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paul_nardell
New Contributor
15 years ago

TestComplete Evaluate Statement function equivalent

Does TestComplete have an Evaluate function equivalent? What I'm trying to do is build a string then execute it as a function call. So for example, if I have a function called "Start_App...
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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
15 years ago
Yes, TestComplete has an evaluate function.  In fact, I use it frequently.  My code example below is DelphiScript but it should give you an idea of the capability.





        Document := Sys.OleObject(XML_DOM_OBJECT);

        Document.Load(BaselineDirectory + EVENT_TICKET_HOLD_BASELINE + VarToStr(Self.MessageID) + '.xml');

        Log.Message(BaselineDirectory + EVENT_TICKET_HOLD_BASELINE + VarToStr(Self.MessageID) + '.xml loaded.');

        //Create object for result

        Log.Message('Attempting to create XML node: ' + MESSAGE_EVENT_TICKET_HOLD + VarToStr(Self.MessageID));

        XML.CreateXML(MESSAGE_EVENT_TICKET_HOLD + VarToStr(Self.MessageID), Document);

        //Compare! Easy peasy. 

        Comparison := Evaluate('XML.' + MESSAGE_EVENT_TICKET_HOLD + VarToStr(Self.MessageID));

        Comparison.Options.IgnoreNodeOrder := True; 

        Comparison.Compare(Response.DOMObject);





Now, I don't think you can use Evaluate to evaluate a function, only an object.  However, if you want do do a function call, you can do something like this.





        Result := ODT.Classes.New('eGalaxyMessage');

        Result := Runner.CallMethod('ODT' + aMessageType + 'Message.AddObjectSpecificProperties', Result);





Hope this helps!



P.S. Hi, gang!  I'm back... been away too long...