Increasing variable value

Hi Mathijs,



In VBScript, x = y can mean two things:

• 
  An assignment, where the value of y is assigned to x.


• 
  A comparison of the x and y values. If the values are the same, the result is True; if they are not, the result is False.

 

In VBScript projects, Run Code Snippet works like VBScript's Eval function and treats = as a comparison. To treat = as an assignment, you need to wrap the code into the Execute statement:

 Or you can use Set Variable Value with this Value:

 

Try to use "Statements -> Set variable value" and there increase your variable as "Code expression"

Daniel,



thank you for the additional information.

That actually did the trick.



I made an error in the statement in the Code Expression box:

instead of keywordtests.variables.tellertje + 1



I used:

keywordtests.variables.tellertje = keywordtests.variables.tellertje + 1



Thanks both for the info!!

Anyone??

Andrew,



I have tried that, but does not work. The variable remains keeping its initial value (0), and does not get increased.



See attached screenshot. I expected that the while loop would run 5 times. However the loop keeps running endless.



Also, I noticed that if I make a separate script function for increasing the variable, and invoke it the "Run script routine" the variable is increased.



Is this a malfunction in TC?

Mathijs,

Glad to hear you got it working!



Helen,

Thanks for the great detail about how the Run Code Snippet works!

Perhaps this might be useful detail to include in the TestComplete documentation?  I know it is specific to VBScript, but VBS is pretty widely used so I would guess that this info will help many TestComplete users.



Happy Thursday!

Daniel,



Thanks for the feedback! I've added this to our TODO list.