The process of creating an automated Test begins after you have documented Manual test steps, checked for Application and environment stability, checked for valid and invalid data and prepared the automated test environment.

Building Blocks of a Step: When you click RECORD, QuickTest records each user Action that you perform in the aut (Application Under Test). Each recorded action becomes a step in the automated test. Each step of an automated test has three parts:

  • Item: Refers to the object in the AUT that was interacted with.
  • Operation: Refers to the action that you perform on the object during the Recording session. This is also called the method.
  • Value: Refers to data that you specify for the operation performed on the object.

QuickTest should be Running before the application under test is invoked because QuickTest uses internal hooks to recognize user Actions on the application under test. If the application is already open, QuickTest might not record properly if its hooks are not set up correctly.