Anchored and Floating Toolbars

The default standard and debug toolbars are anchored within the SQA Robot main window below the menu bar, and the default Record and Insert toolbars float outside of the main window. However, you can drag an anchored toolbar from within the SQA Robot window and make it a floating toolbar,which you can position and resize independently of the main window.

You can also drag a floating toolbar and anchor it inside of the SQA Robot window. Floating toolbars are always on top of all other windows. This ensures that they are never hidden while you record test procedures and work with the application-under-test.

Creating Anchored and Floating Toolbars

To change an anchored toolbar to a floating toolbar:

1. Point to the toolbar,but not within any button.

2. Drag the toolbar to a location outside of the SQA Robot window.

To Anchor a Floating toolbar inside of the SQA Robot window

1. Point to the toolbar's title bar or any space not within a button.

2. Drag the toolbar to the titlebar,menubar,or an existing toolbar within the SQA Robot main window.

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Using Record and Insert Toolbars

By default, the SQA Robot insert toolbar is dynamic. It is displayed when you click the Insert button on the record toolbar,and hidden after the test case is created. To market test case buttons visible at all times while recording, you may add test case buttons to the record toolbar or manually display the insert toolbar.

To manually display the Insert toolbar so it is visible while recording, do one of the following:

1. Check SQA Robot insert in the toolbar popup menu.

2. Choose Window toolbar and check SQA Robot Insert in the toolbars dialog box.

To add test case buttons to record toolbar:

1. Display both record and insert toolbar.
2. Use the right mouse button to drag a test case button from the insert toolbar and drop it within the record toolbar.Alternatively,you may:
3.Display the Record toolbar.
4.Choose Add Button in the toolbar popup menu.
5. Use either mouse button to drag a test case button from the Add Toolbar Button dialog box and drop it whithin the Record toolbar..

Note:If you make any unwanted changes to the record or insert toolbar, you can choose Reset Toolbar in the toolbar popup menu to reset the toolbar to its default configuration. Recording actions in a Test Procedure while recording, you can insert any of the following into a test procedure.

1. Test Cases - Capture specific conditions,states,or values during a test procedure recording and store the data as the expected baseline for the application under test.During playback,test cases recapture the data from the current build of the application under test,and compare the captured data to the baseline data.

2. Wait States - Provide a way to synchronize test procedure playback with application under test. During playback, your application may require additional time to complete certain tasks. Setting wait states lets you define specific conditions for which the test procedure waits before continuing with subsequent test sections.

3. Timers - Let you insert start and stop timer commands to record the duration of events in a test procedure,such as database or network access. After playback, the elapsed time is displayed in the SQA Test Log Viewer.

4. Synchronization Points - Let you coordinate virtual users at test runtime. To use this feature, you must have Virtual User Recording installed.

The remaining Insert menu commands let you call existing test procedures from the script being recorded, insert comments into the test procedure script or test log,or invoke an application while recording without having to go through the desktop.

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Displaying Toolbars

To manually display or hide a toolbar:

1. Choose WindowToolbars.

2. Click to select and check or uncheck the toolbar.

3. Choose OK to display or hide the toolbar.

To manually display or hide a toolbar from the toolbar popup menu:

1. Point to any toolbar, but not within a button, and press the right mouse button. SQA Robot displays the toolbar popup menu.

2. Choose a toolbar to display or hide that toolbar. Currently displayed toolbars are checked.

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