OpenText Functional Testing Delphi Add-in Extensibility

OpenText Functional Testing Delphi Add-in Extensibility is an SDK (Software Development Kit) package that enables you to support testing applications that use third-party and custom Delphi controls that are not supported by default by the OpenText Functional Testing Delphi Add-in.

About the OpenText Functional Testing Delphi Add-in Extensibility SDK

The OpenText Functional Testing Delphi Add-in Extensibility SDK is included in the Delphi Add-in installation and provides the following:

  • An API that enables you to extend the Delphi Add-in to support custom Delphi controls.

  • A template that you can use when you create your extensibility code.

  • The Delphi Add-in Extensibility Help, which includes the following:

    • A developer guide.

    • The Test Object Schema Reference.

  • Sample Delphi Add-in Extensibility toolkit support sets that extend GUI testing support for the following Delphi custom controls:

    • TrackBar

    • StringDrawGrid (a table control)

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About the Developer Guide

The Developer Guide part of this Help includes the following sections:

This guide explains how to use OpenText Functional Testing Delphi Add-in Extensibility to extend GUI testing support for third-party and custom Delphi controls.

This guide assumes you are familiar with OpenText Functional Testing functionality, and should be used together with the following documents:

  • The API file, which contains comments and explanations. (OpenText Functional Testing installdir>\dat\Extensibility\Delphi\AgentExtensibilitySDK.pas)
  • The extensibility code template, which contains comments and explanations. (<OpenText Functional Testing installdir>\dat\Extensibility\Delphi\ExtensibilityImplementationTemplate.pas)
  • The Test Object Schema Reference

These documents should also be used in conjunction with the following UFT documentation:

  • OpenText Functional Testing Help Center
  • The Delphi section of the OpenText Functional Testing Help Center
  • Object Model Reference

Note:  

The information, examples, and screen captures in this guide focus specifically on working with OpenText Functional Testing GUI tests. However, much of the information in this guide applies equally to business components.

Business components are part of Business Process Testing. For more information, see the OpenText Functional Testing Help Center.

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Who Should Read This Guide

This guide is intended for programmers, QA engineers, systems analysts, system designers, and technical managers who want to extend GUI testing support for Delphi custom controls.

To use this guide, you should be familiar with:

  • Major OpenText Functional Testing features and functionality

  • The OpenText Functional Testing Object Model

  • OpenText Functional Testing Delphi Add-in

  • Delphi programming

  • XML (basic knowledge)

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