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  • Service Test 11: Programmatically Set and Get Test Variable Values

    Posted on July 11, 2012 by Admin

    Test Variables in Service Test 11 are global variables that can be accessed later in the test script, either by linking to the variable in the GUI (Link to a Data Source) or by setting the variable in the GUI (Set Test Variable activity). Both can also be done programmatically using C#. For example, it may be necessary to set a Test Variable inside an activity Event (instead of using the Set Test Variable activity). In this post, we cover the methods available within Service Test to set and retrieve Test Variables.
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  • QuickTest Pro: Working with the Windows Clipboard (Clear, Copy and Paste Text)

    Posted on July 10, 2012 by Admin

    QuickTest Pro can interface directly with the Windows OS clipboard during replay using the VBScript “Mercury.Clipboard” object built in to QTP. This object can be used to validate clipboard data if the AUT programmatically manipulates the clipboard (and your test case requires validation of this functionality).
    Some of the more common methods supported in the “Mercury.Clipboard” object include:

    Clear – clear the clipboard contents
    SetText – write text to the clipboard
    GetText – retrieve text from the Read Entire Entry

  • Mobile Testing Challenges – Jailbreaking & Rooting

    Posted on July 3, 2012 by Admin

    On July 22, 2010 – The U.S. Copyright Office, a division of the Library of Congress, authorized several new exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), one of which allowed mobile phone users to “jailbreak” their devices to use apps not authorized by the phone’s manufacturer.

    While this move was heralded by niche application development shops and iPhone users, Apple was not so thrilled with what they perceived as giving carte blanche freedom to users to “hack” into their tightly controlled Apple devices and Read Entire Entry

  • HP Announces New ASE Certifications

    Posted on June 14, 2012 by Admin

    HP Software Certification has announced the updates for the Accredited Solutions Expert (ASE) certifications.  These are three-hour hands-on exams recommended for software professionals who have at least one year of field experience and have achieved their Accredited Technical Professional (ATP) credentials. ASE exams will be offered at HP Software training facilities.
    Three ASE exams available beginning June 18, 2012:

    ASE in Application Lifecycle Management v11 Implementations

    Exam number: HP0-M Read Entire Entry

  • Mobile Trends – Is BYOD good or bad?

    Posted on May 28, 2012 by Admin

    I’ve been doing some research on “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD), which seems to be a new trendy thing to do. It’s pretty interesting to see how companies are dealing with the consumerization of IT, because it is shifting the entire IT culture right before our eyes.

    Users (not IT professionals) are getting the latest technologies and gadgets first. It makes sense that they want to bring them to work and continue to use them. According to this 2011 survey by Good Technology, workers are willing to bear cost of the devices (as w Read Entire Entry

  • Mobile Application Testing: Should The Device Matter?

    Posted on May 18, 2012 by Admin

    At the STAR EAST conference this year, mobile solutions saturated the vendor exhibition area. It’s no wonder that mobile application testing is the hot in the testing community right now. Testers are now faced with the task of testing mobile versions of their applications and figuring out how to adapt to the new paradigm (and challenges) mobile applications bring. It’s not as if they didn’t have enough to test already, right?

    After listening to some of the conversations around mobile and seeing some interesting questions be Read Entire Entry