Object Repository

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Object repository in QTP: 
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     Object repository is the heart of QTP, if you don’t understand it properly than you will face lots of problems in developing and testing of your application. 
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 Test objects can be saved in two types of object repository


Local object repository (.bdb)
Shared object repository(.tsr)

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Local object repository:
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      A local object repository stores objects in a file that is associated with one specific action, so that only that action can access the stored objects 

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Shared object repository:
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     A shared object repository stores test objects in a file that can be accessed by multiple tests. - When you want to create test (New project) you have two ways to store the objects in your test. -

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Important Points:

• Most efficient way to save objects is in shared object repository
• We can use the same shared object repository for multiple actions
• If an object with the same name is located in both the local object repository and in a shared object repository linked with the same action, the action uses the local object repository first.. 
• We can copy objects from shared repository to local repository
• We can view all objects of QTP (local and shared) and you can also modify its property according to your requirements of application