Recording Tests - Adobe FLEX 2-TESTING FLEX APPLICATIONS WITH MERCURY QUICKTEST PROFESSIONAL Manual

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Recording tests

To record a test in QTP, you must compile the application's SWF file and generate the HTML

wrapper files. The main wrapper file defines the application as an object on the page and

embeds it so that Flash Player is invoked when the page is requested. You cannot request the

application's SWF file directly. You can write the HTML wrapper yourself, or generate it with

the compiler.

You point QTP to the wrapper file that embeds the application SWF file.

You can use Adobe Flex Builder or the command-line compilers to generate the SWF file for

you. After you pre-compile the SWF file, deploy the SWF file and the HTML wrapper files,

plus any additional assets such as Runtime Shared Libraries (RSLs), graphics, or other SWF

files, in a directory on the web server.

To record a test, you either specify that QTP runs the test on the currently open browser or

specify the location of the application as a URL. In the second case, QTP launches the

browser and passes it the request URL that you specified. You determine which method to use

in the Record and Run Settings dialog box.

In general, you should use a web server to serve the HTML wrapper to the QTP client. You

cannot request the HTML wrapper file on the file system.

To have QTP run the test on an application that is currently running in an open browser

window, select the Record And Run Test On Any Open Browser option. To have QTP open a

browser and request a URL, select the second option, as the following example shows:

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