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tc_2018
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6 years ago

Working command line does not work in batch file

Hello Everyone,   My command line below works perfectly when running on CMD. However, when I put it a batch file, it does not execute my test. It only opens my test suite.   c:\Program Files ...
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    tristaanogre
    6 years ago

    You can't run the batch file from TestComplete like that... you need to call TestComplete within the batchfile as the part of the command line as indicated.  Then simply execute the batch file.

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tc_2018
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tristaanogre wrote:

You need to actually reference the TestComplete tool.  

 

REM Clears the screen
CLS
@ECHO OFF
REM Launches TestComplete,
REM executes the specified project
REM and closes TestComplete when the run is over
"C:\Program FIles (x86)\SmartBear\TestComplete 14\bin\TestComplete.exe" "C:\Works\DriverLicense\DLS_SmokeTest.pjs" /r /p:DLS_SmokeTest /t:"KeywordTests|MyTests" /run /exit

IF ERRORLEVEL 1001 GOTO NotEnoughDiskSpace
IF ERRORLEVEL 1000 GOTO AnotherInstance

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From CMD, I cd to C:\Program FIles (x86)\SmartBear\TestComplete 14\bin\. And

C:\Program FIles (x86)\SmartBear\TestComplete 14\bin> TestComplete.exe myTestFile.bat

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
6 years ago

You can't run the batch file from TestComplete like that... you need to call TestComplete within the batchfile as the part of the command line as indicated.  Then simply execute the batch file.