Here i am going to discuss about the new recording option in QEngine which actually incorporates Recording / Playback and Manual Scripting.

In Record / Playback type of script authoring, normally the element data will be stored in a external Map file, and during playback the play engine will read the map file and fetch the required data from it and use it for identification in the DOM. In this mode, the tester will not be involving in the scripting much. But if there is any change in the GUI, then it will be difficult for the user to identify the property changed and modify the same in the map file.

In Manual Scripting, you have to author the script with some dynamic functions, where all the required element data will be stored in the script file itself. So, it will be clear to the user, which element is being handled and flow of script. In this mode the user has to author the script manually knowing all necessary data for element identification in the DOM. If there is any GUI changes, it will be easy for the tester to modify the details in the script itself.

QEngine introduced a new recording mode called Expert Mode. Using this you can record the script in manual authoring mode, thus the object repository (Map file) will not be required. Actions will be recorded with dynamic functions and all required element data will also be present in the script file itself.

This recording mode eases the tester from knowing all the element identification properties and manually authoring the scripts. The power of Manual Script Authoring can be attained in recording mode also.

While start the recording itself you can choose to record in Record in Expert Mode or while creating the new script check the check box for Record in Expert Mode.

Hope this will be helpful for you to understand and automate your scripts quickly in the Expert Mode Recording.

Regards,
Raghavan
srinivasar at zohocorp dot com