HP QTP Utility Statements : Print Statement

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Print Statement

Abstract

The Print statement is used to displays information in the QTP or UFT Print Log window during the run session.. This statement is called as an utmost priority step or statement whenever defined. The statement in itself falls under the category of utility statements and not utility objects.

Remember there is a difference between utility statements and utility objects.

Before we dig down deep into the usage let’s quickly visit some general questions.

In the interview usually, you might be questioned in different ways like:

1. How to get variable values print out during test run?
2. Can you use the print statement for printing mathematical expressions?
3. What are the objects and parameters of print statement?
4. Is Print an object or statement?
5. Can you print the dynamic values directly to QTP log?
   

Discussion

This is the most used and discussed statement in QTP. The print statement prints and displays information in the QTP or UFT Print Log window during the run session. The Print Log window remains open while the run session continues, until you close it.

This statement can be used for debugging automation scripts. You can also debug a scenario whether its specific steps getting passed or failed via printing out every step. You can pass any string expression to this statement to be printed on log window.

Syntax

Print (Message)

Let’s see the parameters and their usage description for this statement:

Example

The following example iterates all the items in the Table dialog and uses the Print utility statement to print the content of each item to the Print Log window.

'example Print 

Set ObjectList = Window("mywindow").Dialog("Some Table").WinList("List")

For i = 1 to ObjectList .GetItemsCount

        Print ObjectList .GetItem(i - 1)

Next

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