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stampy986
Occasional Contributor
6 years ago

Should Test Execute honor on error properties?

Hi all, I have some tests failing with TE that are not failing when I run TC. Scenario: I have an application that is only part of the main overall build. When I launch it standalone, it throws a ...
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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
6 years ago

Technically speaking, those settings are stored in the project.  I believe in the MDS file.  If that file has not been copied to the new machine properly, that would cause this difference in behavior. 

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    stampy986
    Occasional Contributor
    6 years ago

    Unfortunately it the same machine, I am just kicking off test execute to run it.

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      tristaanogre
      Esteemed Contributor
      6 years ago

      Double check something.  In your test items, right click and select "Field Chooser".  Then drag in the field for "On exception" and see what the setting for that is.

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        stampy986
        Occasional Contributor
        6 years ago

        I didnt notice that property before now and it was set to stop on error.   I have changed it to continue, but it did not help. My application still closes when test execute tries to launch it.   It still launches correct through test complete