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Luukdb
Contributor
3 years ago

Copy and rename a file using JavaScript

Hello,   I am trying to copy an xml file, and rename it so I can use it in my tests. Only I can't seem to figure out what I am doing wrong. I used the TestComplete documentation, as I got the code ...
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  • npaisley's avatar
    npaisley
    3 years ago

    Hi Luukdb!

     

    Your issue here lies in the AqDateTime.Now function. This will return the current date/time in a format that is not compatible with Windows file system naming conventions. 

     

    We have a format function you can use to retrieve the date/time and format it in various ways to match the date/time required and for Windows file name conventions. This is the 'aqConvert.DateTimeToFormatStr' method. 

     

    You can find information for this method here = https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/program-objects/aqconvert/datetimetoformatstr.html

     

    An example of how to integrate this into your code is below. Note I have a 'log.Message' operation so that we can see what the raw and formatted dates look like.

     

     

    aqFile.Copy("c:\\file1.txt", "c:\\copy\\file1.txt");

function RenameXMLFile()
{
  
 var timeNowRaw = aqDateTime.Now()
 var timeNowFormatted = aqConvert.DateTimeToFormatStr(timeNowRaw,"%m%d%Y_%H%M")
 
 Log.Message("Unformatted raw date from aqDateTime.Now =  " + aqDateTime.Now())
 Log.Message("Formatted Date = " + aqConvert.DateTimeToFormatStr(timeNowRaw, "%m%d%Y_%H%M"))
 
 var OldPath = "c:\\file1.txt";
 var NewPath = "c:\\copy\\file1copy"+ timeNowFormatted + ".xml";

 
 // Renames the file
 aqFileSystem.RenameFile(OldPath, NewPath);
}

     

npaisley's avatar
npaisley
Staff
3 years ago

Hi Luukdb!

 

Interesting, probably something simple like a missing '\'. Would you mind sharing your new code that presents this error?

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    Luukdb
    Contributor
    3 years ago

    In the screenshot I only had one \ and tried \\ in my current code but that didn't do anything.

     

    aqFile.Copy("\\bs-international.nl\\group\\ICT\\Applicatiebeheer\\TestComplete\\NewPackingTable xml files\\NewPackingTable_BIT-ERP_Order.xml", "\\bs-international.nl\\group\\ICT\\Applicatiebeheer\\TestComplete\\NewPackingTable xml files\\NewPackingTable_BIT-ERP_Order-copy.xml");

function RenameXMLFile()
{
  
 var timeNowRaw = aqDateTime.Now()
 var timeNowFormatted = aqConvert.DateTimeToFormatStr(timeNowRaw,"%m%d%Y_%H%M")
 
 Log.Message("Unformatted raw date from aqDateTime.Now =  " + aqDateTime.Now())
 Log.Message("Formatted Date = " + aqConvert.DateTimeToFormatStr(timeNowRaw, "%m%d%Y_%H%M"))
 
 var OldPath = "\\bs-international.nl\\group\\ICT\\Applicatiebeheer\\TestComplete\\NewPackingTable xml files\\NewPackingTable_BIT-ERP_Order-copy.xml";
 var NewPath = "\\bs-international.nl\\group\\ICT\\Applicatiebeheer\\TestComplete\\NewPackingTable xml files\\NewPackingTable_BIT-ERP_Order- "+ timeNowFormatted + ".xml";

 
 // Renames the file
 aqFileSystem.RenameFile(OldPath, NewPath);
}