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Occasional Contributor

9 years ago

Can i log some text to the "Extended Message" Panel?

Hi, is it possible to log some informations to the "Extended Message" panel? Or is there a better way to describe which tests are executed by an testitem. (should be alse displayed in the exp...

HKosova

SmartBear Alumni (Retired)

Hi Horst,

"Extended Message" is reserved for TestComplete error messages. You can't add custom text there.

blatec

Occasional Contributor

9 years ago

Hi,

thanks for the answer.

Is there any other way to document the purpose of a testitem, without using external tools.

I always get the questions from the project managers and customers, what the testitems do....

Its very hard to find it out from the teststeps in the web - log.

regards

Horst

HKosova
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
9 years ago
The only idea I have is to add a Log.Message with your test description at the beginning of your test.

For internal comments, you can use the Description field in View > Organize Tests. It's not added to the logs though.

Apart from that there's currently no other way to document test items, but feel free to submit a feature request:
http://community.smartbear.com/t5/TestComplete-Feature-Requests/idb-p/TestXCompleteFeatureRequests
- djadhav
  Regular Contributor
  9 years ago
  This is what I created to build a simple text log file to document and present what the automated test does.
  
  http://thedigitalhorizon.blogspot.com/2016/03/creating-testing-deliverables-using_2.html