UFT | QTP | Using Step Generator Video Lecture | Automation Training with HPE Unified Functional Testing 12.0 - Software Testing

hello everyone welcome to the video
series on EFT animation in this video we
will look at step generator you know a
strip generator is a tool within UFT
that you know as name says you can
generate you know steps kind of similar
to these you know that are generated as
you record now you can go to this tool
and generate the steps you know however
you know the tool has its own
limitations but once you understand how
the tool works then then you can use it
to your advantage and it definitely
comes in handy you know in certain
situations ok
the tool is under design menu and it is
here here's step generator you can click
there or the shortcut is f7 key that
will display the step generator window
now here under category let's you know
let's first go through the screen the
first item is the category you have the
three type of types of objects just
objects utility objects and functions
obviously the test objects of all the
objects that are in your object
repository the other test objects that's
what you will see here that means you
pick that then you can work with those
objects you know let me this was showing
your flight reservation you can click on
the little button right next to that
which is select object and then you have
access to all the objects within that
particular you know screen so you can
pick the object you want to work with
then you know that object gets selected
here now once you have the object and
you know you can pick the operation that
can be performed on that object you can
click on it you can double click on it
you can get in auto property get text
you know do a few things here know next
thing is if that operation requires any
arguments and this is the area where you
would you know key in those values how'd
you pick things and enter data
EFT tool or the step generator you know
generates the step here you know say for
example I go pick a name you can see
that it changes the step here so
whatever the step girls generated here
when you do okay this is the step that
gets inserted into your script and the
last of the check box which I loves you
to you know kind of add multiple steps
so when you're done with the you know
adding one step if you have this checked
then it you know the the step generators
screen will still you know stay on you
know I mean the the strip generator
dialog box will stay on the screen so
that you can add more steps so that's
the use of that check box so let's go
ahead and add some sample steps here say
you know we'll start with just objects
name is fine we'll say you know there's
an asterisk Moxie or the right next to
the NEMA and that tells that it's a
required field so you need to give some
data I'll just say sample and you can
see once you exit out then you know it
says dot set sample they were gonna
click insert let's see where it added
sample let me close this so this is
ready to add it I'm gonna hit f7 so
that's an example for adding a test
object step let me add one more pick
insert order and it's a click that's
final except there's no required
arguments here so that's fine I'm good
with that
you can see it added their next while do
is I'll go pick utility objects now this
utility objects are all built in you
know utilities within U of T we did use
few before say for example environment
we used it the used parameter we used
these system util dot run
let's the system use a lot wrong we
already used it and with him that you
have you know so many operations that
you can perform using you know using
that utility or that object if you
always use drawn and then you know you
have a few things here you need to give
the file name that means a let's say for
example I say Carol C dot exe say I want
to run the calculator and use you know
now it's added you know it got the set
the strip got updated to insert no
that's there let's say all this we also
did system I think it was note system
monitor services we use this services
you'll recognize this one the services
you can you know set a start a
transaction and can give a name for that
I'll say a sample Tran insert and then
there's in the transaction I don't know
technically this should be the one that
you already started this is sample its
friend
so services dog start ran so that's I
it's as simple as that I mean depending
on the object that you pick you know you
will get operation that you can perform
the next let's take a look at the
functions and this functions you know by
default it is set to all you have
library functions built-in functions and
local script functions local script is a
script that you're looking at so if you
do a library function this will display
all the functions from your function
library you know if you add a function
library and added to are associated with
your action then you would see it here
so let's do this by default in a city to
all so this will give you all the
functions are in a library functions
that are built in you know by default
you know all the
built-in functions that is what we are
seeing here absolute array ascending
ascending B ascending W you know 80 and
no it's a convertible camera to bite you
know you're quite a bit of you know
functions you know operations that you
can perform that are built-in primarily
and you have library functions obviously
don't mean we don't have any function
library associated so you'll not have
anything in there and then you have all
whole we give all this and depending on
the you know object or depending on the
operation you pick you know it will
let's say for example length here on
though okay let's let's take a length
and give it a string you know let's say
global e training.com so that's the
string that we are passing to the you
know a function of length it is length
this and insert and let's do this just
for the sake of executing this let's go
back to step generator let's say for
example you want to do utilities not
utilities I'm sorry functions message
box and then you say welcome to global e
training comm that then I'll do exit
test you know always or second I'll just
run these two steps here it will run
from this chap it'll run 124 and then 25
is exits technical I should see a text
box a message box I'm done so even if
you forget you know syntax and all that
you know it's very easy to go there and
you know I use the step generator to
also you know
kind of show you or help you in
inserting steps now let me go back there
again design step generator and yes I
mean that would you know that would get
you started with the stem generator so
just a quick recap the strip generator
tool can be you know used to add insert
steps into your script now again the
limitation is that you know when you're
working with just objects if the object
is not in your object repository
obviously you cannot add that step it's
as simple as that
or then you need to dynamically use this
tool you know kind of point the object
grab it get into the object repository I
mean to say at the bottom here which
says you know select an object from your
application so you would take that route
I clicked on the desktop so and then you
know you do okay and it picks that
object it automatically added to your
object repository and then you know
selected that object so that's how you
do but you know it's not I would I would
recommend you know not to start adding
objects using strip generator because if
the whole point here is to generate the
steps using your existing and if you run
you know into a couple of objects that
you don't have then you can definitely
use it but don't use this as a solo
purpose of having objects because that's
not the real intention intended purpose
of the strip generator at all well
that's that's it about step generated
that should get you started you know
play with it you know spend some time
and you know you know probably maybe
thirty minutes or so it will definitely
you know help you in understanding the
tool itself okay well thank you very
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