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ilkoTest
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27 days ago

Running the Execution Plan enabled items via script within TestComplete

Hi, I have a huge test project that contains hundreds of test items. Unfortunately, TestComplete does not provide a progress indicator for the test execution. The entire project runs for many hours,...
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rraghvani
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27 days ago

I don't think it can be done within TestComplete. However, you can you either use Batch file or PowerShell script file to do this, via TestComplete Command Line

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ilkoTest
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26 days ago

Thank you for your reply. While the TestComplete Command Line seems a good solution for running the tests, I don't think it will support the progress indicator, which is my primary focus of why am I doing all of this

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    rraghvani
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    26 days ago

    PowerShell can display a progress bar via Write-Progress. 

    For unattended automation, I would recommend a combination of progress/status + logging + failure notification. A progress bar alone isn't sufficient because it can't tell you whether a job has silently failed.