Record what you do with Windows Problem Steps Recorder

Here is a simple way to record the steps to reproduce a problem:

1. Start -> Run -> psr.exe
    Following program opens:

2. Start record.
3. Perform your scenario.
4. Stop Record and save the file.

=> You will get a report with HD screenshots of everything you did. I was expecting a movie, but considering it's free and easy to use, I'm happy.

Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70lmYJaUWJ8

QTP / UFT - Object identification using XPath

Did you experience a situation where you had a WeElement that was visible only at mouse over, and UFT would not recognize it even if you pay for that?

Here is something to try:

1. Open site in Chrome browser.
2. Press F12 to see DevTools.
3. Go to the desired element, Right-click on it and select "Inspect Element".
4. The element will bie highlighted in the DevTools zone:

\

5. Copy XPath, and paste somewhere to use it, you should have something like this:

//*[@id="highcharts-0"]/svg

6. Enter the code in UFT. Should be something like:

 Browser("Browser_Local").Page("MyPage").WebElement("xpath:="//*[@id='highcharts-0']/svg"").Click

Hope this helps!

Note: Special thanks to my colleague Mihai, who pointed this out.