1. UFT : Advance Version of QTP
Overview of UFT
UFT (Unified Functional Testing) is an automation functional testing tool, currently
available in version 12.01 (in July 2014). Its supported features motivate developers and
testers to develop and deliver bug free quality software to meet the business needs. Due to
its excellent features, UFT software and UFT professionals both are always in demand.
It is not a new product of HP, an old product “QTP” with new and advance features. Initially,
QTP was written by Mercury Interactive and released the first version 5.5 in 2001, later on
developed by Hewlett Packard (HP) in 2006. In 2012, HP renewed QTP with the new name
UFT; during renewal HP’s UFT version was 11.50.
The name “Unified” reveals that UTF is an advanced and combined “GUI and API (service)”
testing tool, strongly test the functionalities of the front-end and back-end of the software
application. HP said that the new released of UFT 12.01 provides better documentation
support as compare to UFT 12.0.
Also, UFT supports BPT (Business Process Testing) is a component-based testing
framework provides strong and efficient platform to test complete business process
manually and automatically, combines manual and automation tests with less duplication
and its component reusability feature makes the testing process fast. Enable structured
automated testing.
Language support: QTP/UFT uses VB Script as a scripting language, this is only a language
fully supported by IDE (Integrated Development Environment) of QTP/UFT. IDE is a user
interface of QTP/UFT. Apart from VB Script, it also supports java script and Windows shell
script. Using VB Script, user can take the advantages of Object Oriented Programming
concepts, but not polymorphism and inheritance.
Technologies support: UFT is available for.Net, Stingray 1, Terminal Emulator,
Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft, Delphi, Flex, Power Builder, Windows Mobile, Web Services,
WPF, SAP, Web, Java (Core and Advanced), VisualAge Smalltalk, Silverlight and mainframe
terminal emulators, these all technologies depends on which UFT version you are using.
Current version of UFT 12.01 supports; JDK 1.8, Hyper V and XenDesktop 7 (Technology
Preview level), SAP Web Dynpro ABAP for Netweaver 7.40, and Prolonged Internet
Explorer support for SAP Web UI.
UFT Vs. QTP / New features supported by UFT

2. Although, I mentioned above UFT is a latest version of QTP with many new features are the
advanced solution for functional and regression testing.
Let’s have a look on the difference between QTP and UFT and all new features supported by
UFT that helps developers and testers to test the objects, components and whole
applications efficiently and securely,
People who are using QTP for past some years and are very friendly with it, every day they
test many functionalities of the software application to find and release bugs, during testing
process they use many other tools with QTP to provide bug free quality software. Then
after releasing UFT, definitely a question comes in mind that why to go for UFT, how UFT is
advanced than QTP, how we can test the software application in better manner using UFT
new features? Here is the solution of your all questions,
1) HP UFT = HP QuickTest Professional + HP Service Test
UFT (Unified functional testing) name reveals that is a combination of “HP QuickTest
Professional” and “HP Service Test”, means; UFT software package includes all features of
QTP and service test both. This integrated HP Unified Functional Testing package facilitates
developers and testers to test three layers of the software applications; the Interface layer,
the service layer and database layer.
QTP only support GUI testing to test the functionalities of Windows and Web applications,
but UFT support GUI and API testing both.
2) Browsers supported by QTP and UFT
UFT runs on all main browsers that user uses regularly for their daily task, like; Internet
Explorer v6 -v11, Firefox v3.0 – v31 (uses appropriate patches and service packs), Google
Chrome v12 - v35, and Apple Safari (on remote Mac PC) v6, v6.10, v7.00, but QTP basically
runs on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome till v36, and Firefox browsers, but not on Apple
Safari depends on patches and service packs used.

3. Using Apple Safari browser, UFT runs the test on remote Mac PC efficiently due to secure
communication between the UFT PC and the Mac PC, detect the browser object during test to take
the snapshot.
3) OS supported by QTP and UFT
UTF runs on OS: Windows XP/Vista/2003/7/8/8.1 and Windows Server 2008/Windows
Server 2012 R2
QTP runs on OS: Windows XP/2003/Vista/7 and Windows Server 2008
4) Welcome page (Start Page) of UFT and QTP
QTP Welcome Page: Welcome page of QTP is little bit different than UFT, in terms of color,
design, text style, and content of the page. In the welcome page, QTP provides process
guidance list (Keyword-Driven Testing, Application areas, and Business Components) and
many tools icons to test the applications as per the requirement. Also, displays files which
you have already opened earlier for work purpose and an option to hide the welcome page.

4. UFT Welcome Page: As, I have already explained that UFT is little bit different than QTP, in
terms of color, design, text style, and content of the page. In the welcome page, UFT
displays links to open and create a new test file, also many tools to support and maintain
that particular file.
5) QTP and UFT both have two different icons
QTP and UFT both icons are totally different than each other.

5. 6) UFT Installation is faster and secure than QTP
Although, UFT installation package is smaller than all previous versions; installation
process has become very faster and secure, also it takes very less time during installation.
Additionally, UFT provides option to install add-in for ALM and the Run Result Viewer with
the installation package, installation process can be in any supported language by UFT; no
need to install a separate language pack. During installation, it installs and configures all
necessary software, tools and add-ins required to run UFT. Securely install the package
without disabling the User Account Control (UAC) for your PC.
7) UFT provides all services at one common place (IDE)
UFT v11.5: QTP has distinct options for functional testing; one for GUI testing and
another for non-GUI using API Service Test.
But, Unified functional Testing (UFT) is a combination of both products (GUI and API)
and its features and displays in one common user interface. Initially to test the
application, user can choose any one of the option “GUI or API (Service test)” from the
“Start page” as per the requirement.

6. UFT v12.0: In addition to GUI and API testing, UFT 12.0 also provides option
for Business Process Testing, all together in one common user interface.
8) New Add-Ins - Flex and Qt
The new version of QTP is supporting two new add-ins: “Flex” and “Qt”, these add-ins
facilitate users to test GUI part of Flex and Qt applications.

7. UFT Flex add-in is required to test Flex applications or objects from its interface
successfully. This add-in faces problems in case of accessing UFT Flex Agent and finding
Flex based web applications, to come out of these problems you have to compile a Flex
application with a UFT Flex pre-compiled agent which is not necessary for QT applications.
To run Qt applications in UFT, no any additional process is required; simply work for Qt
applications as like other supported applications by UFT.
9) New Canvasof UFT

8. The canvas of UFT is basically a Test Flow pane displays all actions (all the functions of the
test scripts) happens during testing process in graphical form. As per the requirement of
the test, you can drag and drop all the actions up and down. You can run, debug, call the
existing action or new one.
10) INSIGHT Recording
Insight Recording; one of the best and easy image (objects) reorganization technique than other techniques,
makes recording easier by providing recording toolbar. It recognizes those objects and applications that UFT
can’t do ever using simple techniques, also helpful in recognizing applications run on remote system
11) UFT’s improved Debug process using many Features

9. Old QTP had less debugging features as compare to new one (UFT). During the test of an
application, debugging becomes an important process of an automation tool. Due to its
importance, has been improved in the latest version of QTP.
Let’s see how debugging has been improved by addition of many features,
• Call Stack – Facilitates to see all methods and functions that are presently available in
the call stack.
• Loaded Modules – Useful for API testing, displays all .dlls files of a particular
application executed using API test.
• Threads – This is also for API testing, displays all info about threads presently running
as part of the run session.
• Local Variables Pane – Displays all types of variables and their current values.
• Console Pane – During debugging process; run the line of codes written in VB Script
language for GUI testing and C# code for API testing.
• Watch – Displays the current value and type of variables, properties or expressions in
the Watch pane.

10. • Debug pane – Displays all values and types of variables, properties, and expressions
written in VBScript or C# language.
12) UFT Run step command for API testing
Applicable in API testing, a small feature, but very much helpful to run
any step, function or object of an application displayed on the canvas
using the new “Run step” feature. You can access this “Run step” feature
by right clicking any object on the canvas.
This feature is useful when you are testing an application using API
service of the UFT and an application during test having many functions,
objects and properties. Together execution of all functions, objects and
properties making your process slow or not required to execute all, only
single function is required to execute during test. In this case, run only
single function by right-clicking the function.
13) UFT’s MSAA API

11. MSAA or Microsoft Accessibility API is used to create controls which can be easily accessed
by Assistive Technology Products. Microsoft ribbons used MSAA. So now UFT can identify
these Microsoft ribbon objects as standard test objects and can directly use them in
scripting.
14) UFT’s Integrated Print window
UFT has integrated print window to print debug information from scripts.
15) UFT’s new GUI, API and BPT testing window
GUI testing window: UFT’s GUI is an advance and new testing framework (window),
provides a very fast, trustworthy, reusable, programmable, and inclusive interface to
developer and tester for software quality check in less time.
API testing window: Earlier with QTP version, the Web Service add-in was supporting
certain API testing in the form of the standalone Service Test application. But now, UFT has
integrated it into a common IDE is a great place to visualize and understand API testing
process that are helpful in testing headless application (application without user interface).

12. Headless applications like; JMS, Databases and Web Services are not supported by the API
testing toolbox. UFT fully supports C# coding to test the applications.
BPT testing window: UFT’s BPT (Business Process Testing) is a subject matters and
component-based customized automation testing platform, provides new framework
(window) to design, create, maintain, and execute the test and manage the data of the test.
It is also helpful in developing and maintaining reusable test components, best for all types
of testing simple and complex both.
To create and maintain the test using Business Process Testing in UFT, you get two options;
“business process tests” and “business process flows”, these two platforms usually contain
same business components in same order. To work on Business Process Testing, you must
have to connect an ALM project with BPT support.

13. 16) ALM now using external authentication
Earlier, UFT previous versions were using a common method to give username and
password to connect to ALM project and server, but now with UFT 12.0 you can connect to
ALM 12.00 server and project by external authentication, such as; CAC (Common Access
Card) or SiteMinder. UFT facilitates users to install external authentication certificates or
single sign-on mechanisms to avail ALM service, now no need to remember user name and
password for the same purpose.
Conclusion
Personally, I experienced that UFT is really a good invention of HP, provides user-friendly IDE for any
kind of GUI and API testing.
People, who are really passionate to use QTP new and enhanced features personally/professionally, go
to the HP website and download the trial version of UFT 12.01. Surely, after using UFT latest version,
you will never look back to the previous version.