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GradyJr
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5 years ago

How can i stop test complete from pausing during playback

i know the simple answer to this question is to go into the project properties (current and/or default) and set the "error handling", "on error" and "on warning" drop downs to the "Continue running" ...
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    GradyJr
    5 years ago

    I think i have found the solution to this in a different post that relates to the same issue. The post is entitled "TC always paused on error". In it, Stephen suggests "Can you check under Tools >> Options >> Engines. It may be that the 'Pause test execution on posting an error option' is ticked."  On my workstation it wasn't ticked but on the workstation that was giving me the problem, it was ticked. I'm running a test on that machine now to see if it does or does not stop on an error but I'm pretty confident this will be the resolution. 

     

    Shouldn't there be some sort of reference on the playback screen (where all those 'continue running' on errors and warnings are located) to check this option? would have saved me several days of research if there was.

     

    Thanks Stephen. How would I accept his solution on the other post as the solution to this post?

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GradyJr
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i've automated six project runs for overnight processing. this issue consistently occurs in two of them every night i run it on this particular machine.  Please note that i can run these exact same projects on my own personal workstation and they do not ever stop/pause. it is only on this one machine and I am physically logging on to it (not remoting into it from my desktop).

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Marsha_R
Moderator
5 years ago

Did you copy the project directly from your machine to the one that pauses or did some/all of it come from a version control tool?   If it wasn't a direct copy, try that.

 

Are the versions of TC exactly the same on the two machines?

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    GradyJr
    Contributor
    5 years ago

    i've attached a simple diagram of my environment which shows the version of test complete installed on both machines. Both my workstation and the remote workstation have access to my personal Test Complete project suite as well as the master test complete project suite to which I have staged/committed/pushed changes from my personal working copy. When i have my task scheduler use either copy of the projec t suite it will run from start to finish without stopping. failures and warnings are identified in the log with red or yellow icons but they do not stop the execution. When the same task scheduler set up runs either project suite on the remote workstation ANY error it encounters pauses the execution until the Continue button (green play triangle) is clicked. I've also attached an image of what the log looks like at one particular point where it is pausing. as you can see it simply failed a property checkpoint but wasn't going anywhere until i manually continued it. hope this helps to clarify.

    • Marsha_R's avatar
      Marsha_R
      Moderator
      5 years ago

      If you log on to the remote workstation manually and run the test without the scheduler, does it work or does it pause?

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        GradyJr
        Contributor
        5 years ago

        it still pauses on any error. i started the project run just as you requested without the use of Task Scheduler and then i walked away and came back about an hour later. Test Complete was sitting idle with a pause indicator on the line that received the error. Rather than click the Play button to continue I clicked the Stop button to interrupt the test execution. attached is the screen shot of the log showing the error which is nothing more than a failed property checkpoint. I then clicked on the Project in the Workspace, selected the Properties tab at the bottom and clicked on Playback. as you can see from the second attachment, all error handling is set to "Continue Running". What else do i need to try to make this so that it will log the errors but keep running?