Mercury WinRunner FAQ

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Q: Is it possible to use winrunner for testing .aspx forms or dotnet forms?

You can't test dot net application using winrunner 7.6 and also from prior version. Because winrunner do not have addin for dot net.
ASP.NET forms it is a code for server side part of an application, if it generates on the front end normal HTML/JavaScript/Java/ActiveX it shouldn't be a problem to test the application using WR.

Q: Can WinRunner put the test results in a file?

Yes, You can put the results into the file format. (the file extension is .txt) In Test Results window, you can select one option:
tools menu text report then we can get a text file.
Another option is to write out the results out into a html file.

WinRunner: What is the difference between virtual object and custom object?

Answer1:
The virtual object is an object which is not recognized by Winrunner. The virtual object class like obj_mouse_click which works for that instance only. To work at any time, then we should forcibly to instruct the winrunner to recognize the virtual object with the help of Virtual Object Wizard.
Note: the virtual object must be mapped to a relavant standard classes only avail in winruuner. Ex: button (which is avail on the toolbar in a app. window) which is to be mapped to the standard class callled PUSH_BUTTON. when its completed then u can observe the TSL statment would be button_press("logicalName") which is permanent one in u r winrunner.
GUI map Configuration:
It helps when winrunner is not able locate the object by winruuner. for ex : two or more objects will have same logical name and its physical properties then how winrunner locate the specific object. In which case that should instruct the winrunner to unquely identify the specific object by setting obligatory, optional and MS_WID with the help of GUI Map config.

Answer2:
we use the virtual object wizard in winrunner to map the bitmap object while recording winrunner generates the obj_mouse_click.
Custom object is an object which do not belong to one of the standard class of winrunner. We use the gui map configuration to map the custom object to standard object of the winrunner.

Answer3:
virtual object - image or portion of the window are made virtual object to use functions available for the object just for convenience in scripting.
virtual object captures the cordinates of the object.
custom object - general object which does not belong to winrunner class, we map this general object to winrunner standard object, i.e. custom object.

Q: How to create an Object of an Excel File in WinRunner?

The object part, or actual Excel table is created via the WinRunner Data Table and it is stored inside the same directory that the WinRunner script is stored in. Of course you may create the Excle spreadsheet yourself and reference it from your script manually. This is also mentioned in the User Guide.
The Data Table Wizard mentioned earlier will link this object to the script and assist in parameterizing the data from the Excel table object.

Q: How to use values returned by VB script in winrunner?

From your VB script create a file system object to write output to a text file:
Dim fso, MyFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set MyFile = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", True)
MyFile.WriteLine("This is a test.")
MyFile.Close
Then use file_open and file_getline functions in WinRunner to read the file.

Q: WinRunner: What tag is required to allow me to identify a html table?

<table id=xxxxx>.
Indeed, it is better to ask developer to put ID every place where it is possible. It will avoid lots of trouble and help the resuable of your script (consider localization).

Q: WinRunner: How to work with file type using WinRunner functions?

When recording, WinRunner does not record file-type objects. However, you can manually insert file-type statements into your test script using the web_file_browse and web_file_set functions.

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