Capture Objects in your Application

Relevant for: GUI tests and components

This topic describes the primary actions you can perform with the Capture Toolbar.

What is the Capture Toolbar?

The Capture toolbar enables you to learn all the objects from a specified application window or a selected area of an application window while recording a test.

When you should use the Capture Toolbar

You should use the Capture toolbar when you want to learn objects from your application while recording. By default, when recording, OpenText Functional Testing only learns the objects on which you perform actions. By using the Capture toolbar, you can learn all of the objects.

The learned objects are saved to the local object repository (which can be exported to a shared object repository later).

To access:

While recording, in the Record Toolbar, click the Capture button or select Tools > Capture.

Do I have to capture an entire application window?

No. In the Capture toolbar, you can select an entire application window or page by selecting Capture, or you can select a designated area by selecting Capture Area.

Does capturing the objects learn every object in the application window?

Possibly. You can specify the level to which you want OpenText Functional Testing to capture objects by clicking the Filter button and selecting the level of detail for learned object.