Thanks for your help Axel/Sebb. Looks like saving / merging test plan parts is the only option for now.
I've logged an enhancement here: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46677 suggesting a persistant workbench while JMeter is running and drag/drop and copy/paste between JMeter instances. Regards, Noel On Monday 09 February 2009 11:44:17 sebb wrote: > On 09/02/2009, Noel O'Brien <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I've figured out how to diff successfully using P4Merge: Select File > > > Comparison Method > Ignore Line Ending and All White Space Differences > > > > I couldn't figure it out in Meld but hopefully what I've posted will > > help someone. > > > > One the same topic, but slightly different question: How can I copy test > > elements from one test plan to another? If I open two test plans in > > their own instance of JMeter it is not possible to drag / copy / CTRL-C > > from one to another. Also, I've tried copying elements to the Workbench, > > then opened a new test plan, but the Workbench is cleared when a test > > plan is closed. > > One way is to select the element(s) in the source plan and use Save As... > > Then open the target plan and use Merge ... to add the snippet to the > appropriate place in the tree. > > > Maybe it would be a good feature to have the workbench store test > > elements regardless of whether there's a test plan currently loaded or > > not (But it would still be in-memory). this would enable users to copy > > elements to-from testplans. > > Feel free to open a Bugzilla enhancement request. > > > Regards, > > Noel > > > > On Monday 09 February 2009 10:26:50 Noel O'Brien wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I recently introduced JMeter to my workplace and now there are several > > > people working on different parts of the same test plan file > > > (Acceptance Test suite.jmx). > > > > > > The only problem we're seeing is when we try to check it into our > > > source code management system (Perforce). As files have been edited in > > > multiple places they need to be resolved (as expected). However, any > > > diff/merge tool I've tried to use doesn't correctly pick up the diffs, > > > possibly due to the nested nature of XML, e.g. if I only add a parent > > > controller to a file and check it in, the new controller is seen as a > > > change to the controller it now has beneath it, and this effect > > > cascades down through the file. > > > > > > I'm just curious how others deal with this problem or if they even > > > experience it. How have people gotten around it? I've used the merge > > > tool in P4V and I've tried Meld too, but both display the issue > > > described above. Maybe I need to flatten (remove indentation) the file > > > first, then diff/merge, then re-indent after merge? > > > > > > Thanks for you help, > > > Noel > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
