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erikgt
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5 months ago
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How to open HTMLX and tcLogX files outputted by TestExecute

As per this topic, on a TestExecute Jenkins pipeline being aborted due to a (Jenkins-side) timeout, the test results are saved as per the project's 'save log every ... minutes' setting. However, the ...
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    rraghvani
    5 months ago

    Could you try with,

    Remove /ForceConversion and /ExportLog use .html and not .htmlx or .tclogx

    Also, does your automation require a UI or are you doing headless testing?

    FYI, to view a .tcLogX file, add it to your TestComplete project:

    1. In your project, right-click the Project_name Logs item in the Project Explorer and select Add > Existing Log File from the context menu.
    2. Navigate to the .tcLogX file using the standard Open File dialog and click Open.
    3. TestComplete will add the file to your project and you will be able to view it in the Test Log panel.
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rraghvani
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5 months ago

Could you try with,

Remove /ForceConversion and /ExportLog use .html and not .htmlx or .tclogx

Also, does your automation require a UI or are you doing headless testing?

FYI, to view a .tcLogX file, add it to your TestComplete project:

  1. In your project, right-click the Project_name Logs item in the Project Explorer and select Add > Existing Log File from the context menu.
  2. Navigate to the .tcLogX file using the standard Open File dialog and click Open.
  3. TestComplete will add the file to your project and you will be able to view it in the Test Log panel.
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erikgt
Occasional Contributor
5 months ago

Thanks.

Will ask to set html to see if that works. I did find out that HTMLX is just archived HTML, so we can exctract it, open the index.html inside and view the results like that.

/ForceConversion doesn't seem to matter; as per the docs:

/ForceConversion - If this argument is specified and TestExecute is running in Silent mode, TestExecute automatically converts projects created in earlier versions of the tool to the new format when they are opened.



We automate a desktop application, so require a UI.

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      erikgt
      Occasional Contributor
      5 months ago

      We're using TestExecute with Jenkins for quite some time now, though we always supposed reporting on an aborted pipeline just didn't work at all. As it turns out, it does work - just the direct opening of the report through the link in the Jenkins sidebar doesn't work - yet the report does get generated.

      I've tried setting the parameter /ExportLog:myLog.html
      This does work for outputing to HTML, so that's nice. However, I need to supply it with an absolute path to where I want all the files and folders generated in said HTML output; else it will clog our project directory (default dir). 
      Inputting /ExportLog:Log/myLog.html does make the myLog.html file end up in said subfolder within the project dir, however all other files and folders belonging to the report remain in the root project dir - resulting in the myLog.html not being able to find most of its contents.

      Anyway, for now (and those rare instances where a pipeline runs into a timeout), being able to open the HTMLX file is sufficient!