How to send a key command to a Web object in QTP

Some Web objects will perform actions when certain key commands, such as ALT+RETURN, are entered. These Web objects do not have a type method associated with them that can be used to replay these keys. How can the key combination be replayed?

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Solution: Use the Windows Scripting SendKeys method
1. Create a WScript.Shell object.
2. Activate the browser in which you want to execute the keys.
3. Use the SendKeys method to type the key combination.
Example:
‘ This code executes the CTRL+F key combination (search) on a browser.
Set WshShell = CreateObject(”WScript.Shell”)
WshShell.AppActivate “Put the label of the browser” ‘ Activate the browser window
wait(3)
WshShell.SendKeys “^f” ‘ The caret (^) represents the CTRL key.
wait(2)
object.SendKeys(string)
object A WshShell object.
string The string value indicating the keystroke(s) you want to send.
The SendKeys method will send keystroke(s) to the active window. To send a single character (for example, x), use “x” as the string argument. To send multiple characters (for example, abc), use “abc” as the string argument. You can also send special characters such as SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT, which are represented by the plus sign (+), the caret (^), and the percent sign (%), respectively.
For more information on the SendKeys method and other special keys, such as the backspace or a function key, please refer to the MSDN SendKeys Method page.
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‘ Name: KeyboardShortCut
‘
‘ Input:
‘ ByRef Key As Variant - The keyboard key to be typed.
‘ ByRef Pane As Variant - The window/pane to type in.
‘ Purpose: To type keyboard input onto the open window.
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Function KeyboardShortCut (Key)
dim obj
Set obj = Window(”Window Name” ).WinObject(”Object”)
obj.type Key
Environment(”LastResult”) = “Success”
End Function
Solution2: Pressing Function keys should be recorded automatically
Directly recording on the application and pressing the Function Keys (F1, F2, etc.) should generate code for replay.
Example:
‘Here is an example recorded against Notepad:
Window(”Notepad”).Activate
Window(”Notepad”).WinEditor(”Edit”).Type micF5
If the above does not work, then you can use DeviceReplay to simulate pressing keyboard keys.
Example:
‘Here is an example that does the same thing above, but used DeviceReplay.
Set obj = CreateObject(”Mercury.DeviceReplay”)
Window(”Notepad”).Activate
obj.PressKey 63
Note:
The PressKey method uses the appropriate ASCII or IBM Scan Code value for the key. “63″ is the IBM Scan Code value for F5.

Sample Selenium Test Suite

TestSuite.html

Test suite for the whole application

Access main page

Login to application

Change address

Logout from application

Open fire fox not selenium IDE and paste this link in the address bar

chrome://selenium-ide/content/selenium/TestRunner.html?baseURL=http://localhost&test=file:///dir/testsuite.html&auto=true



replace http://localhost with the baseURL of your server






Running Test Suite from command line
If you want to run a number of tests from the command line - for example, as an acceptance test step, or as a part of the checkin, you have a couple of options.
1) Selenium RC provides convenient command-line support for running HTML Selenese tests from the command-line or with Ant: http://www.openqa.org/selenium-rc/selenese.html
2) Create a batch file that launches Firefox pointed to the suite. For example, on Windows, my batch file looks like:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -chrome "chrome://selenium-ide/content/selenium/TestRunner.html?test=file:///C:/tests/AllTests.html&auto=true&baseURL=http://mysite.com " -height 900 -width 900

Selenium Commands - Part 9

U

uncheck(locator)
Arguments:
• locator - an element locator
Uncheck a toggle-button (checkbox/radio)


uncheckAndWait(locator)
Generated from uncheck(locator)
Arguments:
• locator - an element locator
Uncheck a toggle-button (checkbox/radio)

Selenium Commands - Part 8

T

type(locator, value)
Arguments:
• locator - an element locator
• value - the value to type
Sets the value of an input field, as though you typed it in.
Can also be used to set the value of combo boxes, check boxes, etc. In these cases, value should be the value of the option selected, not the visible text.


typeAndWait(locator, value)
Generated from type(locator, value)
Arguments:
• locator - an element locator
• value - the value to type
Sets the value of an input field, as though you typed it in.
Can also be used to set the value of combo boxes, check boxes, etc. In these cases, value should be the value of the option selected, not the visible text.


typeKeys(locator, value)
Arguments:
• locator - an element locator
• value - the value to type
Simulates keystroke events on the specified element, as though you typed the value key-by-key.
This is a convenience method for calling keyDown, keyUp, keyPress for every character in the specified string; this is useful for dynamic UI widgets (like auto-completing combo boxes) that require explicit key events.
Unlike the simple "type" command, which forces the specified value into the page directly, this command may or may not have any visible effect, even in cases where typing keys would normally have a visible effect. For example, if you use "typeKeys" on a form element, you may or may not see the results of what you typed in the field.
In some cases, you may need to use the simple "type" command to set the value of the field and then the "typeKeys" command to send the keystroke events corresponding to what you just typed.


typeKeysAndWait(locator, value)
Generated from typeKeys(locator, value)
Arguments:
• locator - an element locator
• value - the value to type
Simulates keystroke events on the specified element, as though you typed the value key-by-key.
This is a convenience method for calling keyDown, keyUp, keyPress for every character in the specified string; this is useful for dynamic UI widgets (like auto-completing combo boxes) that require explicit key events.
Unlike the simple "type" command, which forces the specified value into the page directly, this command may or may not have any visible effect, even in cases where typing keys would normally have a visible effect. For example, if you use "typeKeys" on a form element, you may or may not see the results of what you typed in the field.
In some cases, you may need to use the simple "type" command to set the value of the field and then the "typeKeys" command to send the keystroke events corresponding to what you just typed.