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   About the Web Add-In

The Web Add-in purpose is for test objects (controls) in your Web pages and applications, as well as check their properties. You can test Web objects such as hyperlinks, images, image maps, buttons and edit boxes. By adding Web object checkpoints to your tests, you can compare Web objects in different versions of your Web site.

You can also perform checks on objects within your application or Web site, such as images or form elements. In addition, you can add accessibility checkpoints to help you quickly identify areas of your Web site that may not conform to the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. You can also output property or text values from the objects in your Web site. You can create steps on more than one browser tab, if your browser supports tabbed browsing.
The Web Add-in provides test objects, methods, and properties that can be used when testing objects in Web applications.

Note: Web Add-in Extensibility enables you to develop support for testing third-party and custom Web controls that are not supported out-of-the-box by the QuickTest Professional Web Add-in. For more information, see the Web Add-in Extensibility Help, available from the QuickTest Professional Extensibility Documentation program group ( Start > Programs > QuickTest Professional > Extensibility > Documentation).

The following table summarizes basic information about the Web Add-in and how it relates to some commonly-used aspects of QuickTest.

Much of the functionality of this add-in is the same as other Web-based add-ins.

Topic Description
Add-in Type  Much of the functionality of this add-in is the same as other Web-based add-ins.
See the section on testing Web-based applications
See the section on Working with different Web Browsers.
Checkpoints and Output Values  See the sections describing checkpoints and output values in the HP QuickTest Professional User Guide
See Checking Web Pages
See Supported Checkpoints and Output Values.
Other   When you load the Siebel Add-in in addition to the Web Add-in, the object identification settings are automatically customized. For this reason, the Web Add-in is not available in the Environment list in the Object Identification dialog box
Opening Your Application  You must open QuickTest before opening your Web application.
Add-in Dependencies  None
Options Dialog Box  Use the Web pane in Tools / Options / Web node
Record and Run Settings Dialog Box  Use the Web tab in Automation / Record and Run Settings
See setting Web Record and Run options
Test Settings Dialog Box  Use the Web pane in File / Settings / Web
See defining Web settings for your test
Custom Active Screen Capture Settings Dialog Box  Use the Web section in Tools / Options / Active Screen node / Custom Level

   About the Web Services Add-In

Web services are self-contained, modular, dynamic applications that can be described, published, located, or invoked over the network to create products, processes, and supply chains. They can be local, distributed, or Web-based. Using Web service-specific features and operations help to make Web service scripts easier to read, maintain, enhance, and parameterize, enabling both advanced and novice users to create sophisticated tests on Web services. Web services usually provide a description to ensure that the client uses the data format expected by the server using a language known as Web Services Definition Language WSDL.

You can use the QuickTest Professional Web Services Add-in to test your Web service using familiar QuickTest functionality, without the need for extensive knowledge of your Web service architecture. For example, you can use QuickTest Professional to invoke the operations of your Web service and verify returned XML data using special functionality that has been customized for Web services. You can use the specialized WebService test object operations to control the way in which QuickTest communicates with your service, including working with security, configuration, headers, and attachments.

You can also use the Web Services Add-in together with any other QuickTest add-ins to create tests that test both the direct communications with your Web service and the front-end application that reflects the results of these communications.

The following table summarizes basic information about the Web Services Add-in and how it relates to some commonly-used aspects of QuickTest.

Topic Description
Checkpoints and Output Values  See the sections describing checkpoints and output values in the HP QuickTest Professional User Guide See Supported Checkpoints and Output Values.
Opening Your Application  You can open your Web Services application before or after opening QuickTest
Add-in Dependencies  None
Options Dialog Box  Use the Web Services pane in Tools / Options / Web Services also see Setting Web Services Test Options
Test Settings Dialog Box   Use the Web Services pane in File / Settings / Web Services also see Defining Web Service Test or Component Settings

Considerations for Working with the Web Services Add-in

• QuickTest Professional supports keyword-driven testing on your Web services. This means that after you add a WebService test object to your object repository, you can access all of the operations that the Web service supports from the Operation column of the Keyword View, the Operation box in the Step Generator, or by using IntelliSense in the Expert View.
• The Web Service Add Object Wizard enables you to automatically create a WebService test object. You can then add steps manually.
• You can use the Web Service Testing Wizard  to automatically create a WebService test object and to generate steps to test the operations that your Web service supports based on a supplied WSDL file. The Web Service Testing Wizard also enables you to automatically generate checkpoints for these steps.
• You can enhance your test manually by entering operations in the Expert View.
• When working with multiple toolkits, it is recommended to create a separate test for use with each required toolkit.
• If your Web service is protected by a Firewall, or your Web service requests are routed via a proxy server, you may need to insert a SetProxy statement to set the required proxy information for the service before the first step containing an operation on the corresponding WebService test object.
• The Web Services Add-in is compliant with namespace and XPath standards.