Vital points to remember about Virtual Objects

Hi All,

Below are the important points which need to be noticed by us prior to using Virtual Objects in QTP.

Important Points :
1. A group of Virtual Objects are stored in Virtual Object Manager under a descriptive name known as “Virtual Object Collection”.

2. Analog & Low-level recording on Virtual Objects is not supported by QTP.

3. Recognition of Virtual Objects can be disabled without deleting them from Virtual Object Manager.

4. Virtual Objects can only be used when recording & Running the tests. Any type of checkpoint on a virtual object cannot be inserted.

5. The Virtual Object Collections shown in the Virtual Object Manager are stored in our computer (where they are created) and not in the tests that include the virtual object steps. This means that if you the virtual object in a script, the object will be recognized during the run session only if it is run on the computer containing the appropriate Virtual Object Definition. To Copy your virtual object definitions to another computer, copy the contents of your \Dat\VoTemplate folder (or individual collection files within this folder) to the same location on the destination computer.

6. Virtual Objects can only be defined for objects on which you can click or Dbl click and that record a click or Dbl click operation. Otherwise, the virtual object is ignored. For example, if you define a virtual Object manager over the WinList object, the “Select” operation is recorded, and the virtual Object operation is ignored.

7. You cannot use the Object Spy to view the properties of Virtual Object.