Thanks Tim, that looks like a good solution for us. Right now one of the programmer created a config file and is using an Ant task to loop through the list of sites. I like your idea better so we can extract that configuration into something I can manage without having to bug the programmers...
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Tim Pezarro <[email protected]> wrote: > Jason, > > We use the dataDriven all the time in webtest scripts without problem. > > Is it possible there is a typo in the header row of your excel spreadsheet? > This header row has the name of the properties that are to be replaced in > your script. > > Here is a working example from our suite: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <!DOCTYPE project SYSTEM "../../dtd/Project.dtd"> > <project default="keywords"> > <target name="keywords"> > <dataDriven tableContainer="properties/adaptec/keywords.xls"> > <webtest name="keyword regression test on ${domain}${page}" > > <config > autorefresh="true" > haltonerror = "false" > haltonfailure = "false" > easyajax="true" > useInsecureSSL="true" > browser="FF3"> > <option name="ThrowExceptionOnFailingStatusCode" value="false"/> > <option name="ThrowExceptionOnScriptError" value="false" /> > </config> > <steps> > <invoke > url="${domain}${page}" > description="Find keyword on ${domain}${page}" /> > <verifyText text="${keyword.1}" /> > <verifyText text="${keyword.2}" /> > <verifyText text="${header}" /> > <verifyText text="${footer}" /> > <not> > <verifyText text="an error occurred while processing this > directive" /> > </not> > <verifyImages /> > </steps> > </webtest> > </dataDriven> > </target> > </project> > > Attached is a sample of a working excel spreadsheet for this test. > > Cheers, > > Tim Pezarro > Manager, Web Services > Corporate Marketing > [email protected] > Phone: +1-604-415-6044 > Cell: +1-604-762-1000 > Fax: +1-604-415-6602 > PMC-Sierra, Inc. > 8555 Baxter Place > Burnaby, BC, Canada > V5A 4V7 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] on behalf of Jason Little > Sent: Tue 6/21/2011 2:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Webtest] looping though suite of tests > > Hi, > > We're looking at Webtest to create some smoketests for our app. I am > using DataDriven to grab a list of client sites to test and then > running multiple tests in that loop but I can't seem to get properties > working. > > Alltests.xml file: > ------------------------ > > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > > <project default="test"> > <target name="test" description="runs all the tests"> > <dataDriven tableContainer="WebtestConfig.xls"> > > <ant antfile="test_UserCanLogin.xml"/> > > </dataDriven> > > </target> > </project> > > > test_UserCanLogin.xml file: > ====================== > <?xml version="1.0"?> > > <!DOCTYPE project SYSTEM "../dtd/Project.dtd"> > > <project default="test"> > > <target name="test"> > <webtest name="check ${ClientName} Login works"> > > > <invoke url="http://${SITEIP}/login.aspx"; description="Go to > ${ClientName} Login Page"/> > <setInputField xpath="//input[contains(@id,'txtUserName')]" value="XXXXXXXX" > /> > <setInputField name="txtPassword" value="XXXXXX" /> > <clickButton htmlId="btnSubmit" /> > <verifyText text="Dashboard"/> > > </webtest> > </target> > </project> > > > When the running test output is echo'd in the java console I see the > property from the xls config file is generated "check MyClient Login > works". The actual test steps themselves show ${ClientName} instead > of "MyClient". > > I'm not sure why the value from the xls file shows in <webtest> but > not the test steps. > > I'm new to WebTest, any ideas or should I look at Groovy to do > something like this? (I'm not a programmer by the way...) Basically > our goal is to smoketest the same functionality for multiple client > sites as post-deployment validation. > _______________________________________________ > WebTest mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest > > > > > _______________________________________________ WebTest mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest
