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26: TEN THINGS TO TRY WHEN QTP/UFT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE AN OBJECT

02 November 2014 at 6:00 AM
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26: TEN THINGS TO TRY WHEN QTP/UFT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE AN OBJECT

QuickTest Professional/Unified Functional Testing Object Recognition Issues

What do you do when QTP or UFT doesn’t automatically recognize an object in your application? I know how frustrating this can be. Before you give up, in my experience, these are the first ten things you should try/check:

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Top ten things to try to fix UFT/QTP object recognition issues:

  1. Check the loaded add-ins
  2. Research – Check HP’s or SQAForums
  3. Make sure there is not a path available that helps
  4. Record and Run Settings
  5. Using .Object
  6. Developers are your friends
  7. Low-level recording
  8. Try GetVisibleText
  9. Insight recording
  10. Extensibility

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