In this chapter, the concept of attribute-based validation is demonstrated based on a simple example. Before working with this example, make sure you are familiar with the basic concept of test validation.
Of course, text-based validation is also an example of attribute-based validation, but it is a separate chapter because it’s probably the most frequent type of validation.
Screencast: The screencast Attribute-based validation walks you through the information found in this chapter.
Theme: Build a test
Time: 15 minutes
Install the sample solution:
- Unzip to any folder on your computer.
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Start Ranorex Studio and open the solution file
AttributeBasedValidation.rxsln
Before we start recording our test, let’s define it. The test consists of five steps:
- Open the Ranorex Studio Demo Application.
- Click the tab UI-element test area.
- Click the radio button Green light in the radio button group box.
- Verify that a green square appears next to the radio button.
- End the Demo Application and stop the recording.
Recording preparations
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Create a desktop-test solution using the Solution Wizard and in step 2 of the setup, select the Demo Application as your AUT.
Demo App selected as AUT and is launched automatically when you start recording. When the Solution Wizard has finished, click the Recording1 tab in the Ranorex Studio working environment.
Record the test: part one
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In the recording module view of Recording1, click RECORD. Ranorex Studio is minimized to the taskbar automatically. The Recorder control center shows that the recording is active.
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The application under test comes into focus.
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In the radio button group box, click the radio button Green light
Attribute-based validation
The purpose of the test validation in this example is to verify whether a colored square appears in the correct color after clicking the radio button.
Since this requires us to validate the color attribute of a UI element, we’re carrying out an attribute-based validation. Let’s go through the steps:
Activate validation
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Click Validate. Recording pauses and the Recorder switches to validation mode.
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Select the UI element to validate:
Mouse over the green square. A purple frame follows your mouse's movement.
The purple frame indicates which element is currently selected for validation.
Once your selection matches the green square, click it -
To confirm the UI element, click Next
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The selected validation element, the UI element has the role
Containerand theControlNamepnlColourPanel -
The screenshot of the selected UI element shows the green square
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- Select the attributes Exists (usually preselected) and BackColor and click OK to confirm
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The general attribute
Existsis usually preselected -
The dynamic attribute
BackColorwith the valueGreenneeds to be selected
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Finish recording
Once you’ve finished the validation action, Ranorex automatically continues recording. The next step is to end the test recording.
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In the Recorder control center, click Stop to end the recording
Result
After the recording stops, you are returned to Ranorex Studio. The actions table contains three recorded actions. Action 3 is the validation.
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The validation action
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Validation type operator: This operator identifies the type of validation to perform. There are nine different validation type operators.
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Validation attribute:
This column displays the validation attribute.
In our example, this is the BackColor attribute.
You can select other attributes from the drop-down menu. -
Match value:
The match value can be a constant (i.e. text, number, etc.) or a variable. -
Repository item:
This column shows the repository item linked to the action, i.e. the UI element on which the validation is performed.
Interpreting the validation
If written as a statement, the validation would read as follows:
If the attribute BackColor of the UI-element PnlColourPanel is EQUAL to the value Green, THEN the validation returns the value ‘True‘.