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nicklott
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago

Running TestExecute Using A PowerShell Script

I'm trying to create a PowerShell script that kicks off our automated tests in TestExecute every time there's a deploy.   I can run commands using the Command Line and I can launch TestExecute and ...
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cunderw
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Can you provide examples of your powershell script and OS version? That would be very helpful.

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nicklott
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago

This is the PowerShell script that I'm trying to run:

 

Powershell
PS C:\Users\kevin.burdett> Start-Process

cmdlet Start-Process at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
FilePath: PS C:\Users\kevin.burdett> Start-Process -FilePath “C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\TestExecute 12\Bin\TestEx
ecute.exe” “X:\QA\Automated Testing\Vortex\Vortex.pjs” /r /p:Vortex”C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\TestExecute 12\Bin\
TestExecute.exe” “X:\QA\Automated Testing\Vortex\Vortex.pjs” /r /p:Vortex
Start-Process : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ‘/r’.
At line:1 char:1
+ Start-Process -FilePath “C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\TestExecute 12\Bin\Tes ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Start-Process], ParameterBindingException
   + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand

 

This doesn't work when I try to run it from PowerShell, but if I take that same file path and enter it into the Command Prompt, it will launch TestExecute and run all of the tests in our Vortex suite. I haven't been able to figure out why this works in the Command Prompt but not from a PowerShell script.

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    AlexKaras
    Champion Level 3
    8 years ago

    Hi,

     

    > Start-Process : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument ‘/r’.

    I understand the above message as that Start-Process cannot process the '/r' parameter. Actually, this parameter must be processed by TestExecute and for me this means that command line for Start-Process lacks some quotation(s).
    My guess that the command line should look like this:

    start /wait "ps "Start-Process -FilePath "“C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\TestExecute 12\Bin\TestEx
    ecute.exe” “X:\QA\Automated Testing\Vortex\Vortex.pjs” /r /p:Vortex"""""

    but this is a wild guess that must be verified and corrected.