Revision: 3266
Author: pekka.klarck
Date: Wed May 12 00:20:08 2010
Log: small enhancements to dry-run
http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/source/detail?r=3266
Modified:
/trunk/doc/userguide/src/ExecutingTestCases/ConfiguringExecution.txt
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--- /trunk/doc/userguide/src/ExecutingTestCases/ConfiguringExecution.txt
Tue May 11 03:23:15 2010
+++ /trunk/doc/userguide/src/ExecutingTestCases/ConfiguringExecution.txt
Wed May 12 00:20:08 2010
@@ -344,18 +344,23 @@
Dry run
'''''''
-Starting from Robot Framework 2.5 it is possible to specify a dry-run mode
-using the option :opt:`runmode` with value :opt:`DryRun`
(case-insensitive). In
-the dry run mode, all but the lowest level (library) keywords are executed.
-This mode can be used to validate the test data; if the dry-run passes, the
-data should be syntactically correct. The dry-run execution may fail for
-following reasons:
-
- * Using keywords that are not found
- * Using keywords with wrong number of arguments
- * Using user keywords that have invalid syntax
-
-In addition, warnings are given for imports that cannot be resolved.
+Robot Framework supports so called *dry run* mode where the tests are
+run normally otherwise, but the keywords coming from test libraries are
+not executed at all. This mode can be used to validate the test data;
+if the dry run passes, the data should be syntactically correct. The
+dry run execution may fail for following reasons:
+
+ * Using keywords that are not found.
+ * Using keywords with wrong number of arguments.
+ * Using user keywords that have invalid syntax.
+
+In addition, normal `execution errors`__ are shown, for example, when
+test library or resource file imports cannot be resolved.
+
+This mode is triggered using option :opt:`--runmode DryRun`
(case-insensitive)
+and it is supported starting from Robot Framework 2.5.
+
+__ `Errors and warnings during execution`_
Controlling the monitor output
