Ping a machine name and verify IP address

[sriram_sig]

I have a requirement to ping a machinename and fetch its IP address as a step in one of my testcases. Wanted to know if testcomplete can perform operations like this. I just have the license for web module and use python for scripting on testcomplete.

[shankar_r · Accepted solution]

Yes, This can be possible using the WshShell

A sample code to read the output of ping

function getPingResult(serverName)
{
  var oShell = getActiveXObject("WScript.Shell"); // Or oShell = WshShell
  var oExec = oShell.Exec("powershell -command  ping " + serverName );
  oExec.StdIn.Close(); // Close standard input before reading output

  // Get PowerShell output
  var strOutput = oExec.StdOut.ReadAll();
  // Trim leading and trailing empty lines
  strOutput = aqString.Trim(strOutput, aqString.stAll);

  // Post PowerShell output to the test log line by line
  aqString.ListSeparator = "\r\n";
  for (var i = 0; i < aqString.GetListLength(strOutput); i++)
  {
    Log.Message(aqString.GetListItem(strOutput, i));
  }
}

[sriram_sig]

Thank you