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Thank you for visiting our blog. We will be using this blog to post updates about new tool developments, tips on product usage, and other general content related to our products or HP’s automation products. We welcome and encourage comments on any of our posts.
New Feature: Additional Fonts and Colors
Test Design Studio has long offered the ability to modify the fonts and colors used by the editing control. This is done by selecting ‘Tools –> Options’ from the main menu, expanding the … more
ALM Tip: Convert QTP Business Process Component Back to Manual
Overview When a manual business process testing (BPT) component is ready to be automated, ALM makes it easy to convert to a QuickTest (QTP) scripted component. It is even kind enough to give you … more
Book Reiview: And I thought I knew QTP!
Tarun Lalwani, author of well-received book “QuickTest Professional Unplugged”, just released a new book titled “And I thought I knew QTP!”. I just finished it, and am … more
Sneak Peak: Workflow Editor
We have spent the last couple of weeks putting together a tool for editing Workflow scripts used with Application Lifecycle Management 11 (ALM). This is the latest release of the Quality Center … more
Article on Code Quality: Software Test Professionals
Boyd Patterson (President of Patterson Consulting, LLC) just had an article published on the Software Test Professionals site: … more
Test Design Studio 3: QuickTest Script Updates
Summary One of the design goals for TDS3 is to improve how QuickTest scripts are managed in the IDE. Most file editors are designed to work with one file at a time, but a QuickTest script is … more
New Feature: Toggle Outlining Expansion for Selection
Once again, another great feature request from one our users is being integrated into the next release of Test Design Studio! Test Design Studio features extensive support for outlining the various … more
New Feature: Member List for VBScript "Call" Keyword
We are happy to provide another feature request in our next release of Test Design Studio. This feature, while simple, is very useful. When you press the ‘SPACE’ key after … more
New Feature: Enum Member Lists for Assignment and Equality
This feature is primarily targeted for use with Enumerations (a.k.a. Enum), but everything you see below will also work with Boolean values since it, too, has a pre-defined list of values (i.e. True … more
Presenting at STP Fall Conference in Dallas [Updated]
I am happy to announce that I will be presenting a session at Software Test Professionals Conference 2011 Fall in Dallas, TX!
Session Title: Improve Automation Code Quality, Clarity, and … more
Test Design Studio 3: External Tools
As part of the ongoing effort to bring Test Design Studio to a new platform, we are having to rewrite a lot of the functionality that is present in Test Design Studio 2. We are taking the time … more
New White Paper: QuickTest(R) Project Management
How you manage your QuickTest® Pro test assets will have a significant impact on the success of your project. We put together a white paper that discusses project management using either QC/ALM … more
Using Test Design Studio and QuickTest(R) Together
Test Design Studio does a lot that QuickTest® Professional does not! There are, however, a few elusive items that Test Design Studio does not (or cannot) do. You can view a feature … more
Edit Multiple QuickTest(R) Pro Tests and Actions at Once
One of the biggest limitations that QuickTest® Pro users face is that you can only edit a single test at a time. You can open multiple supporting documents like function libraries, but you … more
Test Design Studio 3: Document Navigation Updates
One of the new features in the upcoming Test Design Studio 3 release include some updates to how you navigate documents. Below is a screen shot of a class library for interacting with the … more
Test Design Studio 3: No WinRunner Support
HP announced end of life for WinRunner® a couple of years ago. By this time, most people have migrated over to QuickTest® Professional instead. Since TDS 3 is a total rewrite of the … more
Test Design Studio 3: Member List Enhancements
While the majority of the work going into the Test Design Studio 3 (TDS3) rewrite has focused on reorganizing and updating the base code, we are still bringing some new features and usability … more
Time for QTP to die?
Do you think it is time for QTP to die? Paul Hammant posted on his blog that he thinks so. He makes some good points, but I disagree. His first point discusses developers not using the … more
See Blog RSS Feed on Test Design Studio Start Page
The ‘Start Page’ for Test Design Studio includes the ability to display an RSS feed of relevant information. By default, this feed is based on our general Test Design Studio news feed located … more
Test Design Studio 3: First Look
As many of you know, we have been working hard on the next release of Test Design Studio. The current code base has served us well, but we began to encounter limitations that prevented us from … more
