3.2 Manual creation of procedures

There is more than one way to create procedures and insert procedure calls. The following steps use the manual approach by inserting an (empty) procedure node and moving the respective actions into it. Then create the respective procedure call.

These basic steps are worth knowing, but there is a second more elegant way of creating procedures, which is explained afterwards.

Perform the following steps manually. Start by creating a procedure node and naming it appropriately.

• Action Open the Procedures node and keep it selected.
• Choose »Insert«-»Procedure nodes«-»Procedure«.
• Name it 'reset'. The other fields can be left empty.
• Open the newly created 'reset' procedure node.

The second step is to fill the procedure with the respective reusable actions.

• Action Select the three 'Mouse click' nodes in the test step. To select more than one node at once you can select the first one, then press the Shift key and, while keeping it pressed, click the last node you want to select.
• Move them down into the procedure e.g. by mouse (drag and drop) or cut/paste from the »Edit« or context menu.

The third step is to add a procedure call to the place of the three 'Mouse clicks' you moved.

• Action Select the test step 'Reset', which is still open.
• Select »Insert«-»Procedure nodes«-»Procedure call« or use the Ctrl⁠+⁠A shortcut.

• Action Press the procedure selection button left of the label 'Procedure name'.
• Select 'reset' from your test suites procedures. Other fields can be left as they are.
• Press the OK button to finalize the creation of the procedure call.

To get a real benefit from the procedure, you also need to replace the content of the reset test step in the second test case with the 'reset' procedure call.

You can do it the same way as before or use the following alternative steps to create a procedure call:

• Action Open the 'Reset' test step of the second test case.
• Remove the three 'Mouse click' action nodes therein.
• Select the 'reset' procedure node.
• Move it via drag and drop into the 'Reset' test step (copy/paste action can be used alternatively). This does not actually move it but create a respective procedure call.

The test suite should look like this:

When executing the test cases the reset will work exactly like it did before. In the run log you will see the same executed node as before, only preceded by the procedure call.