Step Generator

Relevant for: GUI tests and scripted GUI components

The Step Generator enables you to add steps by selecting from a range of context-sensitive options and entering the required values, so that you do not need to memorize syntax or to be proficient in the programming language. You can use the Step Generator from the Keyword View and also from the Editor.

In the Step Generator Dialog Box you can define steps that use:

• Test object operations (tests only).

• Utility object operations.

• Calls to library functions (tests only), programming-language functions, and internal script functions.

For example, you can add a step that checks that an object exists, or that stores the returned value of a method as an output value or as part of a conditional statement. You can parameterize any of the values in your step.

When you insert a new step using the Step Generator, it is added to your test after the selected step, and the new step is selected.