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mgroen2's avatar
mgroen2
Super Contributor
9 years ago

How to check (and close) processes in a loop?

In my keyword tests, I need to check on some active processing before starting execution. However, if these processes are active, I need to close them.  I do not know how many instances of these pr...
  • dmiscannon's avatar
    dmiscannon
    9 years ago

    The following works for me using Excel as an example with Keyword tests. In the If Object dialog box, I just typed in the process (Sys.Process("Excel")) I wanted to check. I used a Go Label to make the process 'loop'.

     

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  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    9 years ago

    Hi,

     

    > some active processing 

    If those processes were started as Tested Applications by TestComplete, then CloseAll method (https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/68083/) might help.

     

    Otherwise, the pseudocode is like this:

    repeat

      search for any instance of the process (i.e. ignoring its index)

      if the process is found

        call Close method for it

        loop until the process exists and timeout was not exceeded

          wait a bit ( .Delay(500) )

          if timeout expired

            call Terminate for the process

        end of loop

      end of if

    until the process is found

mgroen2's avatar
mgroen2
Super Contributor

I use Keyword testing:

 

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dmiscannon's avatar
dmiscannon
Frequent Contributor
9 years ago

The following works for me using Excel as an example with Keyword tests. In the If Object dialog box, I just typed in the process (Sys.Process("Excel")) I wanted to check. I used a Go Label to make the process 'loop'.

 

CloseProcess.jpeg

 

 

  • djadhav's avatar
    djadhav
    Regular Contributor
    9 years ago

    You can write a small script and insert using 'Run Code Snippet' in your keyword test. (https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/72821/)

     

     

    Sub Test1
      DIM tst 
      WHILE Sys.FindChild("FullName","Sys.Process('NServiceBus.Host')",3).Exists
        Sys.Process("NServiceBus.Host").Terminate
      WEND
    End Sub

    If you do this with multiple processes, you can send the process name as a parameter to the above code.

     

  • mgroen2's avatar
    mgroen2
    Super Contributor
    9 years ago

    This solution worked. Thanks for the tip!

     

    The problem was that I initialy used the "If ... " statement (in stead of If Object statement), and this resulted in the check on the if (if the last process was closed) to fail because the "if" couldnt find the process to check if it exists or not. 

     

    The "If Object" statement does not have issue.