UFT - Recording test on different browsers installed on machine

As the things are changing very rapidly in test automation space, HP is also changing the things in UFT.

While recording any application using UFT previously you can do it only using the Internet explorer but as many different browsers have come up and applications also behaves different on some browsers.

UFT has given as option where you can choose the browser on which you want to record or run the application.

When you select the radio button "open the following address when a record or run session begins" there is a dropdown which gives the list of browsers installed on the machine. And you can select any one of them.



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