Running a Test by Name

1. Select your project in the Project Explorer panel and then select View > Organize Tests from the TestComplete main menu. This will open the Test Items page of the project editor.

2. Click New Item to add a new test item to the project.

3. Click the ellipsis button within the Test cell of the new test item and choose the test to be run from the resulting Select Test dialog.

Now, when you run your project, the test item will run the specified tests.

From a keyword test, you can run script routines, low-level procedures and even other keyword tests:

1. Open your keyword test for editing.

2. Add the Run Test, Run Script Routine or Run Keyword Test operation to the test.

   TestComplete will display the Operation Parameters dialog where you can specify the name of the desired test and the test’s parameters (if any).

Now, when you run your project, the test item will run the specified tests.

The way you run tests from scripts depends on the test type:

• Each script test is a procedure or function written in VBScript, JavaScript, JScript, Python, DelphiScript, C++Script or C#Script. You can run this procedure or function from another script test simply by calling it.

  JavaScript, JScript

  Python

  VBScript

  DelphiScript

  C++Script, C#Script

  JavaScript, JScript

  function TestRoutine1()
  {
    ...
    TestRoutine2(Param1, Param2);
    ...
  }

  Python

  def TestRoutine1():
    ...
    TestRoutine2(Param1, Param2)
    ...

  VBScript

  Sub TestRoutine1
    ...
    Call TestRoutine2(Param1, Param2)
    ...
  End Sub

  DelphiScript

  procedure TestRoutine1;
  begin
    ...
    TestRoutine2(Param1, Param2);
    ...
  end;

  C++Script, C#Script

  function TestRoutine1()
  {
    ...
    TestRoutine2(Param1, Param2);
    ...
  }

  You can also call routines defined in another script unit or project. See Calling Routines.

• To run other tests, you use special program objects:

  • To run a keyword test, use the KeywordTests.KeywordTestName.Run method.

  • To run a low-level procedure, use the LLCollection.LLProcedure.Execute method.

  • To run a distributed test, use the NetSuite.Run method.

  • To run a unit test or Selenium, use the Unit_Testing_Colleciton_Name.Test_Name.Execute method.

  • To run a ReadyAPI test, use the ReadyAPI_Collection_Name.Test_Name.Execute method.

  For detailed information on running tests from scripts, follow these links:

  Running Keyword Tests

  Controlling Network Suites From Tests

  Running Low-Level Procedures

  Executing Manual Tests

  Running TCUnit Tests

  Running Object-Driven Tests