Check points in quick test professional have always proved to
be an efficient tool. In this article, we discuss exclusively about the check
points in quick test professional and the ways in which the check points
can be added to an application with the help of quick test professional.
What is Check Point? How it is added to an application?
- Check
point can be thought of as a point to confirm or verify whether the application
under test or AUT is working properly or not.
- This is verified by making
comparisons between the current value of some property and the expected value
of the same property decided earlier.
- Whenever a check point is added by the user, an equivalent check point is added by the quick test professional to the present row in the key word view as well as a “check check point” statement is added to the expert view.
- The name of the test object also serves as a name for the check point that has been added to it.
- The check points can be added via an active screen by placing the cursor on the desired location and clicking the insert standard check point option.
Types of Check Points
It is on the basis of this expected value
that the check points have been classified in to various types as described
below:
1. Page check point:
- This check point is the check
point that is created exclusively for a web page. - This check point keeps a
count of all the images and links present on that particular web page.
- Another
purpose for which page check point is used for checking the time taken by
the web page to load fully i.e., the load time.
2. Bitmap check point:
- This check point is the check
point that helps in checking of the bitmap of either a full web page or an
image.
- Two images are provided to this check point, one the actual image
and the other one expected image.
- These two images are compared pixel by
pixel by the bit map check point.
3. Image check point:
- This check point is used for keeping a check on certain properties belonging to a web
page such as the source file location of the image.
- However, being a image check point, it cannot check pixels of an image like a bitmap check point
does.
4. Text check point:
- This check point is the check
point that is employed in checking the expected text in a web
application or web page.
- This text may belong to a specific region of the
text displayed or application under test.
5. Accessibility check point:
- This check point verifies whether or not the accessibility standard of the
application under test matches with the accessibility guidelines laid down
by the W3C or world wide web consortium for information systems and
technology which are web based.
6. Data base check point:
- This check point performs the task of generating a query while the
recording is in progress.
- The values stored in the data base serve as
expected values.
- This query is executed during the run time to obtain the
actual value which is then compared with the expected value.
7. Table check point:
This check point is the one
that is used for checking various table properties such as cell width, row
width and so on.
8. XML check point:
This check point is the one that
is used to verify the following:
a)
XML schema
b)
XML data etc.
