Types of Recording Modes in QTP/UFT: Analog, Low Level, Context

HP UFT (QTP) supports 3 types of recording modes

1. Context Sensitive
2. Analog
3. Low Level

Context Sensitive Recording mode

• The normal recording mode is also called Context Sensitive Mode
• It is the default mode of recording which takes full advantage of Quick Test Professional's test object model.
• It recognizes objects in the application regardless of their location on the screen.
• It records the objects in your application and the operations performed on them

Analog Recording Mode

• In an analog recording mode, Quick Test Professional records and tracks every movement of the mouse as you drag the mouse around a screen or window.
• Micro Focus UFT's Analog recording is captured as  Tracks and stored in the directory of your test
• It is useful for recording operations that cannot be recorded at the level of an object. Eg., A signature produced by dragging the mouse
• In Analog mode you can record 

1. Record Relative to screen
2. Relative to window

• When your analog operation is confined to just one window, use relative to a window
• When your analog operation involves multiple screens like dragging and dropping an object from one window to other use the screen option

Low-Level Mode

• This mode enables you to record on any object in your application, irrespective of  QTP recognizes the specific object or the specific operation.
• This mode records at the object level and records all run-time objects as either Window or WinObject test objects.
• It is used when the exact coordinates of the object are important for your tests.  A good example would be hashmaps where clicking different sections of a picture take you to different links
• Used when recording tests in an environment (or on an object) not recognized by QTP
• Low-level mode records the x,y coordinates of any clicks

Learn Context, Analog, Low-Level Recording Modes with an example in the following video

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