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leeasdf9
Frequent Contributor
11 years ago

Possible to run an execution list of Testcomplete Project with Test Execute?

Dear Tanya, Dear Support Team, I just get started with testexecute 9 and would like to run the test complete projects with testexecute on our VMs. I did read article "Run an individual test item...
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    Philip_Baird
    11 years ago

    Hi, another option, which I have just implemented, is to wrap TestExecute as a COM object in a C# Class Library which also contains an XML file reader.


     


    I can feed it an XML file such as the following


     


    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>


    <tests>


    <test type="ProjectItem">


    <projectName>ProjectB</projectName>


    <projectItemName>ODT</projectItemName>


    </test>


    <test type="Project">


    <projectName>ProjectB</projectName>


    </test>


    <test type="ProjectTestItem">


    <projectName>ProjectA</projectName>


    <projectTestItem>ProjectTestItem3</projectTestItem>


    </test>


    <test type="RoutineEx">


    <projectName>ProjectB</projectName>


    <unitName>Unit2</unitName>


    <routineName>testWithParameter</routineName>


    <parameters signature="source,destination">


    <parameter name="source">thesource</parameter>


    <parameter name="destination">thedestination</parameter>


    </parameters>


    </test>


    <test type="Routine">


    <projectName>ProjectA</projectName>


    <unitName>Unit2</unitName>


    <routineName>testUnit2</routineName>


    </test>


    <test type="Suite">


    <projectName></projectName>


    </test>


    <test type="TestByName">


    <projectName>ProjectB</projectName>


    <testName>KeywordTests|KeywordTestUnit</testName>


    </test>


    </tests>


     


    and the XML file reader reads this file and uses a TestExecute COM object to execute each test based on the attributes and elements of each <test>.


     


    It took me ~1.5 days to write something that works, I just have a few Exception scenarios to code in so your friendly neighbourhood developer should be able to whip something up pretty quick.


     


    For mine, this is a lot nicer and cleaner than working with batch files and the TestExecute command line limitations.


     


    Regards,


    Phil Baird

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Philip_Baird
Community Expert
11 years ago

Hi lee, perhaps I need to clarify, you can't just give the XML file I posted to a TestExecute COM object.


 


The Class library needs to follow the following basic flow:



1. Create the TestExecute COM object (described here)


2. Create an in memory XmlDocument from the XML file


3. foreach <test> element in the XmlDocument


    i. Identify which IntegrationObject operation is required from the <test> type attribute


    ii. Invoke the IntegrationObject operation passing the parameters defined in the child elements, e.g. <projectName>


 


This isn't particularly difficult but does require a reasonable amount of "plumbing" to make sure it doesn't fall over in a screaming heap.


 


Regards,


Phil Baird