How To: Read data from the Windows Registry
Hello all, I have recently learned how to retrieve data from the Windows registry in JavaScript test units. I am using this to return the OS information and application path information. This is very useful when added to the EventControl_OnStartTest event code. This will allow you to return OS information and other needed data at each test run. Some test management systems may provide this information for you or it may be logged in the in data produced in a pipeline run. This will embed the information directly into your test log. SmartBear KB Links: Storages Object Storages Object Methods Storages.Registry Method Section Object Get SubSection Method This bit of code will return the Product Name and Current Build from the registry. This location may vary between OS's so you will want to check this with RegEdit. let Section = Storages.Registry("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT", HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE); let regKeyString = Section.GetSubSection("CurrentVersion").Name; let productIdString = Storages.Registry(regKeyString, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 1, true).GetOption("ProductName", ""); let currentBuildString = Storages.Registry(regKeyString, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 1, true).GetOption("CurrentBuild", ""); Log.Message("Windows Version: " + productIdString + " Build: " + currentBuildString ) I have also found the need to find and set an application path and work folder in the project TestedApp for running through a pipeline because the pipeline deploys the application to a non-standard path. let Section = Storages.Registry("SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\<_yourSectionName>\\", HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE); let regKey = Section.GetSubSection(<_yourSubSectionName>).Name; let Path = Storages.Registry(regKey, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 0, true).GetOption("", ""); let WorkFolder = Storages.Registry(regKey, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 0, true).GetOption("Path", ""); let appIndex = TestedApps.Find(<_yourAppName>); if (appIndex >= 0){ if(TestedApps.Items(<_yourAppName>).Path != Path){ TestedApps.Items(<_yourAppName>).Path = Path } if(TestedApps.Items(<_yourAppName>).WorkFolder != WorkFolder){ TestedApps.Items(<_yourAppName>).Params.ActiveParams.WorkFolder = WorkFolder; } } else{ Log.Error("TestedApp " + <_yourAppName> + " does not Exist.") Runner.Stop(true); } I hope you find these links and code examples as useful as I have! Have a great day!
TestComplete URL for the Jenkins TestComplete report page
I want to offer a way to-get-URL-of-TestComplete-Test-Results-of-a-Jenkins-Build without accessing the Jenkins controller. Outside of those with an admin role for the Jenkins instance, granting teams access to the Jenkins controller is a security risk. TestComplete uses an epoch timestamp as part of the report page URL. This makes it a challenge to use the URL unless you know how to get the timestamp. Fortunately there is an easy way to get it. Once the test plan completes, the results become available using the Jenkins-TestComplete API. Any Jenkins ID that has read access to view the job will have access to use the API. In your job, once the test is completed, use the API to parse the xml for the URL. This allows you to keep your Jenkins instance safe and obtain the report URL for use in your job (such var passed to outgoing email). Here is an example of using a windows batch build step in a freestyle job, after the TestComplete build step. Echo off curl -X GET "http://jenkins:8080/job/folder/job/name/%BUILD_NUMBER%/TestComplete/api/xml" --user %ID%:%pwd%>Test_Results.txt powershell -c "((((gc Test_Results.txt) -replace '<url>','@') -replace '</report>','@') | ForEach-Object { $_.split('@') } | Select-String -Pattern '</url>' -SimpleMatch ) -replace '</url>','' | set-content TestComplete_URL.txt" if exist TestComplete_URL.txt set /p TestComplete_URL=<TestComplete_URL.txt Once you have the URL, you can use the inject plugin to use it in other steps of your job. For example, you can create a var to be used in an outgoing email. echo Line_1=$JOB_BASE_NAME ^<a href^=^"%TestComplete_URL%^"^>test results^</a^>: >>email.properties Hope this information is of use.Code for Tracking Tested App Info On Start Test.
Question I like to know the information about the tested app each test ran on so I wrote up a little code and put it in the OnStartTest Test Engine Event. Answer This will run every time I run a test telling me the tested app info. This is wonderful for tracking one off test runs and which app version a test passed on and which it failed on. https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/advanced/handling-events/index.html https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/reference/events/onstarttest.html?sbsearch=OnStartTe... function EventControl_OnStartTest(Sender) { try { Log.AppendFolder("< EventControl_OnStartTest >"); Log.AppendFolder("Version Information"); var FileName = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Some Folder\\TestedApp.exe"; var VerInfo = aqFileSystem.GetFileInfo(FileName).VersionInfo; var FileInf = aqFileSystem.GetFileInfo(FileName); var HostName = Sys.HostName; var dtObj; Log.Message("File Name: " + FileInf.Name); Log.Message("File Version: " + VerInfo.FileMajorVersion + "." + VerInfo.FileMinorVersion + "." + VerInfo.FileBuildVersion + "." + VerInfo.FileRevisionVersion); dtObj = new Date(FileInf.DateLastModified); Log.Message("File Date: " + FileInf.DateLastModified); Log.Message("Host Name: " + HostName); Log.PopLogFolder(); } catch(err) { Process.Halt("Exception: EventControl_OnStartTest - " + err.message); //Stop Test Run. } }
