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steve_clarke
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7 years ago
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Unable to run a test script that contains more than one test.

Hi,   I am running TC 12.31 build 1833 on a Windows 10Pro machine.   I have a test project with a number of script (written in Delphi) units. Some of these units have more than one test within th...
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    steve_clarke
    7 years ago

    Hi tristaanogre/cunderw,

     

    I think I have spent as much time as I wish trying to figure out what the issue might be and will close this discussion.

    I thank you both for your replies and assistance.

     

    At the end of the day, I simply re-arranged the way my scripts run in order to get them to work, which is the important thing.

    This wasn't a 'show-stopper', though it would have been nice to know why it happened.

     

    Though tempted, as I can't say I'm a big fan of the new style Defects/Test Sets layout, I don't really have the time (at present) to roll-back to previous versions to prove something I already know to be true.

     

    Cheers,

    Steve.

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cunderw
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How are you calling the unit? Do you get an error? 

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steve_clarke
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7 years ago

Hi cunderw,

 

The test script contains two test units, written in Delphi, using a naming convention of "test4" followed by "test5". The test script is one of 15 within a project that, is in turn, part of a project suite containing four projects to test a desktop application.

The test script is the third, in turn, to run within the project, as ordered in the project Test Items listing.

There are no errors, when it comes to running the script, test4 is run and test5 is simply skipped and TC moves on to the next script, containing test6.

As stated earlier, this has been working without fail for some considerable time and this issue, of skipping, has only occurred recently.

 

Cheers,

Steve.

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    cunderw
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    7 years ago

    As far as I know you cannot and have never been able to run an entire script unit in Test complete, just individual functions / routines. Are you sure that each test inside the unit was not originally added as individual test items or that they weren't called by each other in the unit? 

     

    Are you using any kind of version control system? If so I would revert back to a commit where it was working and compare the difference to what it is currently. 

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      steve_clarke
      Contributor
      7 years ago

      Hi cunderw,

       

      "As far as I know you cannot and have never been able to run an entire script unit in Test complete, just individual functions / routines."...seriously?

       

      Perhaps it wasn't clear, what I said before, I'll try to elaborate:

      I have a Project Suite. The Suite contains 4 Projects. Each of the 4 Projects contains a number of scripts that, in turn, contain tests. Some of the scripts contain more than one test.

      The tests can be run individually, by Project or altogether from Project Suite level. It has been this way since we first starting using Test Complete in 2013.

      It remained so until the new version when, for whatever reason, the scripts that had more than one test didn't run fully. Only the first test in those particular scripts was run.

      Now, I know I can get around this, what I was trying to find out is why this sudden change and what caused it.

       

      Cheers,

      Steve.

       

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        cunderw
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        7 years ago

        Right that's what I'm saying, when you add something from a script unit to your project's test items, you have to specify the test/function/routine that you want to run from the unit. It does not and never has (as far as I know) just ran the entire unit without  adding each test/function/routine as a test item. Maybe if you could provide a screenshot?

         

        Also, like I said before I would revert your assets in source control back to a time when you know for sure it worked and see if there are any differences.