It took me longer than I had hoped to figure this out so wanted to put the answer here in case this benefits anyone else.
function runBatchFile()
{
WshShell.Run("C:\\Temp\\hello.bat")
}
Others posted some really good alternative answers as well ...
Late to the discussion, but there are examples shown here, https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/program-objects/wshshell/index.html
Thanks rraghvani for posting the documentation pertaining to this post. For someone like myself, it helped to have the exact code example due to not fully understanding the concepts behind the WshShell command.
Function RunBatch(BatFile, WaitJN)
'Run the command and wait for completion
'Parameters : File, Size&state of window, Wait for completion
RunBatch= Sys.OleObject("WScript.Shell").Run ((BatFile), 1, (WaitJN))
End FunctionI use this for running Batchfiles, This way I can use the (WaitJN) parameter to either wait for the batch to be done or run it while TC does other things.
EDIT: I posted the VBScript code, For JavaScript I use this one:
function RunBatch(Batfile, WaitJN)
{
Log.Message("Running Batchfile '" + (Batfile) + "'", "");
Sys.OleObject("WScript.Shell").Run ((Batfile), 1, (WaitJN))
}The parameters work the same.
To anyone else who comes to this discussion, MW_Didata's example is VBScript. Thanks MW_Didata for the information and example code!
oops you're right, I meant to post this one
function RunBatch(Batfile, WaitJN)
{
Log.Message("Running Batchfile '" + (Batfile) + "'", "");
Sys.OleObject("WScript.Shell").Run ((Batfile), 1, (WaitJN))
}
I use this:
function runBatchFile(batchFilePath) {
try {
var process = Sys.OleObject("WScript.Shell");
process.Run('cmd.exe /C "' + batchFilePath + '"', 1, true);
while (process.Status == 0) {
Delay(100);
}
}
catch (e) {
Log.Error("An error occurred while running the batch file: " + e.message);
}
Log.Message("Batch file executed")
}
var batchFilePath = Project.ConfigPath + "SmokeTestCleanup.bat";
Thanks for the tip nastester. That worked great. I tried to get the cmd.exe /C <batchFile> to work for a while but was unsuccessful (I might not have been putting in the double back slashes and might have messed up where I placed the quotes). Your example works perfectly plus has error catching. Thanks for the tip!
function runBatchFile()
{
WshShell.Run("C:\\Temp\\hello.bat")
}
Others posted some really good alternative answers as well ...
