Test steps cannot contain # character

Hi,

thanks - in what way does soapUI fail ? Do you get an error message, etc?

regards,

/Ole
SmartBear Software

Sorry, should have mentioned this :-)

Example:
A test step is called "Send Request #1". In "Send Request #2" one message element shall be taken from "Send Request #1" so this would like this.

Send Request #2:
<myElement2>${#Send Request 1##myElement1}</myElement2>

There is no error message when running the test but soapUI fails to get the element value, i.e. Send Request #2 will have an empty element: <myElement2 />

Thank you for clarifying.

The reason it doesn't work is of course because soapUI mixes the hash sign in the TestStep name up with the hash signs that are part of the PropertyExpansion syntax.

I agree that this could be handled much better (at least a warning). I have now reported this as an issue internally [SOAPUI-3562].

Thank you for letting us know!

Henrik
SmartBear Software