The document discusses various utility functions for performing file operations in QTP/UFT like creating, writing to, reading from, checking existence of, opening, copying, deleting files. It also discusses functions for operations with Excel sheets like reading cell data, and functions for operations like sending emails, displaying timed message boxes, simulating keystrokes, getting keyboard values, running applications, and using the clipboard.

1. QTP Utility Functions – File Operations
 File Creation
3. CreateFile "C:","mytextfile.txt","hi how are you?"
4. Public Function CreateFile(filpath,filname,filcontent)
5. xml_file = filpath & "" & filname
6. Dim fileobject, tf
7. Set fileobject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
8. Set tf = fileobject.CreateTextFile(xml_file, True)
9. tf.Write (filcontent)
10. tf.Close
11. End Function
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2. QTP Utility Functions – File Operations
• dim oFSO
• ' creating the file system object
• set oFSO = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
•
• 'Option Explicit
• ' *********************************************************************************************
• ' Create a new txt file
•
• ' Parameters:
• ' FilePath - location of the file and its name
• ' *********************************************************************************************
• Function CreateFile (FilePath)
• ' varibale that will hold the new file object
• dim NewFile
• ' create the new text ile
• set NewFile = oFSO.CreateTextFile(FilePath, True)
• set CreateFile = NewFile
• End Function
•
• ' *********************************************************************************************
• ' Check if a specific file exist
•
• ' Parameters:
• ' FilePath - location of the file and its name
• ' *********************************************************************************************
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3. QTP Utility Functions – File Operations
• Function CheckFileExists (FilePath)
• ' check if file exist
• CheckFileExists = oFSO.FileExists(FilePath)
• End Function
•
• ' *********************************************************************************************
• ' Write data to file
•
• ' Parameters:
• ' FileRef - reference to the file
• ' str - data to be written to the file
• ' *********************************************************************************************
• Function WriteToFile (byref FileRef,str)
• ' write str to the text file
• FileRef.WriteLine(str)
• End Function
•
• ' *********************************************************************************************
• ' Read line from file
•
• ' Parameters:
• ' FileRef - reference to the file
• ' *********************************************************************************************
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4. QTP Utility Functions – File Operations
• Function ReadLineFromFile (byref FileRef)
• ' read line from text file
• ReadLineFromFile = FileRef.ReadLine
• End Function
•
• ' *********************************************************************************************
• ' Closes an open file.
• ' Parameters:
• ' FileRef - reference to the file
• ' *********************************************************************************************
• Function CloseFile (byref FileRef)
• FileRef.close
• End Function
•
• '*********************************************************************************************
• ' Opens a specified file and returns an object that can be used to
• ' read from, write to, or append to the file.
•
• ' Parameters:
• ' FilePath - location of the file and its name
• ' mode options are:
• ' ForReading - 1
• ' ForWriting - 2
• ' ForAppending - 8
• ' *********************************************************************************************
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5. QTP Utility Functions – File Operations
• ' *********************************************************************************************
• Function OpenFile (FilePath,mode)
• ' open the txt file and retunr the File object
• set OpenFile = oFSO.OpenTextFile(FilePath, mode, True)
• End Function
•
• ' *********************************************************************************************
• ' Copy a File
• ' Parameters:
• ' FilePathSource - location of the source file and its name
• ' FilePathDest - location of the destination file and its name
• ' *********************************************************************************************
• Sub FileCopy ( FilePathSource,FilePathDest)
• ' copy source file to destination file
• oFSO.CopyFile FilePathSource, FilePathDest
• End Sub
•
• ' *********************************************************************************************
• ' Delete a file.
•
• ' Parameters:
• ' FilePath - location of the file to be deleted
• ' *********************************************************************************************
• Sub FileDelete ( FilePath)
• ' copy source file to destination file
• oFSO.DeleteFile ( FilePath)
• End Sub
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6. QTP Utility Functions – File Operations
• ' ************** Example of calling the file functions **********************
• FilePath1 = "D:tempFSOtxt1.txt"
• FilePath2 = "D:tempFSOtxt2.txt"
• FilePathDiff = "D:tempFSOtxt_diff.txt"
•
• FilePath = "D:tempFSOtxt.txt"
•
• set fold = FolderCreate ( "D:tempFSOnew")
• set f = OpenFile(FilePath,8)
• ' = WriteToFile(f,"test line")
• d = CloseFile(f)
• set f = CreateFile(FilePath)
•
• Fexist= CheckFileExists(FilePath)
• d = WriteToFile(f,"first line")
• d = WriteToFile(f,"second line")
• d = CloseFile(f)
• FileCopy "D:tempFSOtxt.txt","D:tempFSOtxt1.txt"
• FileDelete "D:tempFSOtxt1.txt"
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7. QTP Utility Functions – Excel Sheet Operations
• Function ReadExcelData(xlFile, sheetName, columnName, rowNum)
•
• ' Initializing the variables
• varSheetName = sheetName
• varColumnName = columnName
• varRowNum = rowNum
•
• Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
• objExcel.WorkBooks.Open xlFile
• Set objSheet = objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(varSheetName)
• rows = objSheet.Range("A1").CurrentRegion.Rows.Count
• columns = objSheet.Range("A1").CurrentRegion.Columns.Count
• For currCol = 1 to columns
• If objSheet.Cells(1,currCol).Value = varColumnName then
• ReadExcelData = objSheet.Cells(varRowNum+1,currCol).Value
• currCol = columns
• end if
• Next
•
• objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Close
• objExcel.Application.Quit
• Set objSheet = nothing
• Set objExcel = nothing
• End Function
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8. QTP Utility Functions – Email Operations
• SendMail “rajat.gupta@globallogic.com","hi","how r u",""
• Function SendMail(SendTo, Subject, Body, Attachment)
• Set ol=CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
• Set Mail=ol.CreateItem(0)
• Mail.to=SendTo
• Mail.Subject=Subject
• Mail.Body=Body
• If (Attachment <> "") Then
• Mail.Attachments.Add(Attachment)
• End If
• Mail.Send
• ol.Quit
• Set Mail = Nothing
• Set ol = Nothing
• End Function
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9. QTP Utility Functions – Timed Msg-Box
• MsgBoxTimeout (“Sample Text”,”Timed MsgBox”, 10)
• Public Sub MsgBoxTimeout (Text, Title, TimeOut)
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Popup Text, TimeOut, Title
• End Sub
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10. QTP Utility Functions – Keystroke Functions
• 'An example that presses a key using DeviceReplay.
• Set obj = CreateObject("Mercury.DeviceReplay")
• Window("Notepad").Activate
• obj.PressKey 63
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11. QTP Utility Functions – keyboard Values
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12. QTP Utility Functions – System Operations
• Running and Closing Applications Programmatically
• Syntax:
• SystemUtil.Run “file, [params], [dir] “
• Example:
• SystemUtil.Run “notepad.exe myfile.txt “
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13. QTP Utility Functions – Clipboard Objects
 The object has the same methods as the Clipboard object available
in Visual Basic:
 Clear
 GetData
 GetFormat
 GetText
 SetData
 SetText
• Set cb = CreateObject("Mercury.Clipboard")
cb.Clear
cb.SetText "TEST"
MsgBox cb.GetText
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