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rgratis's avatar
rgratis
Frequent Contributor
14 years ago

Feature Request: Manual Tests: Import Test from Wiki/HTML

I work in an Agile development environment, and Microsoft Word documents are very clunky as far as updating and collaborating go.  A much better option for maintaining flexible manual test cases is a wiki.

Unfortunately, TestComplete doesn't offer easy import for wiki or HTML pages.



It would be great if there were a simple import that would set up a Manual Test with sub-steps using headings and tables in the HTML/wiki page, much like it does for a Word document.
  • irina_lukina's avatar
    irina_lukina
    Super Contributor
    14 years ago

    Hi,


    I agree that this feature would be very helpful. We'll consider implementing this feature with the development team. To help us find the best way to implement it, please post here the sample HTML page that contains instructions for the manual test. In other words, please provide us with the example of the page that specifies the ways to write manual test instructions using the mentioned pages.


    As for now, you can try implementing the needed scenario manually, using the ManualTestBuilder object. This object lets you create manual tests from scripts.


    Thanks.

  • rgratis's avatar
    rgratis
    Frequent Contributor
    14 years ago
    Here is a quick example I made in MediaWiki.  This is the resulting page
    source as viewed from the 'Printable version' link.  It looks like there is
    a lot of junk in the header/footer that TestComplete could ignore,
    although we could delete the extra stuff at the end if necessary.



    The idea would be to use the heading tags (<h1>, <h2>,
    <h3>, etc.) to separate tests and sub-tests.  I suppose you could
    also use tables, as in the Word document manual test formatting, but we
    don't use those much.
  • AlexeyK's avatar
    AlexeyK
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    14 years ago

    Hi,


    I've registered your request in our database. Thank you for the example.


    Btw, you can easily import your document into manual testing:

    * Select the HTML format for the step text.

    * Click Open in the manual step editor (this item is on the toolbar that is above the Test Instructions field).

    * In the Open File dialog, select the desired HTML file.


    In the editor, you can then remove the text you don't need.

  • rgratis's avatar
    rgratis
    Frequent Contributor
    14 years ago
    I did try opening the HTML file, but that basically dumps all the
    HTML into one top-level test step.  We then have to create all the different steps/sections inside the Manual Test and copy-and-paste the appropriate content into each of the steps.



    It's a lot quicker at the moment to keep our checklists in Word document format and use Import Test.  That import automatically divides the content into steps for us, based on the headings structure.  It would be great if it could do the same thing with an HTML page.



    Thanks for the consideration!