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Chi
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago

Log.SaveResultsAs() returns false when test fails

Hi,

 

I'm trying to export my test results to XML and I'm noticing that the Log.SaveResultsAs() method fails when my test fails. But succeeds when my test passes. I'm not sure why that would be the case. This is the line of code, I check the "success" variable:

 

var success = Log.SaveResultsAs("..\\XmlTestResults\\TestResults.xml", 0, true, 0);

 

Is there a way to get more information apart from a return value of just true or false?

 

My test is run in a VM via a Network Suite and this SaveResultAs is the last Test Item in the project to be run on the host. Attached are my Playback Project Settings.

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  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    8 years ago

    When you say that your test fails, what do you mean?  The reason I ask is that a failure in the test MAY be an error in the TestLog that is actually logged... OR it could be a syntax error in your test that causes the project to fail before it even attempts to write a test log.

    If we could have a bit more info on the "failure", that would help... in the meantime, your code looks fine.

    • Chi's avatar
      Chi
      Occasional Contributor
      8 years ago

      Hi Robert,

       

      The test failure is a file comparison fail (I expected it to fail because I added the difference myself). It is this bit of code:

       

      if (Files.CrashReport_config.Check(systemDrive + "\\ProgramData\\Company\\CrashReport.config"))
          Log.Checkpoint("GID235250_InstallLogging: User Details are correctly written to C:\\ProgramData\\Company\\CrashReport.config");
      else
          Log.Error("GID235250_InstallLogging: User Details are NOT correctly written to C:\\ProgramData\\Company\\CrashReport.config");

       

      The Check returns false which produces the attached logs. Log1.jpg shows the Check method writing an Error to the log due to the file difference. Log2.jpg shows the file difference. Log3.jpg shows the test moving on to the next Test Item which is the SaveResultAs method.

       

      From other tests which I have executed since my original post, I am able to get that SaveResultAs method to work in situations where I've encountered an error in a test and aborted that test due to my "Stop on error" setting. It appears it's this particular scenario with the file comparison that's not behaving properly.