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sonya_m
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
5 years ago

[TechCorner Challenge #3] - Changing the options from outside of TestComplete

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  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    5 years ago

    Task: Create a script that changes TestComplete options from outside of TestComplete

     

    This is a solution created for [TechCorner Challenge #3]

     

    Hi All,

    I always try to find some time for coding. Recently, I've started learning VBA to create macros in Excel ๐Ÿ˜Ž 

     

    So, here is a sample of how to read TestComplete settings from a setting file. However, I would like to mention that the structure of the setting file isn't documented and, thus, it can be changed from version to version. It's always better to use TestComplete/TestExecute UI to change settings.

     

    Anyway, here is a VBScript code. Please feel free to post your comments.

     

     

     

    Sub readTCsettings
    
      Dim Doc, localappdata, path, jvmSetting, newJvmPath
       
      'get a path to local settings
      localappdata = WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%LOCALAPPDATA%")
      
      'get an object to work with XML
      Set Doc = Sys.OleObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.6.0")
      
      'make sure that we can read a hidden file
      Call Doc.setProperty("ProhibitDTD", false)
      
      Doc.async = false
      path = localappdata + "\SmartBear\TestComplete\14.0\tcSettings.xml"
      
      'load the xml settings file
      Doc.load(path)
      
      'get the node with settings
      Set jvmSetting = Doc.selectNodes("//Node[@name='{2e030b0e-f461-47e8-980a-56851ef43cff}']/Node[@name='{291fd292-a44f-4b82-9232-e8899ca6c851}']/Prp[@name='value']")
      
      if jvmSetting.length = 0 Then
        Log.Message ("JVM setting wasn't found")
      
      Else
        'log the value of the setting
        Log.Message ("Current JVM settings: " & jvmSetting(0).getAttribute("value"))
      
      End If
      
    End Sub