it also provides a quick way to add and remove these resources. One can associate repositories with specific actions, add new external library files and add new recovery scenarios.

Process Guidance Pane:
This pane (or rather – panes) somewhat resembles MS Office on-line help. These panes include a topic list on one side and a content area on the other (though you can position and dock the components as you like). Clicking a topic will load its contents onto the content area, and one can navigate via the Next and Back buttons.
One can add his own “process guidance packages”, which can offer unique topics and contents. For example, these might include the way to store tests and manage code versions, how to work with custom objects in the application, coding standards, and much more. These packages can be easily created with simple HTML pages and a contents XML file.

2. Checkpoint and Output Values Management
Checkpoint and Output Objects in the Object Repository: All your checkpoints and output values are stored as objects in the object repository so that you can manage them together with your test objects.
Enhanced functionality of Bitmap Checkpoint: Bitmap checkpoints now include options for specifying RGB tolerance (percentage) and pixel tolerance (number of pixels or percentage) values. These values enable one to indicate acceptable differences between the actual image and the one stored with the checkpoint.

3. Running Scripts in Maintenance Mode
In Maintenance Run Mode, QTP identifies discrepancies between the objects in the repository and those in application, and then offers solutions for updating objects and steps in real time. The run pauses each time an object is not found. One can point to the required object in application, and QuickTest will recommend a solution for updating the object repository and test step to match the selected object. Alternatively, one can select to add comments to a problematic step and address it manually at a later time.

4. Web Add-In Extensibility
QTP 9.5 enables one to extend the support given for Web objects by means of its Web Add-In Extensibility feature. This feature is very important especially when the AUT includes unsupported third-party or custom Web controls. Moreover new technologies such as AJAX are also supported. To use this feature, JavaScript knowledge is necessary. Implementing a Web extension requires to configure 2 XML files, write some code in JavaScript and then deploy these files to the required folders.

5. New Supported Operating Systems and Environments
QTP 9.5 has added new support for the operating systems, browsers, and development environments listed below.
• Windows Vista 64-bit Edition
• Netscape Browser 8.1.3, and 9
• Mozilla Firefox 2 and 3.0 Alpha 7
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
• Oracle Forms and Oracle Applications, version 10g
• Java SWT toolkit, versions 3.2, and 3.3
• Eclipse IDE, version 3.2 and 3.3 (For Java Add-in Extensibility)
• New Terminal Emulator types and versions:
o AttachmateWRQ EXTRA! 9, Terminal Viewer (compatible EXTRA! 9), Reflection for Unix and OpenVMS sessions 14, Reflection 14
(Note: Reflection 13 is not supported.)
o Hummingbird HostExplorer 2007
(Note: HostExplorer 2006 is not supported)
o IBM IBM 5.9, IBM WebSphere Host On-Demand 10
o NetManage RUMBA 7.5, RUMBA Web-to-Host 5.3
o Seagull BlueZone 4
o Zephyr PASSPORT 2007, PASSPORT PC TO HOST / WEB TO HOST 2004 and 2007

6. Miscellaneous Improvements:
Auto-convert to relative path: Whenever you include a resource (e.g. an external library, object repository, etc.) a pop-up will appear, suggesting to add the relevant path to QTP’s folders list, and to convert that path to a relative one.
New actions are reusable: In QTP 9.5, when you create new actions, they are set as reusable by default.
Text recognition mechanism: One can now configure which text recognition mechanism(s) you want to use for recognizing text in Windows applications, and also in which order the mechanisms should be applied.
Record on SWT: When using the Java Add-in, recording on objects developed using the SWT toolkit is now supported.


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