Over time, test automation engineers find that requirements for utilities repeat. Chances are good that if there is a need for a utility today, it will be needed again for some future project. It's easy to create reusable tools that can be shared with others in AscentialTest.

AscentialTest provides an automated testing platform where robust and flexible tests can be developed with drag and drop. Yet there are some situations where using the Zee Language can be a benefit to making tests more efficient.

Sometimes an application under test stops responding to the testing tool. Although it is not a common problem, when it occurs, it can be frustrating to figure out what has gone wrong and determine a solution. Fortunately these issues fit a few patterns that have become better understood over time.

AscentialTest provides two powerful features for recognizing images and text that are implemented as non-standard application elements. In this presentation, participants will learn how to extend AscentialTest object recognition by using these features.

Watch the replay of the Zeenyx presentation on how to automate the datawindow

Efficiency can be gained in testing projects by increasing re-usability to reduce the number of steps. Reuse is increased by building flexible steps that respond to test data inputs and refer to objects indirectly.

Dynamic application environments can make the task of predicting results difficult or even impossible before the test is executed. In this seminar, the participant will learn how to use INI files to capture and compare expected results to design tests that are more flexible and easier to maintain.

This webinar will demonstrate how to get text from a target application and parse it for test verification.

There are a lot of useful features in AscentialTest that are easy to miss unless someone points them out to you. This presentation will highlight little known features in the AscentialTest User Interface and in the Zee language that even long-time users might be surprised to learn.

While it is good practice to design automated tests to be independent, it is not always expeditious. There are situations where the data state of a test environment is difficult to manage or where the ‘state-full’ nature of a transaction requires components to be built one upon another. In these cases, a system of managing test dependencies is required.

Learn how a set of automated tests built to test a PowerBuilder classic application can be re-used without change to validate the deployment to a PowerServer 2021 web application.

Along with a variety of built-in summary and detail reports, AscentialTest provides tools for generating custom reports to meet project information requirements and to produce outputs that comply with third-party standards.

While most testing tasks can be accomplished in AscentialTest without scripting, the Zee language is a full-featured, object-oriented language that provides the ability to build test automation capabilities beyond drag and drop.

While AscentialTest is primarily used for GUI testing, the Zee Language has the capability to create, update and parse JSON and XML and to call DLL, ODBC, SOAP and REST interfaces.

How to design a test data strategy that promotes efficiency and reusability for manual and automated tests.