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kirk_bottomley
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10 years ago

Manual Step Needed

In order to run certain tests, I need to have a user log into our software. I don't have access to their identification or password at design time.  My initial thought was to have the tester start t...
  • Marsha_R's avatar
    Marsha_R
    10 years ago

    I have some manual steps in mine right now and what I did is just put a pause in, and right before the pause I have a log entry that explains what to do.  When the test runs and the pause comes up, you can check the pause log for info, then follow the instructions and just start it up again.

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dmiscannon
Frequent Contributor
10 years ago

Create a UserForm with 2 fields (UserID and Password). Create two variables tied to the two fields. Display the UserForm when the test starts. The tester enters their UserID and Password and clicks OK on the UserForm. The entered values populate the variables and are passed to the test at the appropriate point to the login page of the tested application. At the end of the test, be sure to clear the UserID and Password variables. Also be sure that the Password variable's type is Password to mask what is entered in the test's log.

 

If you need this sort of functionality frequently, you can create a script extension to handle this.

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    kirk_bottomley
    Contributor
    10 years ago

     "Display the UserForm when the test starts. The tester enters their UserID and Password and clicks OK on the UserForm."

     

    This sounds like a manual step. If I can have a user enter information during the test, I will just have them enter it into the login screen and keep going from there. That's the only reason I would need their login information anyway.