Intellipro - Automating Test Automation

QTP Gotchas

Gotchas

Using QTP, I've come across a number of things that have caught me out until I've worked out what was going on.

Option is Explicit until it isn't

Dims migrate to the top

Unicode vs. Ascii

Dual Monitors

DP and Regular expressions

Fonts

True is not always True

If you've come across similar gotchas, Email me and I'll add them to the list.

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