Hi
I am just learning to work with both variants of the product: VS plugin and the standalone.  I started with the standalone, but found the VS plugin version just a bit more friendly/comfortable even when working on the basics of get my first prototype tests working. Things like the ability to detach the property list and have it free float & expanded, and working with simple code steps. I need to understand both as like many companies, we hope to eventually use it in DEV and QA. 

 As I get deeper, I better understand which features that are not in both as seen http://www.telerik.com/automated-testing-tools/products/compare-editions.aspx.... Not to mention other smaller differentiations/qualification mentioned from time to time in the forum posts.  
I am also seeing that moving/hopping between the two is not something one undertakes without some planning process/procedure as mentioned on this post:
http://www.telerik.com/automated-testing-tools/community/forums/test-studio-express/general-discussions/working-between-standalone-and-vs-plugin.aspx

So, What is the best strategy? ... How does one maximize the benefits of each and minimize any angst?

 

 I like to see as part of the answer:

• A couple of video lecture’s on how actual companies integrate the using of the two – best practices type presentations. One or more that deal with the real technical issues and one of how companies fit/optimize both into the underbelly of their SDLC.
• A stated goal for new releases of increased "transparency/ seamless-ness" between the two (standalone and plugin), especially when it come to using tests almost in parallel in both systems.(  I am sure the more experienced product users can suggest other features in the standalone that would be good to see in the plugin ...)

Don’t get me wrong – I am pleased with the product, I just want it to keep getting better,  especially for new users that have little time and need to ramp up and start to become productive quickly.  

PS

1 To start, it is important to add link in relevant places in the user guide to  features checklist above. Would stop newbies like me hunting for features in VS. that only exits in standalone  (keeping me fro being part of the problem as much  :-)
2 Check out nice blog Migrating Your Test Project Between VS/Standalone by Stoil Stoychev

Hi, 

I was trying to "Recapture Storeboard", but I found myself loosing the spotlight in the captured image, i.e., the red-rectangle circle that highlights where the action is taking place. 

The Telerik that I'm using is the latest, TestStudio_2012_2_1420. 

Please advice

Thanks

Is there any way to use the pass/fail result of a step as the condition for an if/else?

I read in some other thread that the Capture Browser step could only take screenshots if launched from Test View in Visual Studio. 

Is there any way to get the sceenshots to work from Test Studio? I'm exploring this product as a potential addition to the software our QA team uses. I'd prefer if they didn't have to use Visual Studio for this feature to work.

Is there a way to export the Test Studio test steps to use them as test cases for manual testing?  We are trying to figure out a way to update our manual test cases with the updated details that were scripted in our Test Studio test scripts.  We thought we would see if there is a way to reverse the process and use the automated test steps as the manual test cases for that team to use if needed. 

Hello,

I am trying to test the Grid Batch Editing feature from Kendo UI (I am using Kendo UI default examples). I am performing a simple test of opening it and deleting the first element. When I press delete, a popup alert appears which asks if I am sure that I want to delete the element or not. How do I record pressing the "Ok" button from the alert? Test Studio does not record it automatically.

Regards,
Corina

Hello,

if we create a manual test like we see it here:
http://www.telerik.com/automated-testing-tools/support/documentation/user-guide/manual-testing/start-a-manual-test.aspx
We can add notes and screenshots for the steps.

If we then use the FastForward function, it stays as a manual test, but looks some kind of different.
I don't find the notes and screenshots anymore.

Can you please tell me where I can find it? Or is it lost at the moment you start to transform it in a web test?

And the second question:
When I run my manual test and add screenshots and notes to the steps where can I find the result with the notes and the screenshots?

Best regards,
Adriane

Hello, I am trying to create some tests on the Grid Inline editing feature from Kendo UI default controls examples provided by Telerik, and I cannot seem to succeed in doing so.

I am using the examples provided with the Telerik Kendo UI controls, Grid - Inline editing.

What I am trying to do is record a simple test which consists of the following step:
        1. open Grid - Inline editing
        2. click "Edit" button on first row (Product Name = Chai)
        3. change product name from "Chai" to "Black Coffee"
        4. increase unit price from 18 to 20
        5. increase Units in stock from 39 to 40
        6. check checkbox in "Discontinued" column
        7. click "Update" button

The problems appear right after I click the "Edit" button. I don't even know if it is clicked on, when playing back the test I can see that the product name is changed, but I get errors when trying to change all the other columns (increase/decrease quantities using provided buttons) and also when clicking the "Update" button. When I check why the steps failed, the screen shot at the time of failure does not contain anything, it is basically blank.

Could you please help me with this problem and maybe tell me what steps are needed in order to be able to record the inline editing operations properly?

Hi,

I was hoping somebody might have a suggestion on how to do this using Standalone without having to resort to doing code behind:

On our site we have areas where the user can add extra Chosen ( http://harvesthq.github.com/chosen/ ) dropdown elements to choose more items.  Each one of these gets a Unique ID in the following format:

Item_(Item GUID)_ItemIDChzn

There is no way to hard-code the GUID into a test since it is generated each time a dropdown is added, but I'm able to get it to work when there's only a single dropdown using 'startswith' and 'endswith' logic.  Is there any way to, perhaps, store the item ID after it's been selected so I can use it to make sure it isn't clicked again?  Or some other solution?

I'm sure I can work out a solution to this using code-behind but I'd prefer to do it regularly if possible.

Thanks,
Michael

Hey there,

I have one problem. I enter text in a textbox of a form. But this text wont be submitted. So i need to focus the textbox. Then it works. How can i focus that. I tought with a click in the input, but if i execute the test it doesnt executes the click. Only if i start the test with Selected steps, It works.

So can i focus the input like that?


But if i code that it answres with a exception. It expects a div and not a input... 

So can you help me?

Thanks and greetings Chris