10. Output Value:

Output value is a step in which one or values captured at a specific point in your test or component and stored for duration of the run session. These values can be used later in the different point in application.

10.1. Standard Output Value.

You can use standard output values to output the property values of most objects. For example, in a Web-based application, the number of links on a Web page may vary based on the selections a user makes on a form on the previous page. You could create an output value in your test to store the number of links on the page.

· You can use standard output values to output text strings by specifying the text property of the object as an output value.

10.2. Text Output Value & Text Area Output Value:

You can use text output values to output text strings displayed on a Web page or application. When creating a text output value, you can output a part of the object's text. You can also specify the text before and after the output text.

You can use text area output values to output text strings displayed within a defined area of a screen in a Windows application.

For example, suppose that you want to store the text of any error message that appears after a specific step in the Web application you are testing. Inside the If statement, you check whether a window exists with a known title bar value, for example Error. If it exists, you output the text in this window (assuming that the window size is the same for all possible error messages).

10.3. Database Output Value:

You can use database output values to output the value of the contents of database cells, based on the results of a query (result set) that you define on a database. You can create output values from the entire contents of the result set, or from a part of it. During the run session, Quick test retrieves the current data from the database and outputs the values according to the settings that you specified.

10.4. XML Output Value (From Application) &

XML Output Value (From Resource).

You can use XML output values to output the values of XML elements and attributes in XML documents.

After the run session has finished, you can view summary results of the XML output values in the Test Results window. You can also view detailed results by opening the XML Output Value Results window.

For example, suppose that an XML document in a Web page contains a price list for new cars. You can output the price of a particular car by selecting the appropriate XML element value to output.