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nedbacan's avatar
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 !");

     

nedbacan's avatar
nedbacan
Frequent Contributor

BenoitB , sorry but no luck in getting the name =(. 

 

I checked the Object Browser and the process name is not listed.

 

So I used the Object Spy to see if I can get the name (see shot).  Is confusing it has UIAObject("Name").

 

Note, in order to get the process to appear I must click to open an image in the software then the process would run for about 10 seconds and then clears out.  

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

BenoitB's avatar
BenoitB
Community Hero
4 years ago

So, your need is to find the command line of a process which is launched only when you click on an image ?

 

In your test you do :

- click image

- check process only as this moment

 

About the confusing name that you have, it's normal, what you see here is not the process but the ihm component showing the process name in the task manager. This is not the process name.

 

To obtain the real name when your looking into taskmanager, scroll down on object spy inspector to find the Value, try with the value found without the .exe.

See the gif file attached.

 

  • nedbacan's avatar
    nedbacan
    Frequent Contributor
    4 years ago

    @BenoitB , I followed your steps and for some reason, the process "octDataParser still not being captured by TestComplete.  

    What other options can I take or do you see the problem.  I had attached a video of my steps.

     

    Thank you for your support. 

    • BenoitB's avatar
      BenoitB
      Community Hero
      4 years ago

      Could you show me the code that call the ProcessFinder function ?

       

      I suspect this is because you need to make a loop after the click on image and call ProcessFinder in the loop.

      • nedbacan's avatar
        nedbacan
        Frequent Contributor
        4 years ago

        @BenoitB ,  The test is done in Keyword but I converted it into a script so you can review it.   See below.

         

        What the script is doing is finding a patientID and clicking on an image so it can open in the window display, when this is done the process is called.  

        To test the function you send me, I perform the test manually to get the process to appear in the TaskManager, once the process appears I run the ProcessFinder() script to test it, but it returns "process not found" with the process still in TaskManager.  Using the manual test steps should work as well because the Process function is checking what is in the TaskManager.

         

        //USEUNIT FindFolder
        //USEUNIT ProcessFinder
        function CheckPS()
        {
        var PatientID;
        PatientID = "NoPatient";
        //Clicks the 'linkMenupatient' link.
        Aliases.browser.pageImagenet.linkMenupatient.Click();
        //Waits until the browser loads the page and is ready to accept user input.
        Aliases.browser.pageImagenet.Wait();
        Project.Variables.TritonPatient1.Reset();
        for(; !Project.Variables.TritonPatient1.IsEOF();)
        {
        //Clicks the 'textboxPatientid' object.
        Aliases.browser.pageImagenet.textboxPatientid.Click(77, 5);
        //Clicks the 'textboxPatientid' object.
        Aliases.browser.pageImagenet.textboxPatientid.Click(56, 9);
        Aliases.browser.pageImagenet.textboxPatientid.SetText(Project.Variables.TritonPatient1.Value("TritonPatient"));
        Aliases.browser.pageImagenet.buttonAll.ClickButton();
        Aliases.browser.pageImagenet.cell2.Click(66, 8);
        //Clicks the 'panel' object.
        Aliases.browser.pageImagenet.panel.Click(72, 75);
        //Waits until the browser loads the page and is ready to accept user input.
        Aliases.browser.pageImagenet.Wait();
        if(Aliases.browser.pageExam.vgSvgslice0.Exists);
        //Right Click BSCAN
        Aliases.browser.pageImagenet.vgSvgslice0.ClickR(347, 138);
        //Click PixelSmart option
        Aliases.browser.pageImagenet.textnodeProcessingmovingaverage.Click(25, 13);
        //Runs a script routine.
        WaitForButton();

        //Runs a script routine.

        ProcessFinder();
        //Checks whether the 'contentText' property of the NameMapping.Sys.browser.pageExam.panelResult.panel object equals 'PixelSmart
        aqObject.CheckProperty(NameMapping.Sys.browser.pageExam.panelResult.panel, "contentText", cmpEqual, "PixelSmart\nClose\nON\n0");
        //Runs a keyword test.
        KeywordTests.FileProperty.Run();
        //Delays the test execution for the specified time period.
        Delay(2000);
        //Runs a script routine.
        FindFolder();
        //Delays the test execution for the specified time period.
        Delay(2000);
        //Clicks the 'linkMenupatient' link.
        Aliases.browser.pageImagenet.linkMenupatient.Click();
        //Waits until the browser loads the page and is ready to accept user input.
        Aliases.browser.pageImagenet.Wait();
        Project.Variables.TritonPatient1.Next();
        }
        }

         

        ======================================

        function ProcessFinder()
        {
        Sys.Process("octDataParser").Exists ?
        Log.Message(Sys.Process("octDataParser").CommandLine) :
        Log.Message("Process not found !");
        }