USB Devices Not Recognised on a Sony Vaio S Series
Up until today I was loving my Sony S Series until I couldn't get it to recognise my USB Hard Drive (Western Digital Passport). After a fair bit of trial and error, I found out it wasn't just this hard...
View ArticleResolved: QC Error: The server process could not be started because the...
If you're trying to launch QTP tests onto a Windows Server machine, you may receive the following error "The server process could not be started because the configured identity is incorrect. Check the...
View ArticleReporting on QTP Iteration Test Results
Using Quality Center to report on test runs works fine if you have a low number of tests or a test case to QTP test ratio of 1:1. However, if you are running multiple test iterations which all...
View ArticleClass Not Registered Error: QTP and Quality Center
I've been looking at upgrading some tests from QTP 9.2 to QTP 11 with Quality Center 9.2.One problem I was having was trying to execute tests remotely; I kept getting the "Class Not Registered" error...
View ArticleResolved: Quality Center 11 Installation Issue "Failed to validate database...
I've been having issues trying to get Quality Center 11 installed, I kept getting the "Failed to validate database parameters" error message on the database server screen.The server setup was as...
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Installing Quality Center 11 on Windows 2008 (Virtual PC)
Have you ever wanted to try out Quality Center but not had a server to install it on? Well Microsoft have released a pre-configured virtual PC for Windows server 2008 which has a 30 day trial (the same...
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Integrating TestPartner with Quality Center
It’s possible to integrate TestPartner tests with the Quality Center test lab and execute the tests locally on a machine. In order to do this, the following issues need to be addressed: A...
View ArticleQuality Center OTA: List all Tests in the Test Plan
The code below is a simple way to show all of the Folders and Tests in the Quality Center test plan. You could use this as a basis to develop a treeview of the testplan in another tool.This code is...
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Treeview for Quality Center Test Plan Using OTA & OTA Code Examples
I've uploaded a spreasheet containing examples of how to interact with the Quality Center OTA Test Plan and Test Lab Modules. You can download the spreadsheet here.The examples attached to the buttons...
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QTP Notify: a simple utility designed to display notifications in the system...
QTP Notify is a simple utility designed to display notifications in the system tray. The purpose of it is to display useful information when a test is executing in way that does not take focus away...
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Executing Coded UI Tests from Quality Center
A few months ago I was exploring the features and practicalities of using Coded UI for automation. One consideration to take into account was whether or not coded UI tests could be executed from...
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SwfListView: Determining the image in a listview using QTP
Some applications use an image in a listview to display information about the status of the item. Unfortunately, QTP does not provide any methods to access this information using GetROProperty.By using...
View ArticleQTP: Getting the properties of childobjects
I've been doing a lot of work with childobjects, and one of the issues I've faced when working with the returned collection is determining what runtime properties each object in the collection has....
View ArticleQTP: How to post back to the Quality Center Execution Grid during test execution
One of the issues we face is that when our QTP tests fail is that we need to load up the QTP results to see what's happened. If a group of tests have all failed at the same point then usually it's due...
View ArticleQTP Object Synchronisation
Performing synchronisation in scripts is something that should be straight forward - the .exist(0) method makes this extremely simple. However, things start to get messy if we need to program extra...
View ArticleQTP .net .object properties - getting started
I've been using the .net native properties to provide extra support for the controls in the application I'm working on. An area I've been struggling with is to identify what type of .net control I'm...
View ArticleVbscript to Shutdown a PC
Here's a quick script I put together that will shutdown a PC after a defined period of time - it basically acts as a free shutdown timer. You'll need sufficient permissions to do this, check that you...
View ArticleQTP Run As Example
The following code demonstrates how to use a Run As command to open applications within QTP. An example of calling the function would be:Call RunProcessAs("dave@domain","password","C:\Program Files...
View ArticleUsing Excel to Build QTP Tests and Test Sets in Quality Center
This post will show how you can use Excel VBA to automatically create a QTP Test in Quality Center and then automatically assign the test to a test set. I have used this in one of my frameworks to...
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