What is a checkpoint and what are different types of checkpoints?

Checkpoints allow you to compare the current behavior of the application being tested to its behavior in an earlier version. You can add four types of checkpoints to your test scripts:
i. GUI checkpoints verify information about GUI objects. For example, you can check that a button is enabled or see which item is selected in a list.
ii. Bitmap checkpoints take a “snapshot” of a window or area of your application and compare this to an image captured in an earlier version.
iii. Text checkpoints read text in GUI objects and in bitmaps and enable you to verify their contents.
iv. Database checkpoints check the contents and the number of rows and columns of a result set, which is based on a query you create on your database.

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Titus

Jan 8th, 2007

Checkpoints are used to compare actual and expected results.
4 types of checkpoints
1. GUI Check point
2. Bitmap Checkpoint
3. Database Checkpoint
4. Test Checkpoint

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Sep 13th, 2007

Checkpoints are used to compare the current behavior with the Expected one. It is used for identifying the variances between the Actual Results Vs Expected Results.
There are four types of checkpoints available in Winrunner

1) GUI Checkpoint
2) Bitmap Checkpoint
3) Text Checkpoint
4) Database Checkpoint

'GUI Checkpoint' is used to check the GUI objects properties such as enabled, disabled, width, value etc...with the previous version applications object

'Bitmap Checkpoint' is used to check the snapshot with all its coordinates with the older version application bitmaps

'Text Checkpoint' is used to identify the text and also the bitmap image area contents with the previous version application or the newer one

'Database Checkpoint' checks the available records of the application from the resultset by entering specific queries in the Database checkpoint wizard