Need help with 'GeneralEvents_OnLogError'

[royd]

Hi All

I am trying to save the log when TestComplete encounters an error and stops. After much reading, searching I have this bit working.

function swceLogin(){

  Browsers.Item("iexplore").Run("[APPLICATION URL]");
  
  var browser =  Sys.Browser("iexplore");
  var page = browser.Page("*THC*");
  var userName =  page.FindChildEx("idStr", "txtUserName", 10, true, 10000);
  var userPass = page.FindChild("idStr", "txtPassword", 10);
  var  btnLogin = page.FindChild("idStr", "lnkLogin", 10);
  
  userName.SetText("[USER]");
  userPass.SetText("[PASSWORD]");
  btnLogin.ClickButton();
  
  var pName = page.FindChild("idStr", "Name", 15); //wrong valu for 'idStr' for the test to fail
  var btnSearch = page.FindChild("idStr", "ctl00_masterBodyContent_LinkButtonSearch", 15);
  
  pName.SetText("Morgan, Tom"); // test fails here
  btnSearch.ClickButton(); 
}
  
function GeneralEvents_OnLogError(Sender, LogParams){
  var sPath = "C:\\TestLog\\Log.mht";

    if (aqFileSystem.Exists(sPath)) 
    aqFileSystem.DeleteFile(sPath);
  
    Log.SaveResultsAs("C:\\TestLog\\Log.mht", lsMHT, false, lesCurrentTestItem);
  }

Problem is, the log does not contain the error message that caused the script to stop! Is there a way to save the log that includes the error message?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[AlexKaras · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Do you need to export the log at the moment when error occurs?

The reason of your problem is that the handler is called before the error is actually posted to the log. This gives you a chance to not post it to the log.

You may consider to set your Test Item to stop on error and move your code from the OnLogError handler to the OnStopTest one.

[tristaanogre]

The OnLogError event handler interrupts the log process.  IT is not until AFTER the event handler executes that the error gets written to the log.  So, by doing the export within the handler, you won't get the error in the log without explicitly putting it there.  You could try adding your export to the OnStopTest event handler instead.

I would suggest, also, before you do the export call Log.SaveToDisk to make sure you've flushed the latest entries to disk before you do the export.

[royd]

Hi Alex

Thanks for your insight. Just tried it and it worked!! 😄 I really appreciate your help.

Regards.

Dave

[royd]

Hi Robert

Thanks for your and Alex's insight. I got it to work. To your point "... make sure you've flushed the latest entries to disk before you do the export.". I have done this:

  var sPath = "C:\\TestLog\\Log.mht";

  if (aqFileSystem.Exists(sPath)) 
  aqFileSystem.DeleteFile(sPath);

I thought it should delete the last 'Log.mht' file. If I am wrong, can you please tell me how I should do just that?

Regards.

Dave

[cunderw]

Correct, that will delete the old file. @tristaanogre's suggestion was to call the save to disk so that the logs are already written when you export instead of residing only in memory.