Debashish Samanta

• Dec 5th, 2006

 

Action:

Action is a collection of Vb statements in QTP.

It doesnt return any values.

Function:

Function collection of Vb statements in QTP.

It returns single value.

anjalireddy

• Jan 2nd, 2007

 

• Action is a thing specific to QTP while functions are a generic thing which is a feature of VB Scripting. Action can have a object repository
  
  associated with it while a function can't. A function is just lines of code with some/none parameters and a single return value while an action can
  
  have more than one output parameters.

Where to use function or action:

Well answer depends on the scenario. If you want to use the OR feature then you have to go for Action only. If the functionality is not about any

automation script i.e. a function like getting a string between to specific characters, now this is something not specific to QTP and can be done on

pure VB Script, so this should be done in a function and not an action. Code specific to QTP can also be put into an function using DP. Decision of

using function/action depends on what any one would be comfortable using in a given situation.

kumaran_elan

• Jun 15th, 2007

 

Every Action will have its own Datatable where as function does not. And the call to the actions can be set in the Action Iteration which is not possible in a function.