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nedbacan
Frequent Contributor
2 years ago

How to run a TestComplete test between mutiple instance of Chrome using different user profile

Hello. In Test Complete, Is it possible to open two instances of Chrome at the same time using different user profile, and executing the tests between both profiles?   The reason of my question is...
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  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    2 years ago

    To nedbacan :

     

    rraghvani wrote: "I've defined two alias name mappings for each of the two browsers."

    Actually, you are not required to create two aliases because this will duplicate child objects hierarchy with seems to be identical otherwise.

    The task that you must solve is: you must configure alias for the browser and/or for the displayed page so that it becomes possible to distinguish between them during runtime.

    As an example, you may use process index to distinguish between two browsers.

    To do this:

    -- Create, for example, temporary project variable called iBrowserIndex;

    -- Edit identification parameters for the browser object in NameMapping so that they (parameters) include process index property and set iBrowserIndex variable as a value for this property;

    -- Now, during runtime, start first browser, get a reference to its process (using 

    Browsers.CurrentBrowser call, for example) and store somewhere the value of its process index;

    -- Start second browser and also store the value of its process index;

    -- Now, depending on with what browser your test code needs to work, assign the value of the stored process index to the iBrowserIndex variable.

     

rraghvani's avatar
rraghvani
Champion Level 3
2 years ago

This would not work for me,

 

function SetChromeRunOptions()
{
    var URL = "https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp";
    Browsers.Item("chrome").RunOptions = "--user-data-dir=C:\\Temp\\User1";
    Browsers.Item("chrome").Run(URL);

    var URL = "https://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp";
    Browsers.Item("chrome").RunOptions = "--user-data-dir=C:\\Temp\\User2";
    Browsers.Item("chrome").Run(URL);
}

 

However, if I use TestedApps then it works fine,

 

function Chromes()
{
    var chrome1 = TestedApps.chrome1.Run();
    var chrome2 = TestedApps.chrome2.Run();
}

 

 

 

 

  • nedbacan's avatar
    nedbacan
    Frequent Contributor
    2 years ago

    rraghvani , everything works great with both browser launching at once or one at a time, but I am having an issue with trying to interact with the 2nd launch.  Here is my scenario.

     

    The first script launches chome1 with a logon screen, and goes through a successful login.

    The second script launches chrome2 with the same logon screen, but it fails "Unable to find the following object when executing the SetText commmand", this is the username text box.

     

    On the desktop, this is what I see:

    1. The first browser (chrome1) has the landing page.
    2. The second browser (chrome2) remains on the logon page because it fails to find the object.

    Both scripts work fine when I run it individually, one browser only. 

    Also, if I was to open chrome1 with Google, I can run the 2nd script and logon with no problem. 

     

    First Script

     

    function Logon_Store1()
{
  //Call TestApp.Chrome1
  TestedApps.chrome1.Run();
  //Logon store user
  let storeuser = Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.formKcFormLogin.textboxUsernameOrEmail;
  storeuser.SetText("userstore1");
  
  let Password = Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.FindElement("//input[@id=(//label[contains(.,'Password')]/@for)]")
  Password.SetText("password!!");

  Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.formKcFormLogin.submitbuttonLogIn.Click();
  
  Sys.WaitBrowser(50000)

}

     

    Second script

     

    function Login_Phy1()
{
  //Call TestApp.Chrome2
  TestedApps.chrome2.Run();
  
  //Enter Username
  let storeuser = Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.formKcFormLogin.textboxUsernameOrEmail;
  storeuser.SetText("physican1");
  
  //Enter Password
  let Password = Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.FindElement("//input[@id=(//label[contains(.,'Password')]/@for)]")
  Password.SetText("password!!");
  
  //Click log on button
  Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.formKcFormLogin.submitbuttonLogIn.Click();
  
  Sys.WaitBrowser(80000);

}

     

     

    • AlexKaras's avatar
      AlexKaras
      Champion Level 3
      2 years ago

      Hi,

       

      How Aliases.browser is defined in your NameMapping?

       

      • nedbacan's avatar
        nedbacan
        Frequent Contributor
        2 years ago

         

        Chrome 1 window

         

        Chrome 2 window