what is diff b/w function and action?

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what is diff b/w function and action?..

Answer / gaurav

a function is VB Specific, whereas action is QTP specific.

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what is diff b/w function and action?..

Answer / siqtp

1.Action is QTP specific whereas Function is VBScript
specific
2.A function can be called from an Action,But an Action
cannot eb caleed from Function
3.Actions can be associated with OR,DataTables etc where as
Functions cannot
4.Actions can be created and stored only from QTP where as
Functions can be created and saved anywhere inside or
outside QTP
5.Functions can be loaded to memory and then execute which
makes the performance of functions better whereas Actions
cannot be loaded to memory

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what is diff b/w function and action?..

Answer / ganesh kumar

Function can return a single value wheras actio can create
multiple values at a same time

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what is diff b/w function and action?..

Answer / murali

When ever u call the (external) Actions, respective OR,
Datatable, Active screen, check pts if any, will come to
your current test, but if u call a function only a peice of
code will come.
Actions are (most) useful when u r using per action repo.
functions are (most) useful when ur using global repo.

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what is diff b/w function and action?..

Answer / deven

♦It returns single value.
♦ we can call functions within actions but we can't call
actions within functions

♦ Generally functions are saved with ".vbs" extension
whereas actions will save with ".mts".

♦ Every Action will have its own Datatable whereas function
does not.

♦ 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.

♦ Action can contain Object Repository, Data table, Active
screen etc. whereas function do not have these features.

♦ Action is internal to QTP whereas Function is just lines
of code with some/none parameters and a single return value.

♦ Action can/cannot be resuable whereas functions are
always reusable.

♦ Action Parameter have default values whereas VB script
functions do not have any default values.

♦ Action parameter type are byvalue only where vbscript
functions can be passed byref.

♦ Action can have multiple output(returning) values whereas
function can return only single value.

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what is diff b/w function and action?..

Answer / anna

both will perform the same functionality but both r having
advantages and dis advantages

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what is diff b/w function and action?..

Answer / srinivas

Function Can return a value
Action is value can't return a value.

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what is diff b/w function and action?..

Answer / praveen

Function can return a value.
Action can't return a value.

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