Recently I have been assigned a project wherein the object references are set using the "Execute" Statements as shown below:
Execute "Set objButton = XamRibbonWindowAddin(""XamWindow_DashBoard"").WpfButton(""Save"")"
Whereas, my approach for setting the object references has always been like this(without the "Execute" Statement):
Set objButton = XamRibbonWindowAddin("XamWindow_DashBoard").WpfButton("Save")
I have been using the latter method as it allows me to make use of Intellisense in UFT which is quite an advantage sometimes.
Is there any reason I need to switch to the 1st approach or Should I ask How is one approach better than the other? I could not get much from the internet.
As long as the Execute
d code is pre-defined and doesn't contain any parts that are determined dynamically by the test I don't see any benefit of using Execute
.
An example of dynamic code may be something like this contrived example which determines what the variable is called according to some previously computed value theType
.
Execute "Set obj" & theType & " = XamRibbonWindowAddin(""XamWindow_DashBoard"").Wpf" & theType & "(""Save"")"
Then if theType
is Button it will define the variable objButton
and if it's Edit it will define objEdit
.
As I said this is a contrived example, I've never ran across anything that would require you to use Execute
in UFT.
Since you're entering into an existing code base, consistency has it's values. If possible I would ask one of your more experienced co-workers what motivated them to use this construct to better form an opinion.