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claventure
Occasional Contributor
11 years ago

Does TestComplete Truly run Headless (TestExecute as well)?

So we have one (1) TestComplete License, we have the TestExecute which comes with it. There are Three machines involved in this scenario, but Only 1 Requires TestComplete (named myDeskto...
  • Colin_McCrae's avatar
    Colin_McCrae
    11 years ago
    Running a very similar setup to you - I had tests run automatically, and headlessly, on a VM as part of a build process.



    The entire thing was kicked off by TeamCity (the build engine in use for the project). I simply gave them a BAT file to start TestExecute and it did the rest. Project was stored in version control. Application was web based. So run in a browser on a VM with part of the site hosted on a test VM elsewhere.



    Entire run happened headlessly (as you mention, this is down to the setup of the VM). TeamCity would pull down the most recent version of the project from Source Control (GIT), dump it onto the VM with TestExecute installed and then start TestExecute using the BAT file I supplied. High level results were also captured by TeamCity and included in the results of the build. Low level results (which were linked to in the TeamCity output) were stored elsewhere on a network drive.



    If I wanted to look in on the run (not often as it was overnight) I used VNC to view the remote VM. Using Remote Desktop to connect would cause the run to fail when you closed the remote connection.



    So yes, it can be done. I'm not sure about how TeamCity was set up exactly as our build engineer did that part. I just supplied him with all the parts to make it work.
claventure's avatar
claventure
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago


I have not been doing "automated testing" full time, but I finished making this

thing work.  I have TestComplete tests running headless, on a VM, with remote launch.



Here's what works:



Create a Test.proj file for use with MSBUILD at the end of a build/deploy, add this line:



<Exec Command="&quot;C:\Program Files (x86)\PSTools\PsExec.exe&quot; -u domain\username -p password \\192.168.n.n  C:\Users\username\Desktop\TestLinkup.bat" />



where 192... is YOUR remote system (VM, whatever)



Copy your test suite over to that remote system



Create the TestLinkup.bat file there and add this line:

"C:\<path>\TestExecute.exe" "C:\TestCompleteProj<path>\myProj.pjs" /r /p:projsuite1 /SilentMode /exit





You can also optionally add lines to package/mail results:

cd C:\TestComplete 10 Projects\Management Tools\Log\ExportedResults

for %%x in (*.mht) do set filename=%%x

"C:\Program Files (x86)\SMTPMAIL.EXE" from=user@domain.com to=user@domain.com body="Test Results Attached" subject="Test Results" server=n.n.n.n attachment="C:\<pathtoResults>\%Filename%"

DEL/q "%Filename%"



Or, optionally, I created a little script within testcomplete to package email the results instead:

function PackandMailResults()

 {

  var WorkDir, FileName, FileList, ArchivePath;

  WorkDir = Project.ConfigPath + "Log\\ExportedResults\\";

  FileName = WorkDir + "testResults.mht";

  Log.SaveResultsAs(FileName, 2);

  FileList = slPacker.GetFileListFromFolder(WorkDir);

  delete WorkDir+"CompressedResults";

  ArchivePath = WorkDir + "CompressedResults";

  if (slPacker.Pack(FileList, WorkDir, ArchivePath))

    Log.Message("Files compressed successfully.");

// ToAddress Required. The e-mail address to which the message will be sent. 

// FromHost Required. The host from which the message will be sent.

//                    - on my desktop, nnn@domain.com 

//                    - for us, the smtp server is <hostname> (nn.nn.nn.nn)

// FromName Required. The "user-friendly" name of the e-mail sender. 

// FromAddress Required. The e-mail address from which the message will be sent. 

// Subject Required. The message subject. 

// Body Required. The message body.

// FileName1, FileName2..FileNameN Optional. The full paths to the files you want to send with the message.

if (SendMail(

     "username@domain.com",

     "nn.nn.nn.nn",

     "username",

     "username@domain.com",

     "Test Results",

     "Hello Chris, Test results are attached",

     FileName))

     {

        Log.Message("Mail was sent with Results");

        aqFile.Delete("CompressedResults.ZIP");

        }

else

  Log.Warning("Mail was not sent");

 }



Also, don't forget to have HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\terminal Server Client

 with RemoteDesktop_SuppressWhenMinimized set to 2 (or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for "everybody")



Now I will build tests in Selenium/C# in Visual Studio AND

in TestComplete over the next 4 months to "mix it up" a little

bit.  Thanks and Happy New Year,

Chris