Exporting Logs in a single file thats not MHT
Hi,
We've been exporting our logs into MHT using TestExecute's Command Line Interface /ExportLog because of it being a single file and easy to open up and just read. So far we're only able to open MHT files using IE. I'm not sure if people are using other tools to read these things, if yes can you please let me know what tool would be best.
The problem now is IE is about to get deprecated or at least out of support so we're looking for new ways to export logs or at least read MHT files. I don't think TestExecute's CLI supports exporting to zip (https://support.smartbear.com/testexecute/docs/running/automating/command-line/command-line.html) so that's not an option. 😞 . just wanted to know how you guys export logs in CI environment?
thats a valid concern you bring up about IE being deprecated. Perhaps you could save the logs in html format (using /ExportSummary) instead, which can be opened by any other modern browser
there is also a zip-ping object in testcomplete called the slpacker. this is a built in object that you can use to zip up whatever files you need : https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/program-objects/slpacker/index.html (this would have to be done inside your test scripts, as opposed to the CLI)
typically in a CI environment, there may be a max # of logs kept, in which case TestComplete will generate and store the relevant test logs per build (for jenkins, azure dev ops, etc.) within the temp dir, or within the workspace of the build itself.
if we are trying to keep old test artifacts, then i think you have the right idea about using the CLI arguments of exportlog or exportsummary.
