Serial number needed to try flex automation

Question

I'm running the Flex Automation Installer to install the
plugins needed to evaluate use of QuickTest Professional for
automated Flex 2 testing. The Installer requires entry of a Flex
Data Services serial number. (The applications I want to test do
not use Flex Data Services, so this seems an odd requirement for
evaluation of the test tool.) How can I get the needed serial
number? If this requires discussion with someone at Adobe who
oversees my organization's Flex licenses, how would I determine who
that is and how to contact him or her? Is it necessary to purchase
a Flex Data Services license to evaluate QTP automated testing of
Flex 2 apps?

Answer 1

I have the QTP configured with Flex and I am able to record
most events. Attempting to record a mouse rollover results in the
following error : “Error: Unable to find automation method
'flash.events.MouseEvent' for class 'name: FlexImage
superClassName: FlexLoader”. My app is a simple image which
applies two states to display the image. It utilizes the
Automation.automationManager.recordAutomatableEvent method for the
target event, within the “rollover” event handler.
Also, I override the “replayAutomatableEvent(Event)”
method calling the
Automation.automationObjectHelper.replayMouseEvent() for the
MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER event. The error propagates from the MouseMove
event as reported in the stack trace –Click and ChangeFocus
also are reported. I’ve added the rollover event to the
“TEAFlex.xml” file. Its my understanding that any event
outside of those defined in the “QTP Object Type”
document for each control can be configured in the
“TEAFlex.xml” file, for any control descending from
UIComponent. I received a similar error after extending the
ProductCatalogThumbnail ( Canvas ) class contained in the flex
store code, though this error propogates from Scroll. Can you
determine why ( in the first case ), the rollover is failing?
Stack trace:
Error: Unable to find automation method
'flash.events.MouseEvent' for class 'name: FlexImage
superClassName: FlexLoader
event2descriptor: (Object)#0
flash.events.FocusEvent|keyFocusChange =
(mx.automation.qtp::QTPEventDescriptor)#1
eventClassName = "flash.events.FocusEvent"
eventType = "keyFocusChange"
name = "ChangeFocus"
flash.events.MouseEvent|click =
(mx.automation.qtp::QTPEventDescriptor)#2
eventClassName = "flash.events.MouseEvent"
eventType = "click"
name = "Click"
flash.events.MouseEvent|mouseMove =
(mx.automation.qtp::QTPEventDescriptor)#3
eventClassName = "flash.events.MouseEvent"
eventType = "mouseMove"
name = "MouseMove"'.
at mx.automation::AutomationManager/recordAutomatableEvent()
at ViewStates_wt3/dispatchLowLevelEvent()
at ViewStates_wt3/__soup_rollOver()
at [mouseEvent]
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