Run QTP when the monitor is off/minimized

Change the following registry settings:-

Step 1: Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mercury Interactive\QuickTest Professional\MicTest
Step 2: Locate the key “SkipEnvironmentChecks”
step 3: Change the value to “1″ (Default value is 0)
Step 4: Restart the QTP.

Automating a checkbox in a combo box

val = Dialog(DialogName).WinComboBox(ComboBoxName).GetVisibleText

Num = Dialog(DialogName).WinComboBox(ComboBoxName).GetItemsCount

For i = 0 to Num-1

          selectitem = Dialog(DialogName).WinComboBox(ComboBoxName).GetItem(i)

          Pos = Instr(1, val,selectitem)

          If Pos <> 0 Then

                   On Error Resume Next

                   Dialog(DialogName).WinComboBox(ComboBoxName).Select i

          End If

          val = Dialog(DialogName).WinComboBox(ComboBoxName).GetVisibleText

Next

checkval = "Local"

For i = 1 to 2

          selectitem = Dialog(DialogName).WinComboBox(ComboBoxName).GetItem(i)

          Pos = Instr(1, checkval,selectitem)

          If Pos <> 0 Then

                   On Error Resume Next

                   Dialog(DialogName).WinComboBox(ComboBoxName).Select i

          End If

Next