About Test Automation Packages
Packages have the following characteristics:
- TAP Packages are zip files that have a .TapPackage extension.
- You can view the contents of a package file by adding a .zip extension and opening the file in a .zip application. When you install a package file, the zipped files are extracted to the Test Automation installation folder.
- Information about the package version and its dependencies is stored as an XML file (package.xml) in the ...Test Automation/Packages folder under their respective sub-folders. Test Automation uses these XML files to determine which packages are installed and which steps are contained within a given plugin (DLL).