How will you customize the Active Screen settings in QTP?

The Active Screen tab enables you to specify which information QuickTest saves and displays in the Active Screen while recording and running tests.

The more information saved in the Active Screen, the easier it is to edit the test or component after it is recorded. However, more information saved in the Active Screen adds to the recording time and disk space required. This is especially critical in Visual Basic, ActiveX, and .NET Windows Forms environments.

We can customize the Active Screen setting, by using “Custom Active Screen Capture Settings”.

To do this follow below navigation:

Tools > Options > Active Screen Tab > Click on custom level button > configure as per your needs and click Ok.

General Options:

You can specify the type of compression QuickTest uses for storing captured Active Screen information.

• Simple—Instructs QuickTest to save Active Screen captures in standard uncompressed file formats (for example, .html and .png).
• Compressed—Instructs QuickTest to save Active Screen captures in a compressed (zipped) file format. Using this option saves disk space, but it may affect the time it takes to load images in the Active Screen. This is the default option.

Windows Applications Options:

You can specify which properties are captured for each object in a Windows application when it is captured for the Active Screen.

• Complete—Instructs QuickTest to save all properties of all objects in the application's open window/dialog box in the Active Screen of each step. This option makes it possible for you to insert checkpoints and perform other operations on any object in the window/dialog box, from the Active Screen for any step.
• Partial—(Default). Instructs QuickTest to save all properties of all objects in the application's open window/dialog box in the Active Screen of the first step performed in an application's window, plus all properties of the recorded object in subsequent steps in the same window.

This option makes it possible for you to insert checkpoints and perform other operations on any object displayed in the Active Screen, while conserving recording time and disk space. Note that with this option the Active Screen information may not be fully updated for subsequent steps.

• Minimum—Instructs QuickTest to save properties only for the recorded object and its parent in the Active Screen of each step.

This option enables speedy recording and requires relatively little disk space. However, you can insert checkpoints and perform other operations only on the recorded object and on the window/dialog box itself. You cannot perform operations on the other objects displayed in the Active Screen.

• None—Disables capture of Active Screen files for Windows applications.

This option allows extremely fast recording and requires only a minimum of disk space. However, you cannot perform post-recording test editing from the Active Screen.

Web Options

You can specify whether QuickTest captures Web pages for the Active Screen.

• Disable Active Screen capture—Disables the screen capture of all steps in the Active Screen. If you do not select this option, you can also delete Active Screen information after you have finished editing your test by selecting Save As, and clearing the Save Active Screen files check box.

Capture original HTML source—Captures the HTML source of Web pages as they appear originally, before any scripts are run. Deselecting this option instructs QuickTest to capture the HTML source of Web pages after any dynamic changes have been made to the HTML source (for example, by scripts running automatically when the page is loaded).