Do we have access for BuiltIn object at Script Extensions

Question

Hi All,My aim is to have a method at our Script Extensions file, that would return the array of command line variables.But it looks like we do not have access for 'BuiltIn' objects&nbsp;at Script Extensions, which can be used to get command line variables.Just want to be sure about it. Also is there any other way to get the command line variables, such that it would be a global method (i.e., at Script Extensions).&nbsp;Thanks,Saravana&nbsp;Update about Solution[30/3/2017]:Too many inputs, really confused to Accept what as a solution.Thank you so much&nbsp;HKosova,&nbsp;tristaanogre&nbsp;and&nbsp;shankar_r.&nbsp;I would&nbsp;accept&nbsp;HKosova&nbsp;idea as a solution because he has given the insight which is what I asked for. Special thanks to&nbsp;tristaanogre&nbsp;for sharing your utilities and also to&nbsp;shankar_r&nbsp;for showing another way to deal the issue.&nbsp;

hkosova · Accepted Answer

BuiltIn.ParamCount and .ParamStr are wrappers over Sys.Process("TestComplete").CommandLine, so you can try parsing the CommandLine string yourself. Just&nbsp;be aware&nbsp;that spaces can be part of an argument value -- if that argument is enclosed in quotes.
&nbsp;
If you use both TestComplete and TestExecute, you'll also need to find out what the current test runner is. Maybe try Sys.WaitProcess("TestExecute") first and fall back to TestComplete.
&nbsp;
Or go with&nbsp;tristaanogre's suggestion and&nbsp;use config files instead.

shankar_r · Answer

I also had similar kind of requirement from my client that we should be able to change the Reports path as our automation framework will generate the HTML/Excel/Word reports.&nbsp;I did like below in-order to achieve this scenario irrespective of whether we are using Test Complete or Test Execute to run.&nbsp;1) In Project's test item i will call this InitiateExecution function.&nbsp;&nbsp;function InitiateExecution()
{
      //Setup Report path related
      var get_ReportPath = "ReportPath";
      
      try
      {
            //Storing all parameter values
            Store_CommandLine_Parameters();
      
            //Process for set a Logs path
            var logspath = aqConvert.VarToStr(getParamValue(get_ReportPath));
            
            if(aqString.Compare(logspath,"NOPARAM",false) == 0)
            {
                  isNewHTMLLogsPath = false;    
            }
            else
            {
                  if(logspath != "")
                  {     
                        if(aqString.SubString(logspath,0,aqString.GetLength(logspath)-1) != "\")
                        {
                              CL_HTMLlogsPath = logspath + "\";      
                        }
                        else
                        {
                              CL_HTMLlogsPath = logspath;
                        }
                        isNewHTMLLogsPath = true;     
                  }
                  else
                  {
                        isNewHTMLLogsPath = false;    
                  }
            }
                        
      }
      catch(ex)
      {
            Log.Error("Error: " + ex);
      }
      
}&nbsp;2) when calling this Store_CommandLine_Parameters function, it will all command line arguments to a Project variable.&nbsp;&nbsp;function Store_CommandLine_Parameters()
{
      var count_CL_Parameters = BuiltIn.ParamCount(); 
      var pv_ColumnName = "CL_Parameter";
      Project.Variables.CommandLineParameters.RowCount = count_CL_Parameters + 1;
       
      try
      {
            for(var a = 0 ; a &lt;= count_CL_Parameters ; a++)
            {
                  Project.Variables.CommandLineParameters.$set(pv_ColumnName,a,aqConvert.VarToStr(BuiltIn.ParamStr(a)));
            }
            return true;      
      }
      catch(ex)
      {
            Log.Warning("Error while processing Commandline parameter(s). Error: " + ex.stack);
            return false;
      }         
}3) getParamValue function will return me the string that is for the custom parameter.&nbsp;For Ex:&nbsp;Command Line Parameter is"C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\TestComplete 12\Bin\TestComplete.exe" "D:\Automation\Scripts\AutomationCodes\Health_Report.pjs" /r ReportPath:C:\Test &nbsp;getParamValu("ReportPath")returns me the C:\Test&nbsp;value. Based this value i will set the logs path and call the function which start the actual execution.&nbsp;function getParamValue(str_StaticValue)
{
      var pv_ColumnName = "CL_Parameter";
      var commandParams = Project.Variables.CommandLineParameters;
      var currentHitedParameter = "";
      var tempStart = "", actualString = "",isAvailable = false;
      
      for(var b = 0 ; b &lt; commandParams.RowCount ; b++)
      {
            if(aqString.Find(commandParams.Item(pv_ColumnName,b) ,str_StaticValue,0,true) != -1)
            {
                  currentHitedParameter = commandParams.Item(pv_ColumnName,b);
                        
                  tempStart = aqString.Find(currentHitedParameter,":",0,false);
                        
                  if(tempStart != -1)
                  {
                        //One or more arguments are out of range. execption occurs when paramter value empty
                        try
                        {
                              actualString = aqString.SubString(currentHitedParameter,tempStart + 1,aqString.GetLength(currentHitedParameter) - tempStart);
                        }
                        catch(ex)
                        {
                             return ""; 
                        }
                        
                        if(actualString == "")
                        {
                              return "";
                        }
                        else
                        {
                              return actualString;
                        }
                  }
                  else
                  {  
                        return "";
                  }
                  
                  isAvailable = true;
            }  
      }
      
      if(!isAvailable)
      {
            return "NOPARAM";
      }             
}&nbsp;If you look at this, it is more are like tristaanogre solution. I'm using this flow for 1+ years with Jenkins for running our scripts.&nbsp;And also with this function, I had a maximum of 18 parameters to process for execution.&nbsp;Let me know if this helped you.

manfred_f · Answer

One more.I use the following Little class located in my infrastructure module to provide Access to any library to my script extensions:&nbsp;Class LibAccessCls
' Zugriff auf TC Standard-Bibliotheken aus Script Extension
   Property Get gDLL
      Set gDLL = DLL
   End Property 
     
   Property Get gWin32Api
      Set gWin32Api = Win32Api
   End Property  
    
   Property Get gOptions
      Set gOptions = Options
   End Property   
    
   Property Get gPVA_0
      Set gPVA_0 = PVA_0
   End Property 
    
   Property Get gBuiltIn
      Set gBuiltIn = builtin
   End Property 
    
   Property Get gdotNET
      Set gdotNET = dotNET
   End Property 
End Class&nbsp;I just Hand in an object of this class when initializing my script extensions (triggered by OnStartTest event), and they can Access Builtin, Options, .., what ever You want.

shankar_r · Answer

I used below function store to my command line arguments into a variable.&nbsp;function Store_CommandLine_Parameters()
{
      var count_CL_Parameters = BuiltIn.ParamCount(); 
      var pv_ColumnName = "CL_Parameter";
      Project.Variables.CommandLineParameters.RowCount = count_CL_Parameters + 1;
       
      try
      {
            for(var a = 0 ; a &lt;= count_CL_Parameters ; a++)
            {
                  Project.Variables.CommandLineParameters.$set(pv_ColumnName,a,aqConvert.VarToStr(BuiltIn.ParamStr(a)));
            }
            return true;      
      }
      catch(ex)
      {
            Log.Warning("Error while processing Commandline parameter(s). Error: " + ex.stack);
            return false;
      }         
}&nbsp;you can edit and do a formative or conversion in-order to meet your requirement.

hkosova · Answer

SaravanaKumar_N wrote:

We have different Jenkins jobs for same project. Jobs would differ with different test data files.
We planned to pass the TestData file name&nbsp;via command line variables. It would be read in OnStart event for initialization.

How about using an environment variable to store the TestData file name? Script extensions can read environment variables using aqEnvironment.GetEnvironmentVariable(). This seems like the easiest solution.

tristaanogre · Answer

FYI, I've updated my utilities extension to include the above code as a method.

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