Types of Checkpoints:

In QTP the following types of checkpoints can be inserted to check various objects in a Web site or application.

Standard Checkpoint checks the property value of an object in your application or Web page. The standard checkpoint checks a variety of objects such as buttons, radio buttons, combo boxes, lists, etc. For example, you can check that a radio button is activated after it is selected or you can check the value of an edit field.

Note: Standard checkpoints are supported for all add-in environments

Image Checkpoint checks the value of an image in the application or Web page. For example, we can check that a selected image's source file is correct.

Note: Image checkpoint can be created by inserting a standard checkpoint on an image object.

Bitmap Checkpoint checks an area of a Web page or an application as a bitmap. For example, consider a Web site that can display a map of a city the user specifies. The map has control keys for zooming. We can record the new map that is displayed after one click on the control key that zooms in the map. Using the bitmap checkpoint, we can check that the map zooms in correctly.

Note: Bitmap checkpoints are supported for all add-in environments

Table Checkpoint checks information within a table. For example, suppose an application or Web site contains a table listing all available flights from New York to San Francisco. You can add a table checkpoint to check that the time of the first flight in the table is correct.

Note: You create a table checkpoint by inserting a standard checkpoint on a table object

Text Checkpoint checks that a text string is displayed in the appropriate place in the application or a Web page. For example, consider an application or Web page that displays the sentence Flight departing from New York to San Francisco. We can create a text checkpoint that checks that the words "New York" are displayed between "Flight departing from" and "to San Francisco".

Note:Text checkpoints are supported for all add-in environments

Text Area Checkpoint checks that a text string is displayed within a defined area in a Windows application, according to specified criteria. For example, suppose your Visual Basic application has a button that says View Doc <Num>, where <Num> is replaced by the four digit code entered in a form elsewhere in the application. You can create a text area checkpoint to confirm that the number displayed on the button is the same as the number entered in the form.

Note: Text area checkpoints are supported for Standard Windows, Visual Basic, and ActiveX add-in environments Text area checkpoints are also supported for some external add-in environments.

Accessibility Checkpoint identifies areas of your Web site that may not conform to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. For example, guideline 1.1 of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines requires you to provide a text equivalent for every non-text element. You can add an Alt property check to check whether objects that require the Alt property under this guideline, do in fact have this tag.

Note: Accessibility checkpoints are supported for the Web environment

Page Checkpoint checks the characteristics of a Web page. For example, you can check how long a Web page takes to load or whether a Web page contains broken links.

Note: You create a page checkpoint by inserting a standard checkpoint on a page object.

Page checkpoints are supported for the Web environment

Database Checkpoint checks the contents of a database accessed by your Web site. For example, you can use a database checkpoint to check the contents of a database containing flight information for your Web site.

Note: Database checkpoints are supported by all environments.

XML Checkpoint checks the data content of XML documents in XML files or XML documents in Web pages and frames. XML checkpoints (Web page/frame) are supported for the Web environment; XML checkpoints (file) are supported by all environments

- Vignesh