Creating an Offline Model for a Desktop Application

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Overview

2. Creating an offline model to configure node, features and UI elements

1. Overview

This article provides you details to create an offline model using Node, Feature and UI elements.

2. Creating an offline model to configure node, features and UI elements

Perform the following: 

1. Login to algoshack.net > algoQA.
2. In the Create project window, enter the appropriate name and select appropriate Automation type from the Application Type drop-down list.
3. Click Create to view the main canvas screen.
4. Alternatively, you can either browse for the scraped file in the CSV format or drag-and-drop it to view the automatic placement of nodes. Click the "Browse files or drag them here" button or the cloud icon to upload the scraped file.
5. In the left pane, select More Menu on the appropriate Node configuration folder  and select Upload to upload the downloaded .csv file.
6. Click Submit.
7. In the Project Explorer page, drag and drop the node to the main canvas.
8. Expand each node to view the Palette pop-up window in the right pane. In the Node Name text box, enter the same name as the page name. Similarly, add the appropriate node names for the remaining nodes and use the connectors to connect the nodes.
   Ensure to provide unique node name, if you don't provide a unique name, then the following error messages are displayed:
   
   Note that when you are configuring the node, make sure to enter a unique feature name to avoid duplicates. This is necessary when configuring a nested feature or entering a feature name for different nodes or the same node within a scenario. Otherwise, you will see the following error message displayed in the screenshot:
   
9. Upon successful node configuration, you can see all the UI elements within the feature. By default, one feature will be configured.
10. In the required feature, update the five attributes of UI element, such as control name, control value, navigation, business rules, test data or control value and locator. Similarly, repeat the step to update the attributes for all other UI elements.
11. On the Main canvas, click Save.