Add Property Dialog Box

You use the Add Property dialog box to create a custom property for the Properties view.

You name the property and indicate whether you want a text box or a list box to appear in the Value field for the property. Using the Add Property dialog box, you supply a list of legal values for the a list type property and indicate whether the property is to be used when writing a script or when running a script.

The Add Property dialog box has the following controls:

Name - Type the name of the custom property or select the custom property you want to edit.

Type - Select the type of Value field you want to use in the Properties view:
  • TEXT includes a text entry box in the Value field.
  • LIST includes a list box in the Value field.

Legal Values - Type a value you want included in the list box. Legal Values is only available for List type properties.

Add - Adds the value in the Legal Values field to the list of legal values for the property. Add is only available for List type properties.

Used during - Select Authoring if the property is to be set when writing a manual test script. Select Execution if the property is to be set when running a manual test script.

OK - Adds the name of the custom property to the Custom Properties page. Manual Tester displays the new property in the Properties view for all scripts you subsequently open or create.

To open: In the Custom Properties page of the Preferences dialog box, click Add.

Parent topic: Reference

Related tasks
Creating Custom Statement Properties
Editing Custom Properties

Related reference
Custom Properties Page

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