[TechCorner Challenge #3] - Changing the options from outside of TestComplete

[sonya_m]

Hi TestComplete Community! I bring you another task for our weekly scripting challenge🙂

Learn new things about working with the product, and get into the TechCorner Leaderboard!

Imagine that you need to change the TestComplete options on several machines - for example, set the JVM location. You don’t want to do it manually and decide to create a script and run it on each machine. How could this script look?
We suggest using JScript or VBScript, but you choose PowerShell, Python, etc.

Task: Create a script that changes TestComplete options from outside of TestComplete

Difficulty: 

It is a bit more difficult than the tasks we posted here before, let's see how quickly you can solve his one!🙂

Upd: More hints!

Follow these steps to solve this:

1. You need to modify the XML file that contains the TestComplete settings - tcSettings.xml. The file is located in
%LOCALAPPDATA%/SmartBear/TestComplete/14.0. You can use the ExpandEnvironmentStrings method of the WScript.Shell object to obtain the %LOCALAPPDATA% environment variable value.

2. Open the XML file and locate the node that should contain the option value.
You can use the selectNodes or selectSingleNode methods of the DOMDocument object to get the needed node.

3. Set the needed value for the node attribute.

4. Save the XML file.

[tristaanogre]

question for clarification:

I think, IIRC, that some of these options are stored in the user profile.  Are you assuming that the user that is running the automation to change the options is the same user for whom the changes should be made?

[BenoitB]

Sorry but what is IIRC ?

[tristaanogre]

If I Remember Correctly. 🙂

[sonya_m]

@tristaanogre Yes, let's assume it is the same user.

[sonya_m]

This is definitely a more difficult task, who will try to crack it?

@AlexKaras @Reshail @Wamboo 🙂

[sonya_m]

💡 A hint - the XML-file with settings in %LOCALAPPDATA% needs to be changed!

[Wamboo]

Yes, of course I will want to try 🙂 a very cool initiative with this task. I have a lot of work at the moment and if I will have a free moment I'll take up the challenge 🙂

[BenoitB]

Same situation as @Wamboo   ...  give us more time 😉

[sonya_m]

@Wamboo @BenoitB Take as much time as you need🙂