Extending object identification
Relevant for: GUI tests and components
OpenText Functional Testing uses an object's description properties to locate it in an application, and then maps these properties to a test object type.
OpenText Functional Testing provides numerous types of test objects across many technologies. However, there are times when OpenText Functional Testing cannot locate or learn an object in your application.
For example:
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OpenText Functional Testing does not support the technology, or the technology version
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OpenText Functional Testing cannot uniquely identify the object
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OpenText Functional Testing identifies the object at too basic a level, such as identifying a table control as a general Object
In cases such as these, use one of the following methods to create test objects, and by extension meaningful functional tests:
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Insight, an image-based object recognition method. For details, see Identify objects using Insight.
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Text objects, and OCR-based text recognition method. For details, see Text test objects.
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Support for the Microsoft UI Automation framework. For details, see UI Automation.
Alternatively, use Artificial Intelligence-based testing. For details, see AI-based testing.