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If you are having issues with QuickTest Professional recognizing Firefox, it could be because the patch installation was not able to make the appropriate modifications in the Program Files directory due to security restrictions presented by Windows7 (even if you have Administrator rights).  In this case you have to make the changes yourself with Administrative [...]

Below is an overview/summary of some of the key patches needed for QuickTest Professional (QTP) version 11 for performing automation with the standard plugins and particularly the Web add-in on Windows7.  Since this gets confusing I summarized them below.

This is a rather neat question that recently came up and here’s my view on it: 1. How to increase importance: This to me is “what makes a tester valuable”; to me this is a tester who is technical and can test & verify a piece of software from all the various components involved. A solid [...]

QuickTest Professional (QTP) is a great test automation tool used for functional testing.  It is the “cadillac” of the testing tools with tons of features and interfaces.  It’s strength can also be its weakness; it is very robust with numerous capabilities however this can also be very overwhelming and confusing to people new to the tool and test [...]

Software versions: QTP v11, IE8, Windows7 Issue: All of a sudden QuickTest Pro stopped recognizing the web browser and saw it only as a winobject (like a regular GUI window).  So none of my actions on the web page would get recorded, and my test script would be empty.  Obviously this is a major problem. [...]