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TCqauser
Occasional Contributor
5 years ago

Change the Temporary Variables set in TC project via Visual Studio Test in TFS

I just want to know if its possible to change the "Temporary Variables" you set in a project, in TC, via Visual Studio Test task or other tasks, in TFS?   For example say that I have a couple of bu...
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    Reshail
    5 years ago

    Hi TCqauser,

    I am not sure about the project variables being updated via a TFS task. What I do is I have a configuration file (a simple text file) with the server URL and the browser I want to execute on. You can edit/read from that file and decide what configuration you want to run against. In your case you have a seperate file for each server if you find that easier to manage.

     

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Reshail
Contributor

Hi TCqauser,

I am not sure about the project variables being updated via a TFS task. What I do is I have a configuration file (a simple text file) with the server URL and the browser I want to execute on. You can edit/read from that file and decide what configuration you want to run against. In your case you have a seperate file for each server if you find that easier to manage.

 

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sonya_m
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
5 years ago

Thank you Reshail.

 

Hi TCqauser , please let us know if the suggested approach works for you. 

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    sonya_m
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    5 years ago

    TCqauser any updates on your situation? Please share your progress:smileyhappy:

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      TCqauser
      Occasional Contributor
      5 years ago

      Hello,

       

      Sorry for late answer. I have managed to fix this. 

       

      The approach I have been using is:

      1) Send in what environment you want to test, via Powershell task in TFS.

      2) Based on the input, the Powershell script creates a xml file with specific environment variables.

      3) TestComplete reads this xml file, and based on the environment variables, its using those to perform the tests on that specific environment.

       

      I used this link to understand how to read from xml file:

      https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/working-with-external-data-sources/xml.html