QuickTest Professional 9.

2
Course Setup Instructions

Important Note:
This training runs under the following operating systems:
• Windows 2000 Professional (with SP4)
• Windows XP (with SP1 or SP2)
• Windows 2003 Server R2

Courses This Document Supports:

Using QuickTest Professional 9.2 (Book version QTP92USING)
Advanced QuickTest Professional 9.2 (Book version QTP92ADV)

Minimum Hardware required for all class machines:

CPU: Pentium III; 500 MHZ
Memory: 256MB RAM
Swap Space: 192MB
Disk Space: 300MB (free disk space before installation)

CHECK LIST
Please check each item that you have available for this training:

… Working instance of QuickTest Professional 9.2 for Windows - the product installation CD is not provided with this training.

… Downloaded QTP92-SetupFiles-01B.zip (the QuickTest Professional training directory and solution files)

… Downloaded APPL-MToursInstall-56.zip (web training site installation)

… Downloaded APPL-MToursPatch-58.zip (a patch for web training installation)

NOTE:
Microsoft Debugger files can be downloaded from this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?productID=&freetext=script+debugger&DisplayLang=en

Mercury files to be downloaded may be obtained from the Mercury Web site at: http://www.merc-training.com.
Select “Current Courses“ to find the download link. No password is necessary.

Other Software Required:

… Zip utility software like WinZip or PKZip (required to unzip training files.)
… Browser (Internet Explorer 5.5 or newer)
… Microsoft Java Virtual Machine software. Windows XP may not have this installed.

Operating System:
Which Windows platform do you intend to use in this training?
Windows ___________
Version of QuickTest Professional used:
Please confirm which version of QuickTest Professional you installed: QuickTest Professional ___________

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Checklist and Training Setup Instructions
All installations require Administrative privileges. The Web browser must be installed first, before QuickTest Professional
or any training files.

Please check each item below when complete:

On All Student Machines:

A. INSTALL AND CONFIGURE THE BROWSER

… 1. Ensure that a Web browser is

installed on the training machines
before you install QuickTest
Professional.

… 2. If you intend to use Microsoft Internet

Explorer: • Use Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 or higher.

• Launch IE browser.

• Enable ActiveX controls and plugins:

• Select Tools > Internet Options. The Internet Options dialog

opens.

• Select the Security tab.

• Click “Custom Level”.

• Under “ActiveX controls and plugins”, select Enable.

• Click OK.

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 … 3. Ensure that Microsoft Virtual Machine • Verify that JIT compiler for virtual machine enabled (requires
– Java is installed restart) is checked. If not, do the following:

• From Tools > Internet Options, select the Advanced tab.

• Scroll down Settings list.

• Under the “Microsoft VM” pane check JIT compiler for

virtual machine enabled (requires restart) option.

• Enable Cookies:
… 4. Enable Cookies
• From Tools > Internet Options, select the Privacy tab.

• Click the “Advanced” button.

• Check the box next to “Override automatic cookie

handling”

• From the lists that appear, under “First-party Cookie”

choose Accept and “Third-party Cookie” choose Accept.

• Click OK.

• Enable Scripting:
• From Tools > Internet Options, select the Security tab.
… 5. Enable Scripting
• Click “Custom Level” button

• Scroll down the Settings list

• Under “Scripting” ensure that all available options are
“Enabled”

• Enable SSL 2.0 and 3.0:

• From Tools > Internet Options, select the Advanced tab

… 6. Enable SSL 2.0 and 3.0
• Scroll down the Settings list
• Under “Security”, check the SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0

• Disable automatic Internet Explorer updates:

• From Tool > Internet Options, select the Advanced tab

• Under “Browsing” ensure that “Automatically check for IE

updates” is unchecked

• Click OK. The Internet Options window should close.

• Restart the machine.

… 7. Restart the machine

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B. INSTALL QUICKTEST PROFESSIONAL AND THE TRAINING DIRECTORY

• Run setup.exe from the CD-ROM.

… 1. Install QuickTest Professional 9.2
according to the installation
instructions. • Accept all defaults until installation is complete.

• Remove the check from the “Register Now” box.

• If you installed QuickTest Professional with out internet

access, install the Microsft Debugger using the file you
downloaded from the Microsoft link.

… 2. Install the QuickTest Professional 9.2 • Double click the file: QTP92-SetupFiles-01B.zip to open it in
Training Directory and solution your WinZip program.
files.
• Select Use folder names.

• Extract the files to the drive you intend to use (C:\). You will
see files written to the folder C:\Training\QTP92Using\.
This folder contains the tests and solution subfolders along
with the subfolders for the repositories, libraries, data and
reusable actions.

NOTE: If you extract the files to a different directory

than listed above, you will need to update every test
to look for its repositories, libraries, data and
reusable actions in the new path.

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C. INSTALL THE WEB SERVER AND THE TRAINING WEB SITE

• If you have a newly installed browser, be sure to invoke the

… 1. Install the Mercury Tours Training
application browser once before trying to install these files.

• Unzip and install APPL-MToursInstall-56.zip. WinZip unpacks

the files to the default folder C:\Temp\install.

• Double click on the setup.exe file.

• Accept the default install folder, C:\Program Files\Mercury

Interactive\MercuryTours or click Browse to choose a different
folder. Then follow the on screen instructions.

• Extract the files from the APPL-MToursPatch-58.zip to the

… 2. Install the patch for the Mercury following Mercury Tours folder:
Tours Training application.
\MercuryTours\servlets\com\mercurytours\servlet

…
3. Reboot the machine.
• From the C:\ directory, navigate to the Apache folder:
…
4. Open the Apache Group file.
\Mercury Interactive\MercuryTours\Apache Group\Apache

• In the file: AdminiParam.ini

Set: useJavaScript = on
… 5. Set the JavaScript

• Save and Close the AdminParams.ini file.

…
• Place shortcuts for QuickTest, the Flight Application, Mercury
6. Save and Close
Tours, Start Server and Stop Server on the desktop.
…
7. Place shortcuts on the student’s
desktops

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D. VERIFY THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE TRAINING WEB SITE

• From the Start Menu, choose Mercury Tours.

… 8. Start the Apache Web server.

• Select “Start Server” (this will invoke the Apache server).

• Minimize the window.

… 9. Set Mercury Tours and register a new • From the Start Menu, choose Mercury Tours Æ Mercury Tours.
user
• Log in with the User Name: admin, Password: mercury and
click on the Sign-in button.

• Under the “Functional Testing” category, place a checkmark in

the checkbox for Data Driven Popup Error.

• Click on the Submit button.

• Click on the Register button on the top navigation bar.

• Scroll to the bottom of the screen and enter the following

information:
Username: mercury
Password: training
Confirm Password: training

• Click on the Submit button. You should see a “Thank you”

message.

• Click on the Login hypertext link.

• Enter the following information:

Username: mercury
Password: training

• Validate that the Flight Reservation page appears.

• Click on the SIGN-OFF button.

• Close the browser.

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 • From the Start Menu, choose Programs Æ QuickTest
… 10. Invoke QuickTest Professional
Professional Æ QuickTest Professional. This launches the
QuickTest Professional program.

… 11.Use default Add-Ins. • The Add-in Manager appears.

• Check the boxes next to ActiveX and Web.

• Choose Blank Test from the QuickTest Professional window.

• Click OK.

• From the Start Menu, choose Mercury Tours Æ Mercury Tours.

… 12.Launch the Mercury WebTours
application
OR

Type the following URL into the browser:

http://localhost/servlets/com.mercurytours.servlet.
WelcomeServlet and press the Enter key.

• The home page of the Mercury Tours Web site should appear.

13. The Mercury Tours Web site comes up

without any error messages. • In the QuickTest Professional window, click on the red “Record”
button on the toolbar.

14. Start recording

• Choose “Record and run test on any open web browser” in the
Record and Run Settings window.

15. Record • Enter the following information:

User name: mercury
Password: training
Press the Sign-in Button.

• The login should be recorded by QuickTest Professional.

16. Verify recording • Click on the black, square Stop button on the toolbar.

17. Stop recording

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 Action 1
… 18. View test steps in QTP

Enter “mercury” in the “username” edit box.

Enter the encrypted string “…” in the password edit box.

…
Click the “Sign-In” image.

Click the “Yes” button.

Wait for the Web page to synchronization before continuing

to run.

• DO NOT SAVE THE TEST.

…

19. Close all open applications • Close QuickTest Professional.

• Close any open Browsers.

• From the Start Menu, choose Programs Æ Mercury Tours Æ

Stop Server.

NOTE: ALWAYS use Stop Server (either from the Desktop icon or the Start menu Programs >
Mercury Tours) to stop the Apache Web server. Shutting it down by other methods will have
unexpected results.

D. Repeat steps A through B above for all student workstations.

Setup Verification:
After you have verified the setup of all machines to be used in the training, please fax the completed
checklist to your PSO logistic coordinator. In order for Mercury to have time to review the information, please
fax the completed checklist at least two working days before the start of the training event. Thank you for
your cooperation.

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