Some errors can be caused by accidentally reasons. Such errors can occur a few times, and you do not want that the test will be interrupted because of them. But, if a number of errors exceeds some limit, it will mean that something goes wrong. This topic describes how you can stop the current test item when a certain number of error messages were posted to the log and continue with the next sibling test item.

Note: The approach we describe uses the Log.ErrCount property that returns the number of errors that are posted during the current test item. To get the number of errors occurred during the entire project run, create and use a project variable as an error counter. To learn more about this approach, see Stopping Project Run After the N-th Error.

Open the project properties and select Playback on the list on the left of the page. Disable the Stop on error and Error dialog options. Otherwise, TestComplete stops the entire test run right after the first error or exception occurs.
Create the OnLogError event handler (to learn how to do this, see Creating Event Handlers for TestComplete Events). This event occurs every time TestComplete posts an error message to the test log.
In the event handler, create test commands that will compare the number of errors that occurred with the number of “allowed” errors and stop the test item, if needed.
- If you use scripts, add the following code to the event handling routine:
  
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  In the following code snippets, 5 is the maximum number of “allowed” errors.
  JavaScript, JScript
  
  Python
  
  VBScript
  
  DelphiScript
  
  C++Script, C#Script
  JavaScript, JScript
  
  function GeneralEvents_OnLogError(Sender, LogParams)
  {
    if (Log.ErrCount >= 5)
    {
      Runner.Stop(true);
    }
  }
  
  Python
  
  def GeneralEvents_OnLogError(Sender, LogParams): if Log.ErrCount >= 5: Runner.Stop(True)
  
  VBScript
  
  Sub GeneralEvents_OnLogError(Sender, LogParams)
    If (Log.ErrCount >= 5) Then
       Runner.Stop(True)
    End If
  End Sub
  
  DelphiScript
  
  procedure GeneralEvents_OnLogError(Sender; LogParams);
  begin
    if (Log.ErrCount >= 5) then
    begin
      Runner.Stop(true);
    end;
  end;
  
  C++Script, C#Script
  
  function GeneralEvents_OnLogError(Sender, LogParams)
  {
    if (Log["ErrCount"] >= 5)
    {
      Runner["Stop"](true);
    }
  }
  Note that it is important to specify true as the parameter for the Stop method. Otherwise, it will stop the entire test run.
- If you use keyword tests, do the following:
  
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  - Add the If... Then operation to the event handling keyword test.
  - Specify the Log.ErrCount code expression for Value1:
  - Select Greater than or equal to from the Condition drop-down list.
  - Specify the number of “allowed” in Value2:
  - Add the Stop Execution operation as a child of the If... Then operation.
  - In the Stop Execution properties, select the Stop current test only check box, to stop only the current test item.
    
    Important: To avoid recursive calling, make sure that the Error Message text box is empty.

Open the Test Items page of the project editor and make sure that the Stop on Error property of all your test items is not equal to Project. Otherwise, TestComplete stops the entire project.

Specifying project's test items to None or Test Item

Note: The Runner.Stop(true) script method and the Stop Execution operation stop the test item even if you set Stop on Error to None. It means that TestComplete will not run the test item’s further iterations and child test items.

Stopping Current Test Item After N-th Error

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