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Passing variables from TC
Hi,
I want to pass some variables from a TC script to another tool. I run the script from TC via command prompt. Now I have a variable called 'battery_colour' which I want to read it and also c...
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AlexKaras
Champion Level 2
Champion Level 2Hi,
Writing variable's value to Excel file in TC and reading this file in your another tool is a valid approach.
However, Excel seems to be an overkill for such task and I would recommend to consider plain text file that you can read from / write to using methods provided by the aqFile object.
Another possible option is to use environment variable, but while TC provides the means to get the value of the environment variable via aqEnvironment object, this object does not have a method to set a value to the environment variable. Thus I would not recommend this approach to you.
> Project.Variables.battery_colour = BuiltIn.ParamStr(<positionOfArgument>).split("=")[1]
This code gets value of command-line parameter and assigns it to the project variable in TestComplete code. You need the opposite - to assign the value of TestComplete variable to something external. Thus this code is not applicable to your task.
For the first answer:
I already switch to txt file. Thank you!!
For the second answer:
In order to do that "You need the opposite - to assign the value of TestComplete variable to something external." it means that I have to use also a txt file to store that value? Or it can be done directly via something similar to Project.Variables.battery_colour = BuiltIn.ParamStr(<positionOfArgument>).split("=")[1] but in an opposite way? Because I don't understand exactly how something from exterior of TC will recognize the TC variable..maybe if I use that environment variable but as you said not recommended.
AlexKaras Thank you for all of you answers, for me as a beginner are very helpful!
Also thanks sonya_m for the heads up!