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Error Handling in QTP

Error Handling:

Error handling refers to the anticipation, detection, and resolution of

programming, application, and communications errors.

Within every Script we have to think about possible exceptions and how
to handle them. Especially in the uppermost layers of the script, it is
important to handle all exceptions.

Error Handling in QuickTest Professional

QTP and VBScript give the Test Engineer some tools to handle errors and
Exceptions.

Error Preventing:

A good method for using error handling is to try to prevent them.

When an error occurred, Report it in detail. When working with GUI objects,
use the Window.Exist property. Every If…Then..End If statement has the Else
part, the same for
Select Case. Use Case Else.

Error Handling Methods in QTP and VB Script:

a) Synchronization
b) Exist Property
c) Recover Scenarios

d) On Error Statement

Without an On Error statement, any run-time error that occurs is fatal: an

error message is displayed, and execution stops.

Whenever possible, you use structured exception handling in your code,

rather than resorting to unstructured exception handling and the On Error
statement.

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GoToline

Enables the error-handling routine that starts at the line specified in the
required line argument. The line argument is any line label or line number. If
a run-time error occurs, control branches to the specified line, making the
error handler active. The specified line must be in the same procedure as the
On Error statement, or a compile-time error will occur.

GoTo 0

Disables enabled error handler in the current procedure and resets it to

Nothing.

GoTo -1

Disables enabled exception in the current procedure and resets it to

Nothing.

Resume Next

Specifies that when a run-time error occurs, control goes to the statement
immediately following the statement where the error occurred, and execution
continues from that point. Use this form rather than On Error GoTo when
accessing objects.

on Error Resume Next

Dim a
a=1
b2
MsgBox a + b

Function Sum( nNum1, nNum2)

If IsNumeric(nNum1) = False Or IsNumeric(nNum2) = False Then
On Error Resume Next
Err.Raise vbObjectError + 100, "Sum Function", _
"One or more parameters are invalid."
Exit Function
End If
Sum = nNum1 + nNum2

End Function
Call Sum(gcr,bannu)

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e) Error Object

The Err object is an intrinsic object with global scope — there is no need to
create an instance of it in your code.

The properties of the Err object are set by the generator of an error — Visual
Basic, an Automation object, or the VBScript programmer.

The default property of the Err object is Number.

Err.Number contains an integer and can be used by an Automation object

to return an SCODE.

When a run-time error occurs, the properties of the Err object are filled with
information that uniquely identifies the error and information that can be
used to handle it. To generate a run-time error in your code, use the Raise
method.

The Err object's properties are reset to zero or zero-length strings ("") after
an On Error Resume Next statement. The Clear method can be used to
explicitly reset Err.

Example:

On Error Resume Next

Err.Raise 6 ' Raise an overflow error.
MsgBox ("Error # " & CStr(Err.Number) & " " & Err.Description)
Err.Clear ' Clear the error.

Err Object Properties and Methods

Properties

Description Property
HelpContext Property
HelpFile Property
Number Property
Source Property

Methods

Clear Method

Raise Method

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