Best practices for Scripting

Hi All,

Being new with TC scripting technologies (however long time programmer),

I’m trying to clarify the best practice to test web applications with JScripts.

Consequently I would like to compress the long-stretched script converted from KeyWord test into something handy using either:

 - enumeration type variables as described by Gennadiy Alpaev in his book: ‘TestComplete Cookbook’ (Chapter 3 page 62)

 - and/or functions to perform property checks and actions (saw one forum thread with: clickObject(propName, propValue, depthOfSearch)

Not sure if this is the best way to go(!), however I tried something like:

function funUiCheckPageLogin()

{

  //declare page related variables:

  panSplash = Aliases.browser.pageLogOn.panelSplashBackground;

 

  var strObjReference = "";

  var enuFrmSplashObj = ["textnodePleaseLogOn", "labelLeadlabel"];

  var enuFrmSplashPrm = ["contentText",         "contentText"];

  var enuFrmSplashVal = ["Please log on",       "Email/Username:"];

  //Checks:

  try

  {

    for(var i = 0; i < enuFrmSplashObj.length; i++)

    {

   //the below line will fail obviously for the object won't be built up with the enumeration string addition

      var objObjReference = frmSplash.enuFrmSplashObj; 

      aqObject.CheckProperty(objObjReference, enuFrmSplashPrm, cmpEqual, enuFrmSplashVal);

    }

  }

Since I could not find best scripting practice techniques in otherwise exceptional SmartBear help pages and forums (still foraging through them...), I thought someone might share with me his/her tightly kept secrets regarding these techniques...  :)

Cheers,

Lto