Driver script

[murthydn16]

Hi,
What is a driver script?
What is it used for?
Is it absolutely necessary to have a driver script?

What are the other kind of scripts that we come across apart from driver scripts?

Thanks
Murthy

[Ankur]

Instead of answering you directly... let me ask you ... What is a reusable action?

[murthydn16]

Reusable action is one which can be used again and again in a script. Its like a function.

[Ankur]

ok... so you said "in a script"... what will happen if you call all the reusable actions at one place and then according to your test case delete the ones which are not required?

[murthydn16]

When all reusable actions are called from one place, these actions will be called one by one and the corresponding functionality will be executed.

[Ankur]

Good... so if you have "all reusable actions at one place"(lets call it "main script") and generate other scripts from it, by deleting the reusable actions which are not required... what is the appropriate name we can give to that "main script" which drives other scripts.

"Driver Script". right?

[murthydn16]

O S, thats right.
Also could u tell me as what all we test while automating a web page.
I mean what attributes we test while automating the web page.

[Ankur]

That all depends upon the requirements set by the client.

[murthydn16]

Hey, I am using QTP 8.2
In the menu, Insert -> Text checkpoint and Insert -> Text area checkpoint and Insert -> Output value -> text output value is disabled. Where can I make it active?

[Rajashekar Gouda]

They will get activate once u start recording.

Regards
Raj