I am uploading file A from keyword test (UPLOADFILE_A) from Testcomplete to our site. After file is uploaded in our site, it takes 20/30 mins on our end to process the file and after the file is processed I want to let know TestComplete to upload file B. How can I call Testcomplete and let it know to run the Keyword test (UPLOADFILE_B) that uploads File B.
Need help, thanks
Hi,
While reply from rraghvani is correct and can be used for your case, the case itself rises a couple of questions.
Is it really necessary to wait until the file is processed? Will your actual user wait for this? Is it possible to upload several files and check later if all of them were processed? Can your file or backend business logic be modified/simplified to make the (specially marked test) file to be processed immediately?
If nothing from above is not an option, remember that parallel tests execution is not supported in TestComplete. This means that your test and the whole test box will effectively be blocked for 30 mins while waiting for 'Completed' to appear.
You and your developers may consider to issue some event when file processing is over and let TC know about this - https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/advanced/handling-events/creating-handlers/for-external-com-objects.html for more details.
AlexKaras has the right idea. I'm wondering what you are actually testing?
If you are testing the download to make sure it will handle large files, do this once and not every time you run the test. There's no need to retest with a large file unless the download function actually changes. Put a small file in for everyday use.
If you are putting those files out for a following test to use, consider just putting the files out and leaving them where they need to be while you are testing. Update them manually if you need to.
What scenario are you actually testing with this?
How would you do the scenario that you have described, manually?
Upload File A to our site
Then backend finishes uploading file A and says Complete
And I am looking for something to tell Test Complete that File A is complete now, run the File B upload keyword test.
Does that help?
Delay your keyword test until "Complete" appears, then proceed to the next upload
We have a similar requirement in our tests with validations on 1 or more delayed events. We do it similar to the way AlexKaras said and run a number of creation tests, run some other tests then at the end of the tests run the corresponding validations. TestComplete unfortunately does not have table dynamic variables otherwise you'd be able to maintain a table to maintain the states of the different tests. For another system we have a two delays of 10 minutes which we had reduced to 5. Even then its inefficient.
Another way we do it is to create a bunch of things and update spreadsheet with their unique IDs, validation status, date-time etc. Then when the test runs it first checks the spreadsheet for past untested items then validates them updating the spreadsheet logging errors in the testlog. At the end it creates more items for future tests that will run next time around. We have 2 stages of delays so that process run again to see if the 1st stage has passed, test the 2nd stage and update the spreadsheet. For DevOps tests we can email the spreadsheet if needed.
