Actions is a set of logical statements to perform specific test.QTP-actions

Types of Actions : There are three types of actions available in QTP.

  1. Non Reusable action
  2. Reusable action
  3. External action

Non Reusable action – An action that can be called only in the test with which it is stored, and can be called only once.

Reusable action – An action that can be called multiple times by the test with which it is stored (the local test) as well as by other tests.

External action – A reusable action stored with another test.External actions are read-only in the calling test, but you can choose to use a local, editable copy of the Data Table information for the external action.

Additional Readings

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