Configure Build Pipeline (vNext Builds) to Run TestComplete Tests

Requirements

Configure a Build Definition

The computer, where your TestComplete tests will run, must have the following software installed:

• If you use Visual Studio Test tasks to run tests:

  Build and Release Agent for Windows.

  If you use Run Functional Tests tasks to run tests (available for Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 2–2017 On-Premises):

  Test Agent for Microsoft Visual Studio.

  Note: You can use the Visual Studio Test Agent Deployment task to install the test agent. To learn about the requirements the remote computers where the test engine will be installed must meet, see the task description.

  The build agent or test agent must be running as an interactive process so that TestComplete can interact with the desktop and with the tested application UI.

  An interactive user session must be opened on the computer where the agent is running. You can open the session manually, or, if you use Team Foundation Server 2018 or later, you can configure the agent to run with the auto-logon enabled so that it opens a user session automatically when it starts.

• TestComplete 14 (or TestExecute 14).

• TestComplete 14 Visual Studio Integration Package.

  The Integration Package installer is shipped along with TestComplete. You can find it in the TestComplete folder after installing the product:

  <TestComplete 14>\VS Integration\VSIntegration.exe

  Run this installer after installing TestComplete on computers where tests will run. In the installation wizard, select a Test Agent Integration feature appropriate to your agent version.

1. Open the web portal of your team project. You can navigate to it directly in your web browser, or you can open it from Team Explorer in Visual Studio.

2. If you use Azure DevOps or Team Foundation Server 2018, navigate to the Pipelines > Builds page.

   If you use Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 2–2017, navigate to the Build & Release > Builds page.

   If you use Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 1, navigate to the Build hub.

   

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3. Open an existing build definition or click New to create a new build definition.

   

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   If you use Azure DevOps or Team Foundation Server 2018, you can create a YAML script that describes your pipeline, or you can click Use the visual designer to create a pipeline via a wizard.

   In the wizard, configure the build process (the way the wizard looks depends on whether you use Azure DevOps Services, Azure DevOps Server 2019 or one of the supported Team Foundation Server versions):

   

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4. Configure your build process to get the needed files from your source control.

   For example, if you use Git, specify the repository and branches that store your team project files:

   

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   Keep in mind that the Visual Studio test project stores the relative path to TestComplete tests. When mapping the TestComplete source control path, make sure to select a local folder to keep the relative path specified in the test project valid.

5. Specify the details of the build process (what functions the build will perform):

   • Add a task that will build your Visual Studio test project:

     

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     In the Solution box, click the ellipsis button and browse for the Visual Studio test project that contains your TestComplete tests:

     

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   • Add tasks that will run your TestComplete tests. Depending on your server version, you can use one of the following tasks:

     Visual Studio Test Task

     Run Functional Tests Task

     Visual Studio Test Task

     Add a Visual Studio Test task to your definition:

     

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     Configure the added task to run your TestComplete tests:

     In the Select tests using drop-down list box, select Test assemblies.

     In the Test files (or Test Assembly) text box, specify the TestComplete test items (.tctest files) to run.

     In the Search folder text box, specify the folder on your build machine or test agent where the task should search for TestComplete tests..

     In the Test run title text box, enter the name of the test run to which TestComplete test results will be assigned.

     

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     Note: If you use task version 1, TestComplete test results will not be published to the server. To learn how to include TestComplete test results in build reports, see Publish TestComplete Test Results.

     Run Functional Tests Task

     Note: This task is deprecated in Azure DevOps Services, Azure DevOps Server 2019 and Team Foundation Server 2018. You can use it if you use Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 2–2017 On-Premises.

     1. Share a folder on remote computers where tests will run. To that folder, the test files will be placed.

     2. Configure your definition to copy your TestComplete tests from build output folder to computers where tests will run. For example, you can use the Windows Machine File Copy task to do this:

        

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        Make sure that the path to TestComplete projects or project suites that the TestComplete test items store remains valid.

     3. Configure your definition to deploy Test Agent for Visual Studio on computers where tests will run:

        

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        Specify the computers, to which the agent will be deployed. Specify the login and password of the user account that will be used to deploy agents.

        Important: Configure the agent to run UI tests. Otherwise, the agent will launch TestComplete (or TestExecute) in non-interactive mode, and it will not be able to access UI elements to simulate user actions.

     4. Make sure that TestComplete (or TestExecute) and the TestComplete Integration package are installed on remote test agents before you run tests.

        You can configure your definition to install them by using the Run PowerShell Script on Target Machines task. Configure the task to run a script that will install TestComplete (or TestExecute) and the Integration package via command line in silent mode.

        To learn more about installing TestComplete from the command line, see Installing TestComplete in Silent Mode. To learn about installing TestExecute in silent mode, see the appropriate topic in the TestExecute documentation.

        To learn more about installing the Integration package via command line, see Installing Integration Package.

     5. Add a Run Functional Tests task to the definition:

        

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        Configure the added task to run your TestComplete tests:

        In the Machines text box, enter the network names or IP addresses of test agents where tests will run.

        In the Test Drop Location text box, enter the path where your tests reside.

        In the Test Selection drop-down list box, select Test Assembly.

        

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        To include TestComplete test results into a build report and assign them to a test run, in the Test Run Title text box, enter the needed test run name.

   You can find information about tasks in the Build and release tasks article in the MSDN Library.

6. If needed, specify other build properties. You can learn more at docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/index.

7. Save the changes.