Record and Playback

Create and Execute Basic Scripts 

1.        Recording Tests

1. Start Quick Test and open a new test.

·         If Quick Test is not currently open, choose Start > Programs > Quick Test Professional > Quick Test Professional.

In the Add-in Manager, confirm that the Web Add-in is selected, and clear all other add-ins. Click OK to close the Add-in Manager and open Quick Test.

Note: While Quick Test loads your selected add-ins, the Quick Test splash screen is displayed. This may take a few seconds. If the Welcome window opens, click Blank Test.

Otherwise, choose File > New, or click the New button.

A blank test opens.

·         If Quick Test is already open, check which add-ins are loaded by selecting Help > About Quick Test Professional. If the Web Add-in is not loaded, you must exit and restart Quick Test. When the Add-in Manager opens, select the Web Add-in, and clear all other add-ins.

Choose File > New, or click the New button.

A blank test opens.

Note: If the Add-in Manager does not open when starting Quick Test, choose Tools > Options. In the General tab, select Display Add-in Manager on startup. When you exit and restart Quick Test, the Add-in Manager opens.

2. Start recording.

·         Choose Test > Record or click the Record button The Record and Run Settings dialog box opens.

In the Web tab, select Open the following browser when a record or run session begins.

·         Choose a browser from the Type list and confirm that the URL in the Address box is for example. http://newtours.mercuryinteractive.com.

·         Confirm that Close the browser when the test is closed is selected.

·         In the Windows Applications tab, confirm that Record and run on these applications is selected, and that there are no applications listed.

This setting prevents you from inadvertently recording operations performed on various Windows applications (such as e-mail) during a recording session.

·         Click OK.

Quick Test begins recording, and your browser opens to the Mercury Tours Web site.

3. Login to the Mercury Tours Web site.

In the User Name and Password boxes, type the name and password you registered with Mercury Tours.

Click Sign-In.

The Flight Finder page opens.

4. Enter flight details.

Change the following selections:

Departing From: New Delhi

On: Jan 29

Arriving In: Benguluru

Returning: Jan 31

Service Class: Business class

Click CONTINUE to accept the other default selections. The Select Flight page opens.

Note: When entering dates while recording this test, do not click the View Calendar button, which opens a Java-based calendar. Your test will not record the date selected using this calendar because you did not load the Java Add-in for this tutorial.

To check which add-ins have been loaded, click Help > About Quick Test Professional. To change the available add-ins for your tests, you must close and reopen Quick Test Professional.

5. Select a flight.

Click CONTINUE to accept the default flight selections. The Book a Flight page opens.

6. Enter required passenger and purchase information.

Enter the required information (fields with red text labels) in the Passengers and Credit Card sections. (You may enter fictitious information.)

In the Billing Address section, select Ticketless Travel.

At the bottom of the page, click SECURE PURCHASE. The Flight Confirmation page opens.

7. Review and complete your booking.

Click BACK TO HOME. The Mercury Tours home page opens.

8. Stop recording.

In Quick Test, click Stop on the test toolbar to stop the recording process.

You have now reserved an imaginary business class ticket from New Delhi to Benguluru. Quick Test recorded your Web browser operations from the time you clicked the Record button until you clicked the Stop button.

Save your test.

Select File > Save or click the Save button. The Save dialog box opens to the Tests folder.

Create a folder named Tutorial, select it, and click Open.

Type Recording in the File name field.

Confirm that Save Active Screen files are selected.

Click Save. The test name (Recording) is displayed in the title bar of the main Quick Test window.

2.        Running a Test

Here you will run the test you recorded.

1)     Start Quick Test and open the Recording test.

If Quick Test is not already open, choose Start > Programs > Quick Test Professional > Quick Test Professional.

·         If the Welcome window opens, click Open Existing.

·         If Quick Test opens without displaying the Welcome window, choose File > Open

Or click the Open button.

In the Open Test dialog box, locate and select the Recording test, then click Open.

2)     Confirm that all images are saved to the test results.

Quick Test allows you to determine when to save images to the test results. In this lesson, all images should be saved to the test results.

Choose Tools > Options and select the Run tab. In the Save step screen capture to test results option, select always.

Click OK to close the Options dialog box.

3)     Start running your test.

Click Run or choose Test > Run. The Run dialog box opens.

Select New run results folder. Accept the default results folder name.

Click OK to close the Run dialog box.

Watch carefully as Quick Test opens your browser and starts running the test. In the browser, you can see Quick Test perform each step you recorded; a yellow arrow in the left margin of the test tree indicates the step that Quick Test is running.