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nedbacan
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How to run a TestComplete test between mutiple instance of Chrome using different user profile

Hello.

In Test Complete, Is it possible to open two instances of Chrome at the same time using different user profile, and executing the tests between both profiles?

 

The reason of my question is that I have the following manual test case I would like to automate using 2 chrome sessions running at the same time. It is important for both Chromes not to use the same user profile.

 

             1) Launch Chrome (1) using profile(1)

  •     2) On Chrome (1) - Log on as user1 onto the web app.
  •     3) On Chrome (1) - Create a patient and assign patient to user 2.
  •     4) On Chrome (1) - Make the call for user2 to accept the patient.
  • 5) Start another session of Chrome, but with profile (2) and keeping the other session of Chrome(1) opened.
  •     6) On Chrome (2) - Log on as user2
  •    7) On Chrome (2) - Check patient is in user 2 list.
  •    8. On Chrome (2) - Accept user 1 call and perform a few actions.
  •    9) On Chrome (2) - user 2 return patient to user1
  • 10) Return to Chrome (1) 
  • 11) On Chrome (1) - User 1 ends the patient visit after a few actions
  • 12) Both users logs out.
  •  
  • I hope someone can help explain how it can be done by example. 

Thank you.

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  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    2 years ago

    To nedbacan :

     

    rraghvani wrote: "I've defined two alias name mappings for each of the two browsers."

    Actually, you are not required to create two aliases because this will duplicate child objects hierarchy with seems to be identical otherwise.

    The task that you must solve is: you must configure alias for the browser and/or for the displayed page so that it becomes possible to distinguish between them during runtime.

    As an example, you may use process index to distinguish between two browsers.

    To do this:

    -- Create, for example, temporary project variable called iBrowserIndex;

    -- Edit identification parameters for the browser object in NameMapping so that they (parameters) include process index property and set iBrowserIndex variable as a value for this property;

    -- Now, during runtime, start first browser, get a reference to its process (using 

    Browsers.CurrentBrowser call, for example) and store somewhere the value of its process index;

    -- Start second browser and also store the value of its process index;

    -- Now, depending on with what browser your test code needs to work, assign the value of the stored process index to the iBrowserIndex variable.

     

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  • rraghvani's avatar
    rraghvani
    Champion Level 3
    2 years ago

    See my previous response, screenshot and properties used to distinguish between the two browsers. 

     

    I've defined two alias name mappings for each of the two browsers. You only have one alias name mapping!

    • AlexKaras's avatar
      AlexKaras
      Champion Level 3
      2 years ago

      To nedbacan :

       

      rraghvani wrote: "I've defined two alias name mappings for each of the two browsers."

      Actually, you are not required to create two aliases because this will duplicate child objects hierarchy with seems to be identical otherwise.

      The task that you must solve is: you must configure alias for the browser and/or for the displayed page so that it becomes possible to distinguish between them during runtime.

      As an example, you may use process index to distinguish between two browsers.

      To do this:

      -- Create, for example, temporary project variable called iBrowserIndex;

      -- Edit identification parameters for the browser object in NameMapping so that they (parameters) include process index property and set iBrowserIndex variable as a value for this property;

      -- Now, during runtime, start first browser, get a reference to its process (using 

      Browsers.CurrentBrowser call, for example) and store somewhere the value of its process index;

      -- Start second browser and also store the value of its process index;

      -- Now, depending on with what browser your test code needs to work, assign the value of the stored process index to the iBrowserIndex variable.

       

      • nedbacan's avatar
        nedbacan
        Frequent Contributor
        2 years ago

        AlexKaras, Can you provide an example I can follow, is there any other method like what rraghvani suggested, his seems much easier to do but according to your comments it will give problems. 

         

        Any other alternatives ?. This will be a big plus for our team if we can make our scripts work with two browsers simultaneously.  

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

    If this is something that Chrome allows you to do in a manual test, then you should just do a recording and walk through the steps that you need to use.

     

    TestComplete will allow multiple tabs and moving between them but I don't know if Chrome lets you be logged in with two different users at the same time.

     

    I'm curious - what's your user story that has two users logged in on the same machine at the same time?

    • nedbacan's avatar
      nedbacan
      Frequent Contributor
      2 years ago

      Yes, Chrome allows two browsers to be opened using different profiles.

       

      In my manual test, I open two Chrome windows using two user profile. 

      The reason I do this is to be able to log on different users to the web app being tested without having to go on to another computer to launch the web app for the 2nd user.

       

      I would like to know what method I need to use to open two instances of Chrome with different user profile.

       

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

        I just wonder if this is not a situation that would happen in real usage of the product.

         

        In any case, I would still do it with a recording. You can record in either keyword test mode or script test mode and walk through the manual steps and that will give you the code you need.

  • rraghvani's avatar
    rraghvani
    Champion Level 3
    2 years ago

    AlexKaras the example that I had shown is not an actual solution, but a way of trying to explain and show using TC, how to distinguish between browsers, without being too technical. 

  • tvklovesu's avatar
    tvklovesu
    Frequent Contributor
    2 years ago

    You can do that using the chrome capabilities while launching the browser

    {
      "goog:chromeOptions": {
        "args": [
          "user-data-dir=C:/Users/{username}/Desktop/User Data",
          "profile-directory=Profile 2"
        ]
      }
    } 

    .

    But the issue here would be the complete E2E test should be in same keyword test. So TC will treat it as one test case and run the steps.

  • nedbacan's avatar
    nedbacan
    Frequent Contributor
    2 years ago

    Hello.  I am trying to learn how to launch Chrome with a profile user, which in this case will be 2.  But the program ends with an error  ..... " The process "browser" does not exist."

      I checked the chrome is in the Object Browser.  Can someone give me more detail on overcoming this error, I was reading something about creating an alias for it, but I am not familiar with this. 

    Thank you.

     

     

    function LaunchChromeWithProfile2() {
// Get the path to the Chrome executable
var chromePath = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe";
// Get the path to the "Profile 2" profile
var profilePath = "C:\\Users\\username\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Profile 2";
  
// Launch Chrome with the "Profile 2" profile
Aliases.browser.Run(chromePath, "--user-data-dir=" + profilePath);

}

     

     

  • rraghvani's avatar
    rraghvani
    Champion Level 3
    2 years ago

    This would not work for me,

     

    function SetChromeRunOptions()
{
    var URL = "https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp";
    Browsers.Item("chrome").RunOptions = "--user-data-dir=C:\\Temp\\User1";
    Browsers.Item("chrome").Run(URL);

    var URL = "https://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp";
    Browsers.Item("chrome").RunOptions = "--user-data-dir=C:\\Temp\\User2";
    Browsers.Item("chrome").Run(URL);
}

     

    However, if I use TestedApps then it works fine,

     

    function Chromes()
{
    var chrome1 = TestedApps.chrome1.Run();
    var chrome2 = TestedApps.chrome2.Run();
}

     

     

     

     

    • nedbacan's avatar
      nedbacan
      Frequent Contributor
      2 years ago

      rraghvani , everything works great with both browser launching at once or one at a time, but I am having an issue with trying to interact with the 2nd launch.  Here is my scenario.

       

      The first script launches chome1 with a logon screen, and goes through a successful login.

      The second script launches chrome2 with the same logon screen, but it fails "Unable to find the following object when executing the SetText commmand", this is the username text box.

       

      On the desktop, this is what I see:

      1. The first browser (chrome1) has the landing page.
      2. The second browser (chrome2) remains on the logon page because it fails to find the object.

      Both scripts work fine when I run it individually, one browser only. 

      Also, if I was to open chrome1 with Google, I can run the 2nd script and logon with no problem. 

       

      First Script

       

      function Logon_Store1()
{
  //Call TestApp.Chrome1
  TestedApps.chrome1.Run();
  //Logon store user
  let storeuser = Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.formKcFormLogin.textboxUsernameOrEmail;
  storeuser.SetText("userstore1");
  
  let Password = Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.FindElement("//input[@id=(//label[contains(.,'Password')]/@for)]")
  Password.SetText("password!!");

  Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.formKcFormLogin.submitbuttonLogIn.Click();
  
  Sys.WaitBrowser(50000)

}

       

      Second script

       

      function Login_Phy1()
{
  //Call TestApp.Chrome2
  TestedApps.chrome2.Run();
  
  //Enter Username
  let storeuser = Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.formKcFormLogin.textboxUsernameOrEmail;
  storeuser.SetText("physican1");
  
  //Enter Password
  let Password = Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.FindElement("//input[@id=(//label[contains(.,'Password')]/@for)]")
  Password.SetText("password!!");
  
  //Click log on button
  Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.formKcFormLogin.submitbuttonLogIn.Click();
  
  Sys.WaitBrowser(80000);

}

       

       

      • AlexKaras's avatar
        AlexKaras
        Champion Level 3
        2 years ago

        Hi,

         

        How Aliases.browser is defined in your NameMapping?

         

  • nedbacan's avatar
    nedbacan
    Frequent Contributor
    2 years ago

    Thanks for your response. Sorry, but can you explain in detail how this function works or if you can show step by step. 

     

    It returns an error, "TestedApps not defined".   Sorry, I am not well-versed in declaring functions

    function Chromes()
{
    var chrome1 = TestedApps.chrome1.Run();
    var chrome2 = TestedApps.chrome2.Run();
}

     

     

     

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

    nedbacan I'm still curious - what is your use case for this? Is there actually a point where you will have an admin and a user logged on to two browser tabs on the same screen in actual usage? I'm not understanding how this works.

    • nedbacan's avatar
      nedbacan
      Frequent Contributor
      2 years ago

      The reason is that the web application being tested can only have one session opened at a time.  

      If I was to launch the Chrome browser (chrome1) and logon to the app as user1.

      Next launch another Chrome browser (chrome1) and call the app.

      Then logon as another user (i.e Admin) it will display "You are already logged in"

      Even if I am logging on as a different user.

      If I continue, it will end the first launch session that I opened and keep the 2nd one. 

       

      Marsha_R , I am not referring to two browser tabs, but having two Windows of chrome open at once. 

       

      Here is my use case reason:

      I need two windows open of chrome to test the interaction between users.

      For instance, when user-1 creates an item in his page,

      the other user-2 gets a message or a button becomes enabled

      Some of the features will not be available unless both users are logged on at the same time.

      Both users need to be logged on for some of the features on the app to work. 

       

      This test is done manually by opening two Chrome browsers with different profiles. This way, it is being treated as a different login instance.

       

      I hope I explained myself.  Thank you for asking. 

  • rraghvani's avatar
    rraghvani
    Champion Level 3
    2 years ago

    In both of your codes,

     

    //Call TestApp.Chrome1
TestedApps.chrome1.Run();

//Logon store user
let storeuser = Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.formKcFormLogin.textboxUsernameOrEmail;
storeuser.SetText("userstore1");

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//Call TestApp.Chrome2
TestedApps.chrome2.Run();

//Enter Username
let storeuser = Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.formKcFormLogin.textboxUsernameOrEmail;
storeuser.SetText("physican1");

     

    You have defined a name mapping Aliases.browser.pageLogInToApplication.formKcFormLogin.

     

    How does TC know which browser to interact with, if you are using the same alias name?

     

     

     

     

    • nedbacan's avatar
      nedbacan
      Frequent Contributor
      2 years ago

      I used the Spy tool to capture the text boxes for each browser that was launched.  I took the Aliases provided in the spy tool.

       

      Should it be different?  

       

      Chrome 1 > User name text box

      Chrome 2 > Username text box