RDP

[jamesbradley21]

Hi,

I have set up a number of unit tests on TestComplete15. these run from a batch file on a PC in the cloud that I RDP to, With the idea being that they check components of my webservice each day.

When i run them interactively all is good, and if I run directly from a batch file all is fine.

However, if I run on a scheduler and am not connected to the PC via RDP they fail.

if I run the scheduler when I am connected to the RDP ( but the window is minimized all is good.)

Is this a common problem, and if so how do I get around it?

Regards,

james

[Kitt · Accepted solution]

You can try using the [SessionCreator] utility from Smartbear

[jamesbradley21]

Ok this looks promising.

How do i pass in custom variables via this utility?

Eg I had this as an argumnetr but its not accepted anymore

/pv:url="https://xxxxx.theelectricstoragecompany.com

James

[rraghvani]

Refer to the Command-Line Syntax for /arg, in the reference that @Kitt provided.

[Kitt]

I think you might be looking for this [TestComplete reference]:

"Suppose we have a test that takes the config parameter that specifies the tested application configuration: debug or release. The parameter value is passed via command line":

TestComplete.exe "C:\Work\My Projects\MySuite.pjs" /r /p:MyProj /u:Unit1 /rt:Main /config=debug

"If you run your tests via the SessionCreator utility, use its command-line argument (/arg) to pass the parameter to TestComplete":

SessionCreator.exe "C:\Work\My Projects\MySuite.pjs" /r /p:MyProj /u:Unit1 /rt:Main /arg:config=debug

[jamesbradley21]

Thank you.

I think I tried that and got an error but I’ll recheck.

[jamesbradley21]

ok Thats solved. I must have been silly as I thought i tried that.

Last question:

if i want to run the tool from the command line and want to make sure no break points are set can I do this?

[ For my over night runs i keep forgetting to shut of fbreak points i set through out the day.]

James

[rraghvani]

I'm not aware of any parameters that you can use to disable breakpoints when executing the scripts through TestComplete IDE. Ideally, you should use TestExecute. 

[jamesbradley21]

ok Understood. That makes sense.

This issue can be closed now if you like. I am ( very ) satisfied with all answers.

Regards,

james