Download course VB : Scripting

Download course VB : Scripting

Once the script is generated by recording, we may want to enhance the script to make it more effective. QTP allows you to do this with the help of VB script language elements. Following are some of the VB Script language elements that are commonly used.

Command: InputBox.

Displays a prompt in a dialog box, waits for the user to input text or click a button, and returns the contents of the text box.

Syntax: InputBox(“Enter your name”)

Command: MsgBox.

Displays a message in a dialog box, waits for the user to click a button, and returns a value indicating which button the user clicked.

Syntax: MsgBox(“Hello World”)

String Functions:

StrComp: Returns a value indicating the result of a string comparison.

Usage:

A=Strcmp(“Hello”,”Hello”)

A will have value 0 which means true.

InStr: Returns the position of the first occurrence of one string within another

Usage:

val1="welcome to India"

val2="India"

val=InStr(1,val1,val2)

val will have  value 12 . This means that the position of the word India in val1 is 12.

Split: Returns a zero-based, one-dimensional array containing a specified number of substrings with respect to delimiter.

Usage:

Val=”appleXballXcatXdog”

Sval=Split(val,”X”,-1)

Now Sval(0) will have apple

Sval(1)=ball

Sval(2)=cat.

That is Split command will split the string based upon the delimiter specified.

Date and Time Functions:

Now: Returns the current date and time according to the setting of your computer's system date and time.

Usage:

Dim MyVar

MyVar = Now ' MyVar contains the current date and time.

DateAddf: Returns the number of intervals between two dates

Usage:

DiffADate = "Days from today: " & DateDiff("d", Now,"2/7/2008" )

MsgBox DiffADate

DiffADate will have the no of days between today and "2/7/2008"

DateAdd: Returns a date to which a specified time interval has been added.

Usage:

NewDate = DateAdd("m", 1, "31-Jan-95")

The NewDate will be “28-Feb-95”. One month latter than “31-Jan-95”

Day(now): This will return todays day alone. Like 21, 15 or 12

Hour(now): This will retun the current hour alone.

User Defined Function:

Example Function

Public Function Total(a,b, ByRef c)

c=a+b

End Function

Call Total(2,3,d)

D will have the output, the value of c.

Syntax For Writing a Function.

[Public [Default] | Private] Function name [(arglist)]

   [statements]

   [statements]

End Function

Public
Indicates that the Function procedure is accessible........ 

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