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leeasdf9
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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 via command line", i think it should be also possible to select and run an execution list from my testcomplete projectsuite via command line or(pls. see sample list below)?

Could you please help me to create a batch file for this task? Thanks for the support.

Br,

Lee



Projectsuite

 testproject1

   keywordtest1

   keywordtest2

   keywordtest3

 testproject2

   keywordtest1

   keywordtest2

   keywordtest3

...

 

  • 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