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mgroen2
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9 years ago
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How to start a service from TestComplete?

What is the approach to start a service from TestComplete?   For example: I have service "service1" which I want to start from TestComplete, prior to test execution. And, I want it to stop after te...
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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
9 years ago

In the past, I've used the WScript.Shell object to simply run 'net start' and 'net stop' of any windows services.

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    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    9 years ago

    Very simply, the code in JavaScript looks like this:

    function serviceStart(serviceName) {
    WshShell.Exec('net start ' + serviceName);
}

function serviceStop(serviceName) {
    WshShell.Exec('net stop ' + serviceName);
}