I see you keep editing your post... but I'm not sure what the problem is. Object Spy/Object Property Viewer are not directly related to being able to use data from one Keyword Test in another (it's been quite a number of years since I've played with TestComplete 7 but I'm sure Object Spy is what you're looking for with regards to investigating an object).
If the answer I gave was unhelpful, let me know what you still need and I'll try to help.
Thanks a lot for your input so far.
I've edited my post several times as I'm trying to describe my issue as clearly as possible (hasn't been very successful so far ;)
1. I start recording a test, Test A. During this test an asset value is created and I checkpoint this value and keep on recording.
2. I keep recording Test A and at some point need to insert the the value above in a text box - and I would like my test to do this automatically when I re-run Test A.
This is because the value of the asset created in test step 1 automatically goes from, e.g. 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 etc every time this test step is re-run
3. Another issue is that during the creation of this asset, a description of the asset must be entered in another text box - this could e.g. be abc1000 or anything else.
As this description DOES NOT automatically increases from abc1000 to abc1001 to abc1002 every time this test is re-run, I need a way to make this happen if possible?
I've considered options such as a cleverly created variable, a test parameter or a data loop in which the description increments are loaded from an Excel sheet.
As I admittedly am a TestComplete newbie, any test "recipes", as detailed as possible, are warmly welcomed.
I can upload screen shots if my problem description still appears unclear.
Have a nice weekend!
Best regards,
//Camilla
So, you're not passing values from one test to another, you're basically, within the same test, want to take a value that you "collect" at one point in the test and use it in another.
Again... Set Variable operation is how you're going to do this.
So, based upon your steps, you will need to do this stuff AFTER you complete the recording., or, when you get to these points in your recording, Pause your recording and add the necessary operations, edits.
1) When the asset value is created as per your step one, use Set Variable Value operation to set a variable to the asset value as it is created. In anticipation of item 3 below, you would also use Set Variable Value to set ANOTHER variable as the description of the asset.
2) When you get to the point where you need to insert the value in a text box, whether you use the Keys methods or SetText method to enter the data in the text box, there is a parameter on the method which you can set to be of "Mode" variable at which point you select the variable indicating in item 1 above as the source of the data
3) As with item 2, again, you would use the Variable mode of the Keys/SetText method parameter and select the second variable as your entry into the text box.
There is no need for a test parameter, data driven loop, or anything particularly clever. Think og it in the same way as you would if you were manually testing it. You create the asset and, on a piece of paper, you jot down the asset value and the asset description. Then, when you get to the relevant points of your test, you reference your piece of paper and use those values to enter the data into the application. Variables are your "piece of paper" in this situation where you note your values and then use them later.
Hi again,
Thanks for taking the time to help finding a solution to my problems.
However, I find that I might not have described my problem adequately - or I'm too much of a TestComplete newbie to be able to implementing your clever suggestions. So in the hope that you won't roll your eyes to much I'll give it one more try:
Overall, I use TestComplete to document a series of procedures in MS Navision, most of which involves creating assets that automatically are assigned unique ID numbers and also are added a range of other information.
So, I'm recording a test in which an asset in created and in this process I need to enter a short piece of text in a testbox which describes the asset, in this case abc1 (filling out this box is mandatory to moving on with the testing procedure). When the asset has been created the testing involves adding a lot of other information to the asset and is concluded with posting the asset. So, this test is rather long but the recording isn't the problem.
My problem arises when I re-run my test upon completing my recording as TestComplete almost at the end of my test comes up with a textbox warning me that an asset with that aforementioned asset description, abc1, already exists!
In order to continue re-running my test, I need to actively close this textbox by clicking "Ok" whereupon the re-run of my test continues but subsequently, this issue isn't flagged red in my log which reports that the test has been re-run without any errors or warnings.
My best guess would be that MS Navision, when re-running the test, creates a new asset with a new unique ID but with the same asset description.
Entering the asset description appears as a "SetText" step in my recorded test. Maybe the value cant be defined by clicking the ellipsis?
So: Is it in any way possible to make TestComplete assign the new asset another asset description, preferably abc2, when re-running the test so that I'll be able to re-run the test without interferring?
Thank you very much in advance!
