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exdunepilot's avatar
exdunepilot
Contributor
6 years ago

Python Error Handling Not Executing Finally Block - TestComplete 14.0

Try/Except works, but an exception is thrown in the except block (seems to refer to this syntax: str(err)) and never makes it to the finally block.  TestComplete 12.6 did not have this issue.    ...
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    6 years ago

    Something else to check:

    In the TestItems page, right click and select "Field Chooser".  There should be a field of "on exception".  Add that to your test item list.  I BELIEVE this defaults to "Stop test item" on exception. So, you're throwing an "exception" in your code.  This would then prompt the automation to halt on that exception which is why it doesn't get to the "finally" clause.  You can set that to "continue running" as well. See if that corrects your problem.

exdunepilot's avatar
exdunepilot
Contributor

Yes, I have read your replies.  Thank-you for quick responses. 

1) All 3 settings in Playback Error handling are "Continue running"

2) All settings for tests in "test items" "on error" are "Use project's 'On Error' property" [so that I can set groups globally as needed].  I've also tried the other settings to check behavior.

 

It appears that Python's try/except/finally overrides all TC settings & worse, masks other exceptions/call stack.  At least that's the behavior I see.  Take out the try/except/finally block and everything runs as in previous TC versions.

tristaanogre's avatar
tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
6 years ago

Something else to check:

In the TestItems page, right click and select "Field Chooser".  There should be a field of "on exception".  Add that to your test item list.  I BELIEVE this defaults to "Stop test item" on exception. So, you're throwing an "exception" in your code.  This would then prompt the automation to halt on that exception which is why it doesn't get to the "finally" clause.  You can set that to "continue running" as well. See if that corrects your problem.

  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    6 years ago

    Hi All,

    Thanks for your help, Robert!

    exdunepilot, have you come to the solution? If you are still looking for the solution, I suggest that you contact our Support Team and explain the issue in detail. If you suspect that TestComplete doesn't handle the try-catch block correctly - we will need to test it in our test lab. You can contact the Team here:

    http://support.smartbear.com/message/?prod=TestComplete