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shankar_r's avatar
shankar_r
Community Hero
8 years ago

Is there any way to know TestComplete/TestExecute running in 64 bit or 32 Bit in scripts?

Do we have option in scripts to get TestComplete/TestExecute running in 64 bit or 32 Bit?   something like is64Bit()
  • shankar_r's avatar
    shankar_r
    8 years ago

    Now, I gotta multiple ways of doing this scenario right. I'm currently having below function.

     

    function is64BitClient()
{
      var tcprocess = Sys.WaitProcess("Test*te", 0);
      
      if(tcprocess.Exists)
      {
            if(tcprocess.ProcessType == "x64")
            {
                  return true;
            }
            else if(tcprocess.ProcessType == "x86")
            {
                  return false;
            }
            else
            {
                  throw "Not able to grab the process type";
            }
      }
      throw "Not able to find the TestComplete/TestExecute process";   
}

    Thanks everyone for your insights on this.

HKosova's avatar
HKosova
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
8 years ago

Other ways:

function isTestComplete64Bit() {
  var testrunner = Sys.FindId(Win32API.GetCurrentProcessId());
  return (testrunner.ProcessType == "x64");
}
function isTestComplete64Bit() {
  var env = WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%");
  // TC ver < 12 : 
  // var env = Sys.OleObject("WScript.Shell").ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%");
  
  return (env != "x86");
}

In Python:

import sys

def isTestComplete64Bit():
  # http://docs.python.org/library/platform.html#cross-platform
  return sys.maxsize > 2**32 
  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    Champion Level 3
    8 years ago

    HKosova:

    > var env = WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%");

    Helen, is it safe to assume that processor architecture always match application's bitness?

     

    shankar_r:

    This piece of code:

          var tcprocess = Utils.CreateStubObject();
         
          if(Sys.Process("TestComplete").Exists)
          {
                tcprocess = Sys.Process("TestComplete");
          }
          else if(Sys.Process("TestExecute").Exists)
          {
                tcprocess = Sys.Process("TestExecute");    
          }

    can be replaced with this one (considering the fact that only one instance of TestComplete or TestExecute can exist in the system for the given user at the same time):

          var tcprocess = Sys.WaitProcess("Test*te", 0);

    :)

    • shankar_r's avatar
      shankar_r
      Community Hero
      8 years ago

      Now, I gotta multiple ways of doing this scenario right. I'm currently having below function.

       

      function is64BitClient()
{
      var tcprocess = Sys.WaitProcess("Test*te", 0);
      
      if(tcprocess.Exists)
      {
            if(tcprocess.ProcessType == "x64")
            {
                  return true;
            }
            else if(tcprocess.ProcessType == "x86")
            {
                  return false;
            }
            else
            {
                  throw "Not able to grab the process type";
            }
      }
      throw "Not able to find the TestComplete/TestExecute process";   
}

      Thanks everyone for your insights on this.

    • HKosova's avatar
      HKosova
      SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
      8 years ago
      AlexKaras wrote:

      HKosova:

      > var env = WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%");

      Helen, is it safe to assume that processor architecture always match application's bitness?

      AlexKaras, yes, the PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE variable indicates the current process' bitness, not Windows bitness.
      https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384274.aspx#Environment_Variables
      https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-variables.html

       

      This approach specifically requires WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings(...) and not

      aqEnvironment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE", true)

      because the latter will always return 64-bit variables on 64-bit Windows.

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

        Helen,

         

        Thank you a lot for the code and documentation link provided. Without reading the documentation, based just on the name of the variable, it was my understanding that the variable describes processor's bitness and may not really help to get the bitness of the application. For example, 32-bit OS may be running using the 64-bit processor.

        Now I see that this my guess was wrong, thank you again.