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mfoster711
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2 months ago

Script to Stop and close TestComplete or TestExecute

In my code, I want to check for a certain condition and if it is true then stop execution of the script and close TestComplete. How can this be done? I know that the /exit option is available if I s...
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mfoster711
Regular Contributor
2 months ago

I ended up going with the option to user a PowerShell script. My normal script will run the PowerShell script and stop. This leaves TestComplete open but stopped. The PowerShell script pauses for 20 seconds (to ensure TestComplete has stopped) and then forces TestComplete to close. Not the most elegant, but it works.

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rraghvani
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2 months ago

Have you tried with /exit command-line parameter, as opposed to terminating the process? Terminating the process, may not release the license and when you relaunch TC, it will say that the license is in use.