Don't want to terminate tested application when test item timeout has expired

Hi, I too hav reproduced the problem. One of the the possiible solution is to launching the testedapp from wsh



  Sys.OleObject("WScript.Shell").Exec("C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe")





try this and let me know ur results

why dont u modify ur test script for not closing the tested app and the end of test

The tested application is terminated by TestComplete, not by my test script. I don't specify OnTimeout event for the project.

i dnt understood how this happening, if the test item time is expired the tc posts error to the testlog stat tat  "The execution timeout has expired" and it will not terminate the test application until u do so. may be u can check for "onlogerror" event which is closing the tested app

That's what i'm wondering. May be a screenshot would much clearer to you.

The purpose of the Timeout function is to set the maximum execution time of a test item or project. You set it to one minute therefore it is terminated after 60 seconds. If you don't want the item to be terminated then don't set the timeout via the test item page. 



I use my own timeout functions where you pass the object you want to wait for and the time you want to wait, if it isn't found in that time then it moves on without terminating anything. 

Thanks Steven for you reply.



There are plenty jobs are queued for running,  i would expecte each of them can be finished within a specific time (e.g. 1~2 hours).

I'm also using own functions to wait an object for a specific time, but not for the whole test item. Sometimes the test running can be very slow due to test VM performance issue or network issue, i don't want the execution time of a group grows wildly, so a timeout value for each test item would be helpful.



When tested application is launched in debug mode, it won't be terminated when test item is timed out. I'm looking for a simple solution that tested application launched in simple mode won't be terminated when timed out. Is there any test complete configurations can achieve that?



-Ocean

Thanks Murugan!

it doesn't terminate the application when test item is timed out (already tested with the notepad example). Why didn't i think of it?



I've changed the launch part in my tests, and i'm running them now to make sure this change won't affect settings in Project properties tab.



-Ocean

Glad it helped.



u can also contact support team regrading this nd u can get better solution and original cause. wondering if its not  an issue y it doest terminate appln onusing dbgservices