Winrunner Questions and Answers

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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

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Winrunner Question 47: What are the two modes of recording?

What are the two modes of recording?
There are 2 modes of recording in WinRunner
  • Context Sensitive recording records the operations you perform on your application by identifying Graphical User Interface (GUI) objects.    

  • Analog recording records keyboard input, mouse clicks, and the precise x- and y-coordinates traveled by the mouse pointer across the screen.

posted by QTPro at 2:40 AM

Index of Winrunner Questions

  • WinRunner Question 01 : Explain WinRunner testing process?
  • WinRunner Question 02 : What in contained in the GUI map?
  • WinRunner Question 03 : How does WinRunner recognize objects on the application?
  • WinRunner Question 04 : How does WinRunner evaluates test results?
  • WinRunner Question 05 : Have you created test scripts and what is contained in the test scripts?
  • WinRunner Question 06 : Have you performed debugging of the scripts?
  • WinRunner Question 07 : How do you run your test scripts?
  • WinRunner Question 08 : How do you analyze results and report the defects?
  • WinRunner Question 09 : How do you analyze results and report the defects?
  • WinRunner Question 10 : What is the use of Test Director software?
  • Winrunner Question 11 : How you integrated your automated scripts from TestDirector?
  • Winrunner Questions 12 : What are the different modes of recording?
  • Winrunner Question 13 : What is the purpose of loading WinRunner Add-Ins?
  • Winrunner Question 14 : What are the reasons that WinRunner fails to identify an object on the GUI?
  • Winrunner Question 15 : What do you mean by the logical name of the object?
  • Winrunner Question 16 : If the object does not have a name then what will be the logical name?
  • Winrunner Question 17 : What is the different between GUI map and GUI map files?
  • Winrunner Question 18 : How do you view the contents of the GUI map?
  • Winrunner Question 19 : When you create GUI map do you record all the objects of specific objects?
  • Winrunner Question 20: What is the purpose of set_window command?
  • Winrunner Question 21: How do you load GUI map? What is the disadvantage of loading the GUI maps through start up scripts?
  • Winrunner Question 22: How do you unload the GUI map? What actually happens when you load GUI map?
  • Winrunner Question 23: What is the purpose of the temp GUI map file? What is the extension of gui map file?
  • Winrunner Question 24: How do you find an object in an GUI map?
  • Winrunner Question 25: What different actions are performed by find and show button?
  • Winrunner Question 26: How do you identify which files are loaded in the GUI map?
  • Winrunner Question 27: How do you modify the logical name or the physical description of the objects in GUI map?
  • Winrunner Question 28: When do you feel you need to modify the logical name?
  • Winrunner Question 29: When it is appropriate to change physical description?
  • Winrunner Question 30: How WinRunner handles varying window labels?
  • Winrunner Question 31: What is the purpose of regexp_label property and regexp_MSW_class property?
  • Winrunner Question 31: How do you suppress a regular expression?
  • Winrunner Question 33: How do you copy and move objects between different GUI map files?
  • Winrunner Question 34: How do you select multiple objects during merging the files?
  • Winrunner Question 35: How do you clear a GUI map files? How do you filter the objects in the GUI map?
  • Winrunner Question 36: What is the purpose of GUI map configuration? How do you make the configuration and mappings permanent?
  • Winrunner Question 37: What is the purpose of GUI spy?
  • Winrunner Question 38: What is the purpose of obligatory and optional properties of the objects?
  • Winrunner Question 39: When the optional properties are learned?
  • Winrunner Question 40: What is the purpose of location indicator and index indicator in GUI map configuration?
  • Winrunner Question 41: How do you handle custom objects?
  • Winrunner Question 42: What is the name of custom class in WinRunner and what methods it applies on the custom objects?
  • Winrunner Question 43: In a situation when obligatory and optional both the properties cannot uniquely identify an object what method WinRunner applies?
  • Winrunner Question 44: What is the purpose of different record methods 1) Record 2) Pass up 3) As Object 4) Ignore.
  • Winrunner Question 45: How do you find out which is the start up file in WinRunner?
  • Winrunner Question 46: What are the virtual objects and how do you learn them?
  • Winrunner Question 47: What are the two modes of recording?
  • Winrunner Question 48: What is a checkpoint and what are different types of checkpoints?
  • Winrunner Question 49: What are data driven tests?
  • Winrunner Question 50: What are the synchronization points?
  • Winrunner Question 51: What is parameterizing?
  • Winrunner Question 52: How do you maintain the document information of the test scripts?
  • Winrunner Question 53: What do you verify with the GUI checkpoint for single property and what command it generates, explain syntax?
  • Winrunner Question 54: What do you verify with the GUI checkpoint for object/window and what command it generates, explain syntax?
  • Winrunner Question 55: What information is contained in the checklist file and in which file expected results are stored?
  • Winrunner Question 56: What do you verify with the GUI checkpoint for multiple objects and what command it generates, explain syntax?
  • Winrunner Question 57: What do you verify with the bitmap check point for object/window and what command it generates, explain syntax?
  • Winrunner Question 58: What do you verify with the bitmap checkpoint for screen area and what command it generates, explain syntax?
  • Winrunner Question 59: What do you verify with the database checkpoint default and what command it generates, explain syntax?
  • Winrunner Question 60: How do you handle dynamically changing area of the window in the bitmap checkpoints?
  • Winrunner Question 61: What do you verify with the database check point custom and what command it generates, explain syntax?
  • Winrunner Question 62: What do you verify with the sync point for object/window property and what command it generates, explain syntax?
  • Winrunner Question 63: What do you verify with the sync point for object/window bitmap and what command it generates, explain syntax?
  • Winrunner Question 64: What do you verify with the sync point for screen area and what command it generates, explain syntax?
  • Winrunner Question 65: How do you edit checklist file and when do you need to edit the checklist file?
  • Winrunner Question 66: How do you edit the expected value of an object?
  • Winrunner Question 67: How do you modify the expected results of a GUI checkpoint?
  • Winrunner Question 68: How do you handle ActiveX and Visual basic objects?
  • Winrunner Question 69: How do you create ODBC query?
  • Winrunner Question 70: How do you record a data driven test?
  • Winrunner Question 71: How do you convert a database file to a text file?
  • Winrunner Question 72: How do you parameterize database check points?
  • Winrunner Question 73: How do you create parameterize SQL commands?
  • Winrunner Question 74: Explain the following Winrunner Commands
  • Winrunner Question 75: What check points you will use to read and check text on the GUI and explain its syntax?
  • Winrunner Question 76: Explain Get Text checkpoint from object/window with syntax?
  • Winrunner Question 77: Explain Get Text checkpoint from screen area with syntax?
  • Winrunner Question 78: Explain Get Text checkpoint from selection (web only) with syntax?
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