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Cleaning up scripts

After you record scripts, you may want to clean up the steps by deleting unnecessary steps or outlining blocks of steps to group them.

Deleting unnecessary steps

Because QA Wizard Pro records every action you perform, you may end up with extra script steps you do not need. For example, you may press Tab to move to a field and then enter information. QA Wizard Pro records moving to a field and typing in that field as two separate steps. Scripts only require steps that perform an action, such as entering a value or submitting data. Generally, you do not need steps that select or move to another field.

Tip: To minimize the amount of clean up, select a field with the mouse instead of tabbing to it during recording.

Can be deleted

• KeyDown (Tab, Enter, etc.)
• KeyUp (Tab, Enter, etc.)
• KeyPress

Can be deleted based on the situation

• Mouse click

Outlining steps

You can combine, or outline, blocks of steps to improve script organization and readability. These blocks can be expanded or collapsed. When a block is collapsed, only the first line is displayed.

QA Wizard Pro automatically outlines low-level actions. You can outline other blocks of steps in Text View and Keyword View.

• Text View—Enter a pound sign (#) on an empty line directly above the first script step you want to include in the block of steps. Enter a pound sign on an empty line directly below the last script step you want to include in the block.
• Keyword View—Ctrl+click the steps you want to include in the block. Choose Script > Add Statement, select the Outline Block statement from the Comment category, and click OK.

Tip: To help with organization, make the first line a comment about the block of steps. Only the first line is displayed in a collapsed, outlined block.