The GUID generator is used to generate GUIDs with TestComplete. Using this generator type you can populate the desired Excel file or TestComplete Table variable with various GUIDs and then use this data in your tests. For more information on preparing test data, see Preparing Data for Data-Driven Testing.
To open the generator
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Click
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In the wizard, select the data storage.
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On the Data Generation Options page of the wizard, for the needed value, select GUID in the Data Generator column.
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Click Edit in the Parameters column.
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When adding a data-driven loop to a keyword test, select a table variable to store loop values.
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On the Variable’s Default Value page of the wizard, click
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When editing a table variable, click on the Edit Table Variable wizard toolbar.
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Parameters
For the GUID generator, you can specify the following parameters:
Duplicate each value … time(s)
After you specify the needed parameters, you can obtain the sample values that have been generated by the engine. The values are displayed in the Sample field.
Also, you can discard all the changes you made in the generator’s parameters and restore the parameters set by default. For this purpose, click Set Default Values below the Sample field.
If you are going to use the same settings in several variables or if you configure one generator in the same manner from time to time, it is much easier to save the selected generator with the specified parameter values as a user-defined generator. For this purpose, click the Save to User-Defined button below the Sample field.
For more information on generating test data, see Data Generator Wizard.
See Also
Data Generator Wizard
Data-Driven Testing
Preparing Data for Data-Driven Testing