Testing the Application with OpenText Functional Testing Before Registering the Testing Agent

In this section, you record an OpenText Functional Testing test on the QuickID application. Without the assistance of a Testing Agent, OpenText Functional Testing can provide only very generic testing on the QuickID application.

Record an OpenText Functional Testing test on the QuickID application:

1. Open an OpenText Functional Testing test.

2. Run the sample application:

   Browse to the <Testing_Extensibility_installdir>\samples\QuickID\<Visual Studio version>\bin folder and double-click the QuickID.exe file.

3. In OpenText Functional Testing, make sure that the Record and run test on any open Windows-based application option is selected in the Record and Run Settings dialog box. Then, start a recording session. For more information, see the OpenText Functional Testing Help Center .

4. Perform the following operations on the QuickID application:

   1. Enter your name in the text box.

   2. Click the down arrow and select a city from the list.

   3. Click the OK button.

   OpenText Functional Testing records the operations you perform.

5. In OpenText Functional Testing, stop the recording session. The recorded test steps should look something like this:

   

   You can see, both in the test and in the object repository, that OpenText Functional Testing identifies the application as a standard Windows application, using test objects that match the physical Windows controls.

In the next section, you can see how OpenText Functional Testing records the same set of operations when the Testing Agent is registered.