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rsaritzky
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3 years ago
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Startup of application within a Docker Container

Hi,   Has anyone tried to start a desktop application within a Docker container?  We do development on our local machines in a Docker environment.   Can I pass a powershell script name which ...
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    rsaritzky
    Occasional Contributor
    3 years ago
    Thanks for the link on running Powershell scripts. Here's my followup question:

    I'm creating tests only by using the "Record" function. We're not writing any scripts (yet).

    Do I have to convert the Test to a script first, then add the "getActiveXObject("WScript.Shell").Run("powershell -file C:\\MyScript.ps1");" command? Or is it something different?

    Thanks,

    Ron

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        rsaritzky
        Occasional Contributor
        3 years ago

        Thanks for all the suggestions so far.  I'm not quite there, but getting close:

         

        I created a script that runs my powershell script which starts my docker container and runs a command to start my app:

        function StartNav()
        {
        WshShell.run("powershell -file C:\\users\rons\desktop\Start-NAV.ps1")
        }

         

        When I run the command directly in Windows 

        powershell -file C:\\users\rons\desktop\Start-NAV.ps1

         

        My app starts correctly and the opening page in my app is displayed as I expect it.

        When I run the above script inside TestComplete,  the app does not start, but the Script Test Log is successful (but empty).

        I see the Powershell window open briefly, but it disappears too quickly, so I can't see if there are any errors.

         

        I searched the Community and saw a couple of references from several years ago to running TestComplete as Administrator, which I also tried with the same result.

         

        Does anyone have any other suggestions?