Script access to variables for ProjectName, KeywordTestName, etc

I just pasted a line that had the code expression using KeywordTests.Test_Name.Variables.Variable_Name from one Keyword Test to another, and it magically changed the Test_Name to the test name of the 2nd test where I did the pasting. I don't see any such magic working in a script called from a Keyword Test, but it could be useful.

Can I ask what the need is for the access to the KeywordTest name and ProjectName?  How are you using them in your automation project?  Perhaps knowing the use case will help more in describing how to achieve what you're looking for.



As for manual checkpoints, they are driven by the contents of a file as to what text displays.  So, if you can update the file contents with new information on the fly (which can be done using various objects and tools of TestComplete) you can alter that displayed text on the fly.

I have to use some third-party programs to compare exported image files because they are too big for TestComplete to compare. TC quietly fails to do the compare and actually reports that the compare was successful. I reported this and was told the images are too big for memory. I have 4GB on this machine. The images are 1275x41220 pixels.



The way I have it organized, the baseline files and my test-generated files to compare have paths and filenames containing the Project and Keyword Test names.



The command-line programs that I use to split and compare the image files don't run on the WinXP 64bit machine where I use TC, so the Keyword Test pauses with a manual checkpoint instructing to copy/paste a command-line into a (32bit XP) VMware virtual machine.  The VM can access the host directory where all the files are. Before comparing externally, I split the image into chunks small enough for TC to handle.  I then click "Success" in the Manual Checkpoint when complete. 



Then the Keyword Test continues and runs a TC script that checks the directory for any chunks of the image that miscompare (the directory will be empty if they all compare OK).  I  run TC's compare method on the chunks that miscompare, which puts them nicely into the log file with the GUI tools to look at them. I obviously need to find replacement image tools that run on 64bit windows. I'm using a suite called Alchemy.



So, one thing I'd like to do is modify the Manual Checkpoint text on the fly so that the command line that's pasted into the VM has the Project name and Keyword Test name as parameters for the DOS batch file. Even if I find 64bit replacement tools, my script still needs the Project and Keyword Test names to operate on the image files. I call this script from an if-then-else block that I copy/paste into each Keyword Test thast needs it. These lines contain the name of the Keyword Test (as the name of the Manual Checkpoint and the directory where the files are to be found). The Project name is already a variable in several places. This is where I'd code the Keyword Test name as a variable.



I have (will have) hundreds of tests for a suite of 4 similar applications. I plan to clone the Project for each new version tested. I expect some number of Stores (Regions, mostly) to legitimately change from version to version, and I need to replace these stored Regions with the new image from the log (I wish there was a one-click way to do this, BTW) but still have the Stores intact for the older versions. That's why the Project name is part of the path for various baseline and temporary files. I currently set the Project name in the Project variables, which as I said is not too bad.

Thanks, Alex. I missed finding both of those in the help doc.



I tried the following directly in a Keyword Test, but it fails:



Project.TestItems.Current.Name



The following code, copied from the doc into a script (and called from a Keyword Test) also fails!



function Test()

{

  var TestItems;

  TestItems = Project.TestItems;

  Log.Message("The " + TestItems.Current.Name + " test item is currently running.");

}



The error message in both cases is "Object required".

Alex said:  "As
for keyword tests, to every test you need, you can add a variable, whose
default value will specify the test name. You can do this on the
Variables page of the Keyword Test editor."



I had looked at this, but to access a variable you need to use the name of the Keyword Test, which is what I want to get in the first place:  KeywordTests.Test_Name.Variables.Variable_Name



By the way, with regards to the long horrible description I gave, I found a drop-in replacement utility that runs on 64bit Windows, so I no longer need the Manual Checkpoint to pause while a script is run in a 32bit virtual machine. This allows me to do it all with a single call to a script that takes the current test name as a single parameter. Not too bad, now. The remaining advantage of being able to access the test name from somewhere is that I could (more) easily copy/paste such calls from test to test.

I wrote: "I don't see any such magic working in a script called from a Keyword Test, but it could be useful."



Sorry! The above sentence was very poorly worded. This is what I meant:



I don't see any such magic working in a script called from a Keyword Test, but this copy/paste feature between Keyword Tests could be useful.
"



I wasn't asking for anything similar to be added to scripts, but if somebody thinks of something workable, of curse go ahead.  ;-)



Really, the thing that needs attention is that I can't seem to get "Project.TestItems.Current.Name" to work from Keyword Tests or scripts called from Keyword Tests. I submitted a support ticket for this a few minutes ago (M0097093) in case it doesn't get spotted here.



The copy/paste works like this:



Using the Keyword Test Editor, I created a Log Message:

Name: MessageText

Mode: Variable

Value: KeywordTests.Test14.Variables.Var1



Then I simply did CTRL-C on the line in Test14 and CTRL-V into Test15. Double-click the pasted entry and you'll see the test name has been changed to Test15 (the paste target).



I was quite surprised. I'm not sure why I even thought to test it. If you try to manually enter "KeywordTests.Test14.Variables.Var1" into Test15, you get the error message "Unknown variable container: KeywordTests.Test14.Variables".



Still, to get the currently running Keyword Test name I'd rather get "Project.TestItems.Current.Name" working since it doesn't require creating the variable for every new test.

Alex wrote: I added your request to our database...



Alex, since there was that confusion, what exactly did you request? I'm now hoping for something like "KeywordTests.Current.Name" since I often run tests directly from the Keyword Test Editor.