Basic features of QTP

QTP Launched in 2002 (Nov). By Mercury Interactive. Later taken over by HP, in
2007.

QTP is an Object Based Testing Tool.

QTP is for functional and Regression Testing.

It follows Keyword driven approach.

It supports Windows Operating Environment only.

It supports GUI based (Graphical user interface) and Web based Applications
Automation, does not support CUI (Command user interface) Applications.

It has multilingual support. (It supports English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc
languages with respect to license.)

It has adapted Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting edition for programming and excel like
spread sheet for Data driven testing.

SQL (Structured query language) embedded or inserted with QTP, so we can use SQL
statements directly from QTP.

It can be integrated with other Tools like WinRunner and Quality Center.

It can be used for user interface (UI) test case automation and some limited (Non
UI) Test case automation like File system operations and Data base operations.

It was derived from Astra QuickTest (mother tool of QTP).

It supports IE (Internet Explorer) only for recording tests, for execution it supports
other browsers like Mozilla and AOL, opera Etc apart from IE.

QTP is a Desktop Application (I-Tier/Stand alone).

QTP has two types of License,

1. Seat or Node locked License,
2. Concurrent or float license.