<s>
Micro	B-Application
Focus	I-Application
Unified	I-Application
Functional	I-Application
Testing	I-Application
(	O
UFT	O
)	O
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
QuickTest	B-Application
Professional	I-Application
(	O
QTP	B-Application
)	O
,	O
is	O
software	O
that	O
provides	O
functional	B-Application
and	O
regression	O
test	B-Application
automation	I-Application
for	O
software	O
applications	O
and	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Basic	I-Application
Scripting	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
(	O
VBScript	B-Application
)	O
scripting	O
language	O
to	O
specify	O
a	O
test	O
procedure	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
manipulate	O
the	O
objects	O
and	O
controls	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
under	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UFT	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Mercury	O
Interactive	O
and	O
called	O
QuickTest	B-Application
Professional	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
UFT	O
11.5	O
combined	O
HP	B-Application
QuickTest	I-Application
Professional	I-Application
and	O
HP	O
Service	O
Test	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
software	O
package	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
HP	O
Software	O
Division	O
until	O
2016	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
division	O
was	O
ultimately	O
sold	O
to	O
Micro	O
Focus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Micro	O
Focus	O
UFT	O
is	O
automated	B-Application
testing	I-Application
software	I-Application
designed	O
for	O
testing	O
various	O
software	O
applications	O
and	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
performs	O
functional	B-Application
and	O
regression	O
testing	O
through	O
a	O
user	O
interface	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
native	O
GUI	O
or	O
web	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HPE	O
Unified	O
Functional	B-Application
Testing	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
VBScript	B-Application
scripting	O
language	O
to	O
specify	O
the	O
test	O
procedure	O
and	O
to	O
manipulate	O
the	O
objects	O
and	O
controls	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
under	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
perform	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
actions	O
,	O
users	O
may	O
need	O
to	O
manipulate	O
the	O
underlying	O
VBScript	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Micro	O
Focus	O
UFT	O
manages	O
exception	B-General_Concept
handling	I-General_Concept
using	O
recovery	O
scenarios	O
;	O
the	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
continue	O
running	O
tests	O
if	O
an	O
unexpected	O
failure	O
occurs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
UFT	O
hooks	O
into	O
the	O
memory	O
space	O
of	O
the	O
applications	O
being	O
tested	O
,	O
some	O
exceptions	O
may	O
cause	O
HPE	O
Unified	O
Functional	B-Application
Testing	I-Application
to	O
terminate	O
and	O
be	O
unrecoverable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data-driven	O
testing	O
is	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
workbook	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
from	O
UFT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UFT	O
add-ins	O
include	O
support	O
for	O
Web	O
,	O
.NET	O
,	O
Java	O
,	O
and	O
Delphi	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	B-Application
QuickTest	I-Application
Professional	I-Application
and	O
the	O
HP	B-Application
QuickTest	I-Application
Professional	I-Application
add-ins	O
are	O
packaged	O
together	O
in	O
HP	O
Functional	B-Application
Testing	I-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
views	O
enable	O
UFT	O
to	O
act	O
as	O
an	O
Integrated	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
test	O
,	O
and	O
UFT	O
includes	O
many	O
standard	O
IDE	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
breakpoints	O
to	O
pause	O
a	O
test	O
at	O
predetermined	O
places	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Expert	O
View	O
,	O
UFT	O
lets	O
users	O
display	O
and	O
edit	O
a	O
test	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
using	O
VBScript	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Micro	O
Focus	O
UFT	O
uses	O
VBScript	B-Application
as	O
its	O
scripting	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VBScript	B-Application
supports	O
classes	O
but	O
not	O
polymorphism	O
and	O
inheritance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
with	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
(	O
VBA	B-Language
)	O
,	O
VBScript	B-Application
lacks	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
some	O
Visual	O
Basic	O
keywords	O
,	O
does	O
not	O
come	O
with	O
an	O
integrated	O
debugger	O
,	O
lacks	O
an	O
event	O
handler	O
,	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
forms	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
added	O
a	O
debugger	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
functionality	O
is	O
more	O
limited	O
when	O
compared	O
with	O
testing	B-Application
tools	I-Application
that	O
integrate	O
a	O
full-featured	O
IDE	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
provided	O
with	O
VBA	B-Language
,	O
Java	O
,	O
or	O
VB.NET	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
relies	O
on	O
largely	O
obsolete	O
Windows-only	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
ActiveX	O
and	O
VBScript	B-Application
which	O
is	O
not	O
an	O
object	O
oriented	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Test	O
Execution	O
engine	O
is	O
combined	O
with	O
the	O
GUI	O
Test	O
Code	O
development	O
IDE	O
,	O
so	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
way	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
tests	O
independent	O
of	O
UFT	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
remote	O
execution	O
is	O
still	O
possible	O
with	O
HPE	O
Unified	O
Functional	B-Application
Testing	I-Application
running	O
on	O
a	O
different	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
encourages	O
a	O
siloed	B-Application
approach	O
to	O
QA/testing	O
where	O
testing	O
is	O
performed	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
phase	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
collaborative	O
approach	O
where	O
QA/testers	O
work	O
closely	O
with	O
the	O
business	O
and	O
development	O
teams	O
(	O
as	O
is	O
advocated	O
by	O
newer	O
agile	O
approaches	O
to	O
software	O
development	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Micro	O
Focus	O
UFT	O
and	O
Quality	B-Application
Center	I-Application
work	O
together	O
for	O
additional	O
testing	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
use	O
HP	B-Application
Quality	I-Application
Center	I-Application
with	O
UFT	O
assets	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
tests	O
,	O
shared	O
object	O
repositories	O
,	O
libraries	O
,	O
recovery	O
scenarios	O
and	O
external	O
data	O
tables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	B-Application
Application	I-Application
Lifecycle	I-Application
Management	I-Application
(	O
ALM	O
)	O
enables	O
IT	O
staff	O
in	O
multiple	O
roles	O
to	O
manage	O
activities	O
associated	O
with	O
their	O
core	O
application	O
lifecycle	O
,	O
from	O
requirements	O
through	O
development	O
,	O
testing	O
,	O
defect	O
management	O
and	O
readiness	O
for	O
delivery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
tailored	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
testing	B-Application
tools	I-Application
,	O
including	O
UFT	O
,	O
to	O
test	O
for	O
functional	B-Application
defects	O
in	O
the	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
