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blbdt36
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9 years ago
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Using Text files for testing data in a script

Is there any way to use a text file for testing data in a script?  For example, I want to have a file that will show the following: Field Name, Testing Area, Expected Value Field 1, value, "foo" F...
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    blbdt36
    9 years ago

    This is what I ended up doing (with a little help from a developer).  I created a function that will read the file all in one go (with some help from the KeyWord Test to Script translations.  As it reads the file, it uses an array to hold each line as an object.  The first column was the object name and the others were data values I want to check.

     

    When I call the array object variable, I just need to name the correct object to get the data I need for that test case.  And make sure that all the functions include //USEUNIT and my parsing function

     

    What I did is below:

    Example file:

    FieldName    Value    Color

    name             190        green

    amount          0             red

     

     

    Run the file through the following function in the main script:

     

     

    var testcases =[];
var fieldname = '';

function parseInputFile()
{
Project.Variables.inputfile.Reset() ;

for(; !Project.Variables.inputfile.IsEOF() ; )
{
fieldname = Project.Variables.inputfile.Value("FieldName") ;
testcases[fieldname]={Value: Project.Variables.inputfile.Value("Value"), Color: Project.Variables.inputfile.Value("Color") };
Project.Variables.inputfile.Next() ;
}

}

     

     

     

    Then, I just reference the object I want in my function

     

     

    //USEUNIT ParseFile

function testName()
{
  Log.Message(testcases['name'].Value);  //this will equal 190

}

     

     

     

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blbdt36
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Wow - that is really complicated.  I wasn't planning on writing 3 functions just to read a file.  That also seems like it will have to run every time I want to access the file.  I don't want that at all.  

 

I think I mis-worded my original request.  I do want to dump the file, but not on the screen as I saw when originally searching.  I want it into an array/object that I can access through out the project.  So, run a parsing function that dumps the data into a variable and access that data in other functions as I run through all my tests.

 

 

blbdt36's avatar
blbdt36
Contributor
9 years ago

This is what I ended up doing (with a little help from a developer).  I created a function that will read the file all in one go (with some help from the KeyWord Test to Script translations.  As it reads the file, it uses an array to hold each line as an object.  The first column was the object name and the others were data values I want to check.

 

When I call the array object variable, I just need to name the correct object to get the data I need for that test case.  And make sure that all the functions include //USEUNIT and my parsing function

 

What I did is below:

Example file:

FieldName    Value    Color

name             190        green

amount          0             red

 

 

Run the file through the following function in the main script:

 

 

var testcases =[];
var fieldname = '';

function parseInputFile()
{
Project.Variables.inputfile.Reset() ;

for(; !Project.Variables.inputfile.IsEOF() ; )
{
fieldname = Project.Variables.inputfile.Value("FieldName") ;
testcases[fieldname]={Value: Project.Variables.inputfile.Value("Value"), Color: Project.Variables.inputfile.Value("Color") };
Project.Variables.inputfile.Next() ;
}

}

 

 

 

Then, I just reference the object I want in my function

 

 

//USEUNIT ParseFile

function testName()
{
  Log.Message(testcases['name'].Value);  //this will equal 190

}

 

 

 

  • Marsha_R's avatar
    Marsha_R
    Champion Level 3
    9 years ago

    That's exactly what DDT drivers would have done for you, except in TestComplete functionality.  ;)

    • blbdt36's avatar
      blbdt36
      Contributor
      9 years ago

      Really?  I wonder why it took three functions - lol.  I find their example functions hard to read though, a lot of unneeded variables being assigned imho.  Thanks for letting me know!  :)