Tutorial 26 - Type of Recording Modes

This tutorial demonstrates the 3 types of Recording Modes in QTP



points to remember

QTP supports 3 types of recording modes

* 1) Context Sensitive
* 2)Analog
* 3) Low Level

Context Sensitive Recording mode
* Normal recording mode is also called Context Sensitive Mode
* It is the default mode of recording which takes full advantage of Quick Test Professional's test object model.
* It recognizes objects in application regardless of their location on the screen.
* It records the objects in your application and the operations performed on them

Analog Recording Mode

* In analog recording mode, Quick Test Professional records and tracks every movement of the mouse as you drag the mouse around a screen or window.
* QTP’s Analog recording is captured as Tracks and stored in the directory of your test
* It is useful for recording operations that cannot be recorded at the level of an object. Eg., A signature produced by dragging the mouse
* In Analog mode you can record 1) Record Relative to screen & 2) Relative to window
* When your analog operation are confined to just one window , use relative to window
* When your analog operation involve multiple screens like dragging and dropping an object from one window to other use the screen option

Low Level Mode
* This mode enables you to record on any object in your application, irrespective of QTP recognizes the specific object or the specific operation.
* This mode records at the object level and records all run-time objects as either Window or WinObject test objects..
* It is used when the exact coordinates of the object are important for your tests. A good example would be hashmaps where clicking different sections of a picture takes you to different links
* Used when recording tests in an environment (or on an object) not recognized by QTP
* Low level mode records the x,y coordinates of any clicks

Summary
* Analog recording and low-level recording require more disk space than normal recording mode.
* For both modes , screen positions during the record and run time needs to be identical otherwise script fails
* Hence, Use analog recording or low-level recording only when normal recording mode does not accurately record your operation.
* At times QTP automatically switches to low level mode while recording objects or environments not supported by QTP