1. UFT : Advance Version of QTP
Overview of UFT
UFT (Unified Functional Testing) is an automation functional testing tool, currently
available in version 12.01 (in July 2014). Its supported features motivate developers
and testers to develop and deliver bug free quality software to meet the business needs.
Due to its excellent features, UFT software and UFT professionals both are always in
demand.
It is not a new product of HP, an old product “QTP” with new and advance features.
Initially, QTP was written by Mercury Interactive and released the first version 5.5 in
2001, later on developed by Hewlett Packard (HP) in 2006. In 2012, HP renewed QTP
with the new name UFT; during renewal HP’s UFT version was 11.50.
The name “Unified” reveals that UTF is an advanced and combined “GUI and API
(service)” testing tool, strongly test the functionalities of the front-end and back-end of
the software application. HP said that the new released of UFT 12.01 provides better
documentation support as compare to UFT 12.0.
Also, UFT supports BPT (Business Process Testing) is a component-based testing
framework provides strong and efficient platform to test complete business process
manually and automatically, combines manual and automation tests with less
duplication and its component reusability feature makes the testing process fast. Enable
structured automated testing.
Language support: QTP/UFT uses VB Script as a scripting language, this is only a
language fully supported by IDE (Integrated Development Environment) of QTP/UFT.
IDE is a user interface of QTP/UFT. Apart from VB Script, it also supports java script
and Windows shell script. Using VB Script, user can take the advantages of Object
Oriented Programming concepts, but not polymorphism and inheritance.
Technologies support: UFT is available for.Net, Stingray 1, Terminal Emulator,
Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft, Delphi, Flex, Power Builder, Windows Mobile, Web Services,
WPF, SAP, Web, Java (Core and Advanced), VisualAge Smalltalk, Silverlight and
mainframe terminal emulators, these all technologies depends on which UFT version
you are using.
Current version of UFT 12.01 supports; JDK 1.8, Hyper V and XenDesktop 7 (Technology
Preview level), SAP Web Dynpro ABAP for Netweaver 7.40, and Prolonged Internet
Explorer support for SAP Web UI.
UFT Vs. QTP / New features supported by UFT
Although, I mentioned above UFT is a latest version of QTP with many new features are
the advanced solution for functional and regression testing.

2. Let’s have a look on the difference between QTP and UFT and all new features
supported by UFT that helps developers and testers to test the objects, components and
whole applications efficiently and securely,
People who are using QTP for past some years and are very friendly with it, every day
they test many functionalities of the software application to find and release bugs,
during testing process they use many other tools with QTP to provide bug free quality
software. Then after releasing UFT, definitely a question comes in mind that why to go
for UFT, how UFT is advanced than QTP, how we can test the software application in
better manner using UFT new features? Here is the solution of your all questions,
1) HP UFT = HP QuickTest Professional +HP Service Test
UFT (Unified functional testing) name reveals that is a combination of “HP QuickTest
Professional” and “HP Service Test”, means; UFT software package includes all features
of QTP and service test both. This integrated HP Unified Functional Testing package
facilitates developers and testers to test three layers of the software applications; the
Interface layer, the service layer and database layer.
QTP only support GUI testing to test the functionalities of Windows and Web
applications, but UFT support GUI and API testing both.
2) Browsers supported by QTP and UFT
UFT runs on all main browsers that user uses regularly for their daily task, like; Internet
Explorer v6 -v11, Firefox v3.0 – v31 (uses appropriate patches and service packs), Google
Chrome v12 - v35, and Apple Safari (on remote Mac PC) v6, v6.10, v7.00, but QTP
basically runs on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome till v36, and Firefox browsers, but
not on Apple Safari depends on patches and service packs used.
Using Apple Safari browser, UFTruns the test on remote Mac PC efficiently due to secure
communication between the UFTPC and the Mac PC, detect the browser object during test to
take the snapshot.
3) OS supported by QTP and UFT

3. UTF runs on OS: Windows XP/Vista/2003/7/8/8.1 and Windows Server
2008/Windows Server 2012 R2
QTP runs on OS: Windows XP/2003/Vista/7 and Windows Server 2008
4) Welcome page (Start Page) of UFT and QTP
QTP Welcome Page: Welcome page of QTP is little bit different than UFT, in terms of
color, design, text style, and content of the page. In the welcome page, QTP provides
process guidance list (Keyword-Driven Testing, Application areas, and Business
Components) and many tools icons to test the applications as per the requirement.
Also, displays files which you have already opened earlier for work purpose and an
option to hide the welcome page.
UFT Welcome Page: As, I have already explained that UFT is little bit different than QTP,
in terms of color, design, text style, and content of the page. In the welcome page, UFT
displays links to open and create a new test file, also many tools to support and
maintain that particular file.

4. 5) QTP and UFT both have two different icons
QTP and UFT both icons are totally different than each other.
6) UFT Installation is faster and secure than QTP
Although, UFT installation package is smaller than all previous versions; installation
process has become very faster and secure, also it takes very less time during
installation. Additionally, UFT provides option to install add-in for ALM and the Run

5. Result Viewer with the installation package, installation process can be in any
supported language by UFT; no need to install a separate language pack. During
installation, it installs and configures all necessary software, tools and add-ins required
to run UFT. Securely install the package without disabling the User Account Control
(UAC) for your PC.
7) UFT provides all services at one common place (IDE)
UFT v11.5: QTP has distinct options for functional testing; one for GUI testing and
another for non-GUI using API Service Test.
But, Unified functional Testing (UFT) is a combinationof both products (GUI and
API)and its features and displays in one commonuser interface.Initially to test the
application,user canchoose any one of the option “GUI or API (Service test)” from
the “Start page” as per the requirement.
UFT v12.0: In addition to GUIand API testing, UFT 12.0 also provides
option for BusinessProcessTesting, all together in onecommon user
interface.

6. 8) New Add-Ins - Flex and Qt
The new version of QTP is supporting two new add-ins: “Flex” and “Qt”, these add-ins
facilitate users to test GUI part of Flex and Qt applications.

7. UFT Flex add-in is required to test Flex applications or objects from its interface
successfully. This add-in faces problems in case of accessing UFT Flex Agent and finding
Flex based web applications, to come out of these problems you have to compile a Flex
application with a UFT Flex pre-compiled agent which is not necessary for QT
applications. To run Qt applications in UFT, no any additional process is required;
simply work for Qt applications as like other supported applications by UFT.
9) New Canvas of UFT
The canvas of UFT is basically a Test Flow pane displays all actions (all the functions of
the test scripts) happens during testing process in graphical form. As per the
requirement of the test, you can drag and drop all the actions up and down. You can run,
debug, call the existing action or new one.

8. 10) INSIGHT Recording
Insight Recording; one of the best and easy image (objects) reorganization technique than other
techniques, makes recording easier by providing recording toolbar. It recognizes those objects and
applications that UFT can’t do ever using simple techniques, also helpful in recognizing applications run
on remote system
11) UFT’s improved Debug process using many Features
Old QTP had less debugging features as compare to new one (UFT). During the test of an
application, debugging becomes an important process of an automation tool. Due to its
importance, has been improved in the latest version of QTP.

9. Let’s see how debugging has been improved by addition of many features,
 Call Stack – Facilitates to see all methods and functions that are presently available
in the call stack.
 Loaded Modules – Useful for API testing, displays all .dlls files of a particular
application executed using API test.
 Threads – This is also for API testing, displays all info about threads presently
running as part of the run session.
 Local Variables Pane – Displays all types of variables and their current values.
 Console Pane – During debugging process; run the line of codes written in VB
Script language for GUI testing and C# code for API testing.
 Watch – Displays the current value and type of variables, properties or expressions
in the Watch pane.
 Debug pane – Displays all values and types of variables, properties, and expressions
written in VBScript or C# language.
12) UFT Run step command for API testing
Applicable in API testing, a small feature, but very much helpful to run
any step, function or object of an application displayed on the canvas

10. using the new “Run step” feature. You can access this “Run step”
feature by right clicking any object on the canvas.
This feature is useful when you are testing an application using API
service of the UFT and an application during test having many
functions, objects and properties. Together execution of all functions,
objects and properties making your process slow or not required to
execute all, only single function is required to execute during test. In
this case, run only single function by right-clicking the function.
13) UFT’s MSAA API
MSAA or Microsoft Accessibility API is used to create controls which can be easily
accessed by Assistive Technology Products. Microsoft ribbons used MSAA. So now UFT
can identify these Microsoft ribbon objects as standard test objects and can directly use
them in scripting.
14) UFT’s Integrated Print window
UFT has integrated print window to print debug information from scripts.

11. 15) UFT’s new GUI, API and BPT testing window
GUI testing window: UFT’s GUI is an advance and new testing framework (window),
provides a very fast, trustworthy, reusable, programmable, and inclusive interface to
developer and tester for software quality check in less time.
API testing window: Earlier with QTP version, the Web Service add-in was supporting
certain API testing in the form of the standalone Service Test application. But now, UFT
has integrated it into a common IDE is a great place to visualize and understand API
testing process that are helpful in testing headless application (application without user
interface). Headless applications like; JMS, Databases and Web Services are not
supported by the API testing toolbox. UFT fully supports C# coding to test the
applications.

12. BPT testing window: UFT’s BPT (Business Process Testing) is a subject matters and
component-based customized automation testing platform, provides new framework
(window) to design, create, maintain, and execute the test and manage the data of the
test. It is also helpful in developing and maintaining reusable test components, best for
all types of testing simple and complex both.
To create and maintain the test using Business Process Testing in UFT, you get two
options; “business process tests” and “business process flows”, these two platforms
usually contain same business components in same order. To work on Business Process
Testing, you must have to connect an ALM project with BPT support.

13. 16) ALM now using external authentication
Earlier, UFT previous versions were using a common method to give username and
password to connect to ALM project and server, but now with UFT 12.0 you can connect
to ALM 12.00 server and project by external authentication, such as; CAC (Common
Access Card) or SiteMinder. UFT facilitates users to install external authentication
certificates or single sign-on mechanisms to avail ALM service, now no need to
remember user name and password for the same purpose.