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SilkTest 7.5
A Functionality & Regression Testing Tool

-SFQA Automation Team

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Session – 3
 4Test Language
 Data Types
 Classes
 Method Calls
 Frequently Used Classes & Methods
 Scripting & Standards
 Enhanced Coding with examples (Manual Scripting)
 Snapfish – Sample Scripts
 Different error raising functions
 Linking Test Cases to Test Plans

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Data Types (Most used)

 ANYTYPE  INTEGER
 ARRAY  LIST
 AGENTOPTION  RECT
• BOOLEAN  STRING
 BROWSERTYPE  TIME
 DATE, DATETIME  WINDOW
 FILETYPE  WINSTATE
 FILEMODE
 HDATABASE
 HFILE
 HMACHINE

Ex:
BROWSERTYPE btType
lbtType = {explorer4, netscape4}

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Classes
The class indicates the type, or kind, of GUI object being declared. Note that this
is the 4Test class, not the class that the GUI itself uses internally.
 General Core Classes
 General Web Application Classes
 ActiveX/VB Classes
 Java Classes
 .Net Classes
 PowerBuilder Classes

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Method Calls
A method is a routine that applies to a particular class of objects/window. Once an
object/window is declared, you can refer to it by its identifier when calling methods.

The following example calls the SetActive method on the Find dialog:
Find.SetActive () // Find is a Dialogbox and SetActive is a Method
Browser.Exists() // Browser is a window and Exists is a method

Frequently used methods:

9. SetActive() // for windows
10. SetText() // for textfields
11. DoClick() // for any object
12. GetText() // for textfields
13. Select() // for dropdown boxes, radiolists
14. Check() // for Check boxes
15. Uncheck() // for Checkboxes
16. Exists() // for any object and window
17. Waitforready() // for Browser
18. Pick() // for Menus

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Scripting & Standards

 Organization of Code (functions, test cases, data)
 Include Files (Windows file)
 Include Files (Functions file)
 Test Script Files (.t and .g.t files)
 Test Plan Files (master and subplans concept)
 Suite Files
 Results (extracting and conversion of result to plan files)

 Hungarian notation
 Naming convention in which a variable’s name begins with one or more
lowercase letters indicating its data type. For example, the variable name
sCommandLine indicates that the data type of the variable is STRING.

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Standards Cont..
 Variable prefixes
 Variables are specified in Hungarian notation, that is, prefixed with an
abbreviation for the data type. The data types and abbreviations are as
follows:
 anytype (a) semaphore (se)
 agentoption (ao) string (s)
 boolean (b) string or integer (si)
 datatype (dt) winstate (ws)
 guitype (gt) list of string (ls)
 handle (h) list of window (lw)
 integer (i) array of anytype (aa)
 number (n) array of string or integer (asi).
 real (r)
 rect (re)

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Sample Script
Testcase testcase1.t
Testcase samples() appstate none
Integer iSum,iVal1,iVal2
iSum=0, iVal1=1,iVal2=2
while iSum<=10
iSum=iSum+iVal1+iVal2

Print iSum

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Sample Scripts on Snapfish

 How to Invoke a Browser
 Verifying the Welcome Page
 Navigating to Login and Home Page
 Verifying the Photo Library Page
 Displaying all the links which are available in Log In Page
 Displaying all the images which are available in Log In Page

 Windows_training.inc
 Script_training.t

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Different Error Functions

 LogError function

 Action: Logs an error message to the results file.

 Syntax: LogError (sMsg)

 LogWarning function

 Action:Logs a warning to the results file.

 Syntax:LogWarning (sWarning) Displays in purple color’

 AppError function
 Action: Places an error with the specified error message, proceeded by "***
Error:", into the results file.
 Syntax: AppError (sMessage)

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 Raise statement
 Syntax: raise 1,”Navigation to Home Page is not displayed”

 Reraise statement
 Syntax: reraise

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Thank you!

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