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m_essaid
Valued Contributor
8 years ago

specifying project in a TestExecute run

Hi,   If I read correctly there is no way to specify the project while running a test with TestExecute ?   TestExecute can only run a whole Project Suite n which project and items are checked or ...
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    8 years ago

    I'm assuming you've read this article?

    https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/working-with/automating/command-line-and-exit-codes/command-line.html

     

    Because, all you need to do is pass in the project suite as the file name and then the project name.  That is, so long as the project is part of the project suite.  Something like

     

    "C:\Program Files\SmartBear\TestComplete 12\Bin\TestComplete.exe" "C:\My Projects\MySuite.pjs" /r /p:MyProj /e /SilentMode

    The above example is taken straight from the help topic.  This will load the project suite and then execute the project indicated.

    Now, just one note... the project must be part of the project suite.  If you're trying to run a project and have it report under a project suite to which it is not attached, this will not work.  But the above code line should do what you're asking given any project within a given project suite.

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor

You are correct, there's no way to list multiple projects in the same command line.  That is, technically, what a project suite is intended to do.  So, if you want to run two projects in sequence, you'll need to either create a project suite with only those two projects or call them on two separate command line calls.

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m_essaid
Valued Contributor
8 years ago

Thanks, but none of theses solutions are good for me.

 

If I create 2 ProjectSuite, I will need to add all the Stores\Files and maintain them... It's heavy.

 

And I can't use the Start /wait command because between 2 projects I use a lot cmd runs...

 

The only thing I could do I to manage to make a powershell script. But it's a pain.

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    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    8 years ago

    Maintaining project suites isn't heavy.  They are containers of projects.  All the Stores\Files things you are mentioning are kept with the project, not the project suite, so it's simply a matter of attaching projects to multiple suites.  Right click on the suite, select "Add Existing Item", browse to your MDS file, and all your project stuff should now be in the test suite.  The only maintenance that is necessary would be if you are using Suite level variables that you would just need to make sure are in every suite.  But really, creating multiple project suites is what project suites were intended to do... grouping a number of projects together to run in order.

    • m_essaid's avatar
      m_essaid
      Valued Contributor
      8 years ago

      tristaanogre: I just tried and you're right. Thank you very much.