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nedbacan
Frequent Contributor
4 years ago

Capturing the Command Line of a Process running in the Task Manager

I don't know if this test is possible but I would like to ask the experts if it can be done.   Using TestComplete, is there a way to capture the command line of a process that appears in the Task M...
  • tphillips's avatar
    tphillips
    4 years ago

    One way to do that is using PowerShell

     

    gwmi win32_process | select commandline, name | format-list

     

     I am sure you can massage the data a little better and use a filter to just find "httpd.exe".

  • BenoitB's avatar
    BenoitB
    4 years ago

    The simplest way is to use the builtin functions.

     

    let n = "TestComplete";
let p = Sys.Find("ProcessName", n);
p.Exists ? Log.Message(p.CommandLine) : Log.Message("Process " + n + " not found !");

     

    Or if the process to check is always the same :

    Sys.Process("TestComplete").Exists ? Log.Message(Sys.Process("TestComplete").CommandLine) : Log.Message("Process not found !");

     

BenoitB's avatar
BenoitB
Community Hero

The simplest way is to use the builtin functions.

 

let n = "TestComplete";
let p = Sys.Find("ProcessName", n);
p.Exists ? Log.Message(p.CommandLine) : Log.Message("Process " + n + " not found !");

 

Or if the process to check is always the same :

Sys.Process("TestComplete").Exists ? Log.Message(Sys.Process("TestComplete").CommandLine) : Log.Message("Process not found !");

 

tphillips's avatar
tphillips
Frequent Contributor
4 years ago

Oh wow BenoitB I didn't realise the Process object had those properties like that. That's way better than my answer!

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    BenoitB
    Community Hero
    4 years ago
    tphillips this is the problem with TC, so rich that everyday you discover something 😜