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santoguya
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15 years ago

Using VMWare COM API in TestComplete

In this article you discuss how to launch VMWare, load a virtual image, and power off a virtual machine using VMWare's COM API.



http://www.automatedqa.com/techpapers/testcomplete/automated-testing-in-virtual-labs/



Sub sub1



  Dim vmHost, vmMachine



  Set vmHost = dotNET.Vestris_VMWareLib.VMWareVirtualHost.zctor



  vmHost.ConnectToVMWareWorkstation



  Set vmMachine = vmHost.Open("c:\VMWare virtualmachines\vm1.vmx")



  vmMachine.PowerOn(5000)



  Call vmMachine.Login("tester", "password")



  vmMachine.PowerOff

End Sub



I tried using this code in a test script and ran it and ran into this runtime exception:



"Object doesnt support this property or method: dotNET.Vestris_VMWareLib"



The article says "We use a .NET wrapper for VIX COM API to power on and then to power off a virtual PC" when referring to the above code. Since i have the VIX API installed, shouldn't TestComplete be able to recognize this .NET code? Or do I need to install something manually (install extensions, etc.)?



I have TestComplete 8.2, VMWare Workstation 7.1.3, and also installed VMWare VIX API 1.6.2 installed.



Thanks!
  • YMinaev's avatar
    YMinaev
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    15 years ago
    Hi,



    Add the Vestris.VMWareLib.dll assembly, which is a part of VMWare VIX API, to CLR Bridge settings of your project. You can find more information on VIX here.
  • santoguya's avatar
    santoguya
    Contributor
    15 years ago
    Hi Jared,



    I cannot find that Vestris.VMWareLib.dll anywhere on my computer. I tried looking in :

    1. C:\Program Files\VMWare\VMWare VIX\

    2. C:\Program Files\VMWare\VMWare Workstation\

    3. C:\Windows\system32\

    4. a Windows search on my whole C:\



    Is the DLL named something else? I tried adding CLR bridge dlls in the VMWare VIX folder such as VIXCom.dll, vix.dll, and vixd.dll but I still couldnt get the dotNET.Vestris_VMWareLib class to be recognized in my code.



    VMWare is not being very helpful in solving my problems because they dont really support pre-sales support, I purchased TestComplete Enterprise already and looking to purchas VMWare but I need to get this working first to demo my automation.
  • YMinaev's avatar
    YMinaev
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    15 years ago

    Hi Randy,


    It looks like you need to download the SDK from VMWare's web site to get the needed assembly. I've googled 'Vestris.VMWareLib' and found this article, and here's the SDK download link.


    Does this help?

  • santoguya's avatar
    santoguya
    Contributor
    15 years ago
    I've downloaded that already and also three other versions of the VIX API SDK:



    VMware-vix-1.6.2-266898.exe

    VMware-vix-1.10.1-266898.exe

    VMware-vix-1.10.2-331862.exe



    I still cannot find the required DLL on my system when I install those executables.



    Can you try downloading it and seeing if that DLL even exists?
  • santoguya's avatar
    santoguya
    Contributor
    15 years ago
    Do you have some project examples where your developers have successfully integrated TestComplete with VMWare?
  • YMinaev's avatar
    YMinaev
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    15 years ago
    Hi Randy,



    I'll check this here and let you know what you need to make this script work.
  • MichaelP's avatar
    MichaelP
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    14 years ago
    I've downloaded the latest VIX api sdk and I can't find any vestris.vmwarelib.dll either!  Perhaps some other dll is used instead.  I did see a VixCOM.dll but when I add that to the CLR Bridge, I can't access anything related to any vmware library from my script.



    Michael
  • MichaelP's avatar
    MichaelP
    Contributor
    14 years ago
    OK - I found it you.  You need to download the Vestris VMWare Tesks.zip.



    I did this and made reference to the vestrisVMWareLib.dll and I still can't access it from my script.



    This is what I have tried in Jscrip:



    Functions (VM)

    {


    var vmHost;


    vmHost = dotNET. [nothing is in the list that relates to the VMWare library]


     


    }