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nedbacan
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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.

     

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Marsha_R
Moderator
2 years ago

nedbacan I'm still curious - what is your use case for this? Is there actually a point where you will have an admin and a user logged on to two browser tabs on the same screen in actual usage? I'm not understanding how this works.

  • nedbacan's avatar
    nedbacan
    Frequent Contributor
    2 years ago

    The reason is that the web application being tested can only have one session opened at a time.  

    If I was to launch the Chrome browser (chrome1) and logon to the app as user1.

    Next launch another Chrome browser (chrome1) and call the app.

    Then logon as another user (i.e Admin) it will display "You are already logged in"

    Even if I am logging on as a different user.

    If I continue, it will end the first launch session that I opened and keep the 2nd one. 

     

    Marsha_R , I am not referring to two browser tabs, but having two Windows of chrome open at once. 

     

    Here is my use case reason:

    I need two windows open of chrome to test the interaction between users.

    For instance, when user-1 creates an item in his page,

    the other user-2 gets a message or a button becomes enabled

    Some of the features will not be available unless both users are logged on at the same time.

    Both users need to be logged on for some of the features on the app to work. 

     

    This test is done manually by opening two Chrome browsers with different profiles. This way, it is being treated as a different login instance.

     

    I hope I explained myself.  Thank you for asking.