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Automated Solutions · 1W ago

QTP Keyword and Expert View Tabs Missing

If you “Run” a QuickTest Pro v11 test script from the Quality Center it will disable a feature that enables you to switch between the Keyword View and the Expert View.  What you will notice is that the tabs are missing at the bottom of the QTP script editor and the options under the R...
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Automated Solutions · 2W ago

Adding New Tabs using Memo Fields in QC

Most people realize that you can create several different types of custom fields in the Quality Center, like “Number”, “String”, “Lookup List”, “User List” and “Date” (note: this article is based on the Quality Center version 10). But did y...
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Automated Solutions · 3W ago

Moving Quality Center server

The Quality Center is not tied to any specific IP Address, so if your IT group needs to move your QC server to another network it is not a big deal.  Just remember to do a few things: Make sure everyone has logged out of the Quality Center and that you do not have any [...]
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Automated Solutions · 3W ago

Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses

I read a great article today on the Inc.com website.  The article was titled “8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses” written  by Geoffrey James and was very true to the differences  between exceptional bosses that truly know how to manage and lead, versus the managers that really strugg...
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Automated Solutions · 1M ago

How to get QTP to work with Firefox

If you are having issues with QuickTest Professional recognizing Firefox, it could be because the patch installation was not able to make the appropriate modifications in the Program Files directory due to security restrictions presented by Windows7 (even if you have Administrator rights).  In this ...
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Automated Solutions · 1M ago

QTP Object Repository Not Displaying

Issue: When opening the Object Repository, it does not display or show up on any of my monitors. Although this may happen in other configurations, the environment configuration I was using when I ran into this issue was with QuickTest Pro v11 on Windows7 with two monitors.  All of a sudden one day w...
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Automated Solutions · 1M ago

QTP v11 Patches Overview

Below is an overview/summary of some of the key patches needed for QuickTest Professional (QTP) version 11 for performing automation with the standard plugins and particularly the Web add-in on Windows7.  Since this gets confusing I summarized them below. Remember to always run these patches using t...
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Automated Solutions · 1M ago

VBScript UBound for Arrays

Tips & Tricks: Most people know and use the handy function “UBound” in their VBScript code to query for the size of an array.  Since arrays can be dynamic and change in size using the ReDim statement, most programmers will use the UBound function to retrieve the current size of the a...
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Automated Solutions · 2M ago

How detailed should manual test cases be?

This topic came up recently and a lot of discussion was made on it but I think it can be summarized pretty simple based on my experience – write the test steps with enough detail that a person who knows nothing about the functionality can execute the test case and verify the requirement withou...
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Automated Solutions · 3M ago

How a test engineer can increase his importance and keep himself interested in testing?

This is a rather neat question that recently came up and here’s my view on it: 1. How to increase importance: This to me is “what makes a tester valuable”; to me this is a tester who is technical and can test & verify a piece of software from all the various components involved...
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