How to invoke Test Execute from DOS command line providing external parameters

1.  Write a function which gets a string representing a UNC Windows path to a remote CIFS file server – I.E \\\\1.1.1.1\\share_1 – the functions name is: view_directory_listing (p_str_unc_path) – the method returns a list of the files/folders under the above UNC path. (please see below on how its implemented – as seen, very simple…)

2.  Write a main function which is invoked externally from the DOS command line on a Test Execute client – the main will get 2 parameters, the name of the method to invoke and a string which is the UNC path to provide.

3. Both the aboe methods are written in the same Unit in the Test Complete project.



4.  On the Test Execute machine, I copied the content of the project to a location under drive C.

This is the command line I invoke on the Test Execute machine:

C:\Test_complete_proj\VSS_1\VSS_1.pjs /r /p:VSS_1 /u:vss_script_1 /rt:main view_directory_listing \\\\10.1.1.149\\dev

As seen - I provide to the routine main the 2 parameters (maybe there is a problem in this - I didnt see in the documentations on how to invoke Test Complete methods providing external params...)

When I run this command, nothing happens, I don’t get an error message as well.

Note: I know that Test Execute runs well on that client, when I type: “c:\Program Files\Automated QA\TestExecute 8\bin\TestExecute.exe” – I get a message that a Test Execute instance is already running…

Here are the two methods code:

{

  if(p_str_methods_name == "view_directory_listing") {

    directory_list = view_directory_listing(p_str_param);

    Log.Message("Dir list of " + p_str_param + " is: " + directory_list)

  }

}

function view_directory_listing(p_str_unc_path)

{

  var explorer;

  var comboBox;

  var wndCabinetWClass;

  explorer = Aliases.Explorer;

  explorer.wndShell_TrayWnd.btnStart.ClickButton();

  explorer.wndBaseBar.MenuSite.ToolbarWindow32.ClickItemXY("&Run...", 32, 23, false);

  comboBox = explorer.dlgRun.ComboBox;

  comboBox.SetText("p_str_unc_path");

  comboBox.Edit.Keys("[Enter]");

  wndCabinetWClass = explorer.wndCabinetWClass;

  fileList = slPacker.GetFileListFromFolder(p_str_unc_path);

  wndCabinetWClass.Close();

  return fileList;

}