Object Spy, GetRoProperty, GetToProperty in QTP/UFT with Example

This tutorial demonstrates OBJECT SPY.

Object Spy can help determine the useful properties and methods associated with an object in your environment.

The HP/Micro Focus UFT tutorials also describes GetROProperty, GetTOProperty  & SetTOProperty

GetRoProperty

• GetRoProperty - is an inbuilt method used to retrieve the runtime value of an object property.
• There are 4 steps involved in using the GetRoProperty
• Step 1)  Record the Object on which you want to use the GetRoProperty in Object Repository
• Step 2) For the recorded object identifies the run-time property which could be used. You may use Object Spy.
• Step 3) Use GetRoProperty method to retrieve the identified Run-time property and store the value in a variable
• Step 4) Use this value for further deductions

SetToProperty & GetToProperty

• Consider a Web Button stored in the Object Repository
• When the test is run QTP creates a copy of this object  called Test Object and compares it with the Run Time Object
• Using GetToProperty you can retrieve the value of a property of Test Object
• Using SetToProperty you can change the property value of a Test Object
• When the test is completed, this test object is discarded and so are any modifications you made in the object properties using the SetToProperty
• When the test is re-run, a new copy of the test object is created with original property values stored in the object repository
• You can consider using GetToProperty and SetToProperty when your test script has multiple lines of codes and your environment is sporadic
• For a note, there is no SetRoProperty

Object Spy:

• Object spy is a feature in QTP using which you can view both the test and run-time object properties and methods.
• It also gives the syntax for a selected method.
• Object Spy gives the complete hierarchy of the object you have selected