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dhundley
Regular Contributor
11 months ago

Persistent Variable Values not persisting in CI/CD environment

I created a Persistent empty string variable at the project suite level. I created a function that gets called in the OnStartTestCase event handler that puts a string value into the variable and then...
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    rraghvani
    11 months ago

    I don't seem to get notified on new posts on this new system, otherwise I would have responded. 

    Persistent and Temp variables are only applicable to TestComplete IDE. You can use Storages.INI Method, and if you are using scripts, on the first line call the ini to read and set the variable(s)

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dhundley
Regular Contributor

in the absence of a solution or even a suggestion, i have opted to use an external file that is accessible both to my workstation and to the azure pipeline. I'd still like to know why the local value of a so-called "persistent" variable was not there for my pipeline if anyone cares to weigh in on that. is there, by chance, anyway to programmatically "set" the default value? thanks!

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rraghvani
Champion Level 3
11 months ago

I don't seem to get notified on new posts on this new system, otherwise I would have responded. 

Persistent and Temp variables are only applicable to TestComplete IDE. You can use Storages.INI Method, and if you are using scripts, on the first line call the ini to read and set the variable(s)

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    dhundley
    Regular Contributor
    11 months ago

    i have incorporated the Storages.INI in my project. It is about ready to run for the first time. I'll reply back if it fails to work but I'm pretty confident it will

     

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    dhundley
    Regular Contributor
    11 months ago

    thank you. i will give that a try next week and let you know if it works for me