Condition Designer

The Condition Designer dialog box helps you quickly define conditions that drive the outcome of decision, repetition, and verification test logic. Access the Condition Designer from the Test Logic Designer wizard or Logic Toolbox. After creating certain types of test logic, you can also access the Condition Designer from the Properties pane and edit the condition.

A condition defined using the Condition Designer consists of the following elements:

<Value 1> <Comparison Operator> <Value 2> = <Return Value>

For example:

5 > 4 = TRUE

The elements of a condition are defined as follows:

Value 1 and value 2 – The values of the condition serve as the input parameters that are compared against each other. Values in a condition can be a property of a control, a variable, an ActiveData asset, or a literal value.
Comparison operator – The comparison operator defines the comparison logic of the condition and how the two values in the condition relate to each other. Comparison operators are as follows:
- Is Equal to ( == ).
- Is Not Equal to ( ! = ).
- Is Greater than ( > ).
- Is Less than ( < ).
- Is Greater than or Equal to ( > =).
- Is Less than or Equal to (< =).
- Contains: True if the text in Value 1 contains the text in Value 2. Else false.
- Does Not Contain: True if the text in Value 1 does not contain the text in Value 2. Else false.
Return value – When the two values are compared using the comparison operator, the return value of the condition is evaluated to either TRUE or FALSE.

Each type of test logic uses the return value of the condition to determine the resulting action to take. For decision and repetition logic, the action is to run a sequence of test steps. For verification logic, the action is to send a pass/fail message to the result of a visual test or, optionally, flag a specified test step.

Decision Test Logic Example

If counterVar Is Equal to 12 
Then
Do step 2 to step 4
End If

Repetition Test Logic Example

Repeat While counterVar Is Equal to 12
Do step 2 
To step 4
End Repeat

Verification Test Logic Example

If counterVar Is Equal to 12 
Then
send pass message
else
send fail message
End If

Additionally, you can create compound conditions using the logical operators AND or OR. For example, you can create the following compound decision logic condition:

If counterVar Is Equal to 12 
AND
textVar Is Equal to "Admin"
Then
Do step 2 to step 4
End If