QTP can add checkpoints while recording an application or after to compare expected and actual values. There are 9 types of checkpoints including standard, text, bitmap, database, and accessibility checkpoints. Checkpoints verify object property values, text content, bitmaps, databases, and web page accessibility. Users can set checkpoint properties like name, class, and summary when adding a checkpoint.

1. QTP -Check Points

2. Checkpoint is a method used to check the content before and after the step, i.e
it is used to compare the expected value with the actual value displayed in the
application, these checkpoints can be customized according to the
requirements.
The checkpoint can be added while recording the application or it can be added
after the recording is completed using Active screen (For adding Checkpoint
after recording the Active screen must be enabled while recording)
Once the checkpoint is added, the QTP adds a checkpoint to the current row in
keyword view and adds a check checkpoint statement to the expert view.
QTP – Check Points

3. There are 9 types of check points available in QTP. As given below
• Standard checkpoint
• Text / Text area checkpoint
• Bitmap checkpoint
• Database checkpoint
• Table checkpoint
• Page checkpoint
• Xml checkpoint
• Image checkpoint
• Accessibility checkpoint
QTP – Check Points

4. QTP – Standard Check Point
Standard checkpoint checks the object property values in an application or a
webpage.
It checks objects like Radio buttons, combo boxes, images, Tables, Web page
properties, links etc.
The Table checkpoint can be used to check all the values in the table, it can be
created by inserting standard checkpoint on the table.
The page checkpoint can also created by inserting standard checkpoint on the
object, the page check point can be used to check the time taken to load a
webpage.

5. As shown here put
the tool in recording
mode
Click on the Insert
menu
Hover the mouse on
Checkpoint
Then click on the
required checkpoint.
Insert Standard Check Point

6. Insert Standard Check Point
How to insert a standard checkpoint while recording:
Note : Start a record session.
Step #1) Navigate to Insert Menu -> Checkpoint:
Step #2) – Clicking on this icon also results in the same thing.
Step #3) A list of relevant checkpoints applicable to the current or selected
step on performing one of the steps listed in 1 and 2.

7. Insert Standard Check Point
Step #4) Select the type of checkpoint. We will select “Standard” in our case.
Step #5) QTP interface gets hidden and the user can choose the object in the
AUT over which the user wants to insert a checkpoint.
Step #6) Select the object and the following screen appears:
Step #7) Choose the object and click OK in the dialog. The checkpoint properties
dialog box is displayed.

8. Insert Standard Check Point

9. Step #8) On the Checkpoint
Properties dialog box,
check the checkboxes of the required
property values to be verified
click on OK
Insert Standard Check Point

10. Insert Standard Check Point
This is how it
looks

11. Edit / View checkpointproperties
To view the
properties of an
object after inserting
the checkpoint or to
change the property
values, right-click on
the checkpoint
object and then click
on Checkpoint
Properties….

12. Text Check Point
Text checkpoint: We will use the same example and see how Text checkpoint
is different from inserting a standard checkpoint over the ‘text’ property.
• chose “Insert->Checkpoint->Text checkpoint” from the menu while
recording on the gmail.com page in internet explorer.
• Select the text that you want to verify , set the properties as given in next
screen
• Click OK

13. Text Check Point
Let us look at each field in this dialog and understand
what role each value we set in this dialog play in our
checkpoint.
1) Name: by default a checkpoint’s name is the
object’s name on which a checkpoint is placed. The
user can change it if required.
2) Class: specifies the type of the object. This is non-
editable.
3) Checkpoint summary: An understandable
explanation of what this checkpoint does.
•For web applications it displays the text that is within
the object in red. Refer to the dialog above.
•For a windows application, it displays the text you
selected while creating the checkpoint.
•Also for a windows application if you selected a text
that is more than one line, then summary area displays
[Complex value].

14. Bitmap Check Point
Bitmap checkpoint
A lot can be inferred from the name of this checkpoint itself. However, it is often
confused with the Image checkpoint.
Differences between Image and Bitmap checkpoints:
Difference #1: Image checkpoint works only on Web environment whereas
Bitmap checkpoint works on any supported environments.
Difference #2: Bitmap checkpoint can be used to compare an area of
an application or page, an object or any part of an object. On setting this
checkpoint it captures the chosen portion of the screen as a bitmap and
compares it with the result at run time. In contrast, image checkpoint is just for
webimage objects.
Therefore, Bitmap checkpoint captures the visible parts of your AUT and
compares them as bitmaps, pixel by pixel.

15. Bitmap Check Point
Bitmap checkpoint
A lot can be inferred from the name of this checkpoint itself. However, it is often
confused with the Image checkpoint.
Differences between Image and Bitmap checkpoints:
Difference #1: Image checkpoint works only on Web environment whereas
Bitmap checkpoint works on any supported environments.
Difference #2: Bitmap checkpoint can be used to compare an area of
an application or page, an object or any part of an object. On setting this
checkpoint it captures the chosen portion of the screen as a bitmap and
compares it with the result at run time. In contrast, image checkpoint is just for
webimage objects.
Therefore, Bitmap checkpoint captures the visible parts of your AUT and
compares them as bitmaps, pixel by pixel.

16. Bitmap Check Point
Couple of important points to remember:
1.Bit map checkpoints are dependent on factors like screen resolution,
Operating systems and RGB settings. So any changes to any of these factors will
cause the checkpoint to fail.
2.When creating the checkpoint, QTP does not record any part that is scrolled
off the screen or hidden by any other object.
3.While capturing the bitmap if another app is overlapping you AUT then that
part of the screen is also captured.
4.It can be added while recording or from the active screen.

17. Bitmap Check Point
Start a test with record and run settings set in a way that it opens www.gmail.com
on internet explorer when I record the test. Then I select Insert->Checkpoint->Bit
map checkpoint. Then I select the ‘google’ logo on the www.gmail page. The
following dialog opens up:

18. Bitmap Check Point
Take a close look at the above window.
a) The image appears in the Bitmap checkpoint properties dialog and then
the user has an option to choose either to check for the entire image or
choose a selection.
b) If you check on the ‘Check only selected area’ option to be ON, then you
will be able to select the portion of the image. Since it is hard to represent it
pictorially, I would suggest the readers give it a try practically to see how this
works.

19. Bitmap Check Point
c) The other options in the screen are basically the fine tuning properties. They
are pixels really there to make sure the checkpoint passes even though certain
RGB or are a little inconsistent.
•RGB tolerance: Once set this value will determine how many RGB values of the
pixels can be different for the checkpoint to not fail.
•Pixel tolerance: when this option is checked on, the user has to select whether
he wants to specify this value in % or a number. For example, if the user chooses
5 pixels and the image has 1000 pixels. If in run time, up to 5 different pixels the
differences are not counted towards failing the checkpoint. If more than 5
differences exist, only then the checkpoint fails. If both RBG tolerance and Pixel
tolerance values are set, RGB tolerance is calculated first.
d) There is also a time out factor that we talked about earlier in previous article.
I will go ahead and choose a portion of the logo and click OK.

20. Other Check Points
Type Description
File Content Checkpoint Verifies the text in a dynamically generated or accessed file such
as .txt,.pdf
Table Checkpoint Verifies the information within a table. Not all environments are
supported.
Text Checkpoint Verify if the text that is displayed within a defined area in a
Windows-based application, according to specified criteria.
Text Area Checkpoint Verifies if the text string is displayed within a defined area in a
Windows-based application, according to specified criteria.
Accessibility Checkpoint Verifies the page and reports the areas of the Web site that may
not conform to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines
Page Checkpoint Verifies the characteristics of a Web page. It can also check for
broken links.
Database Checkpoint Verifies the contents of a database accessed by the application
under test.
XML Checkpoint Verifies the content of the .xml documents or .xml documents in
Web pages and frames.