Get Test Case Description

[Vaughan.Douglas]

Where is the text contained in the Ranorex UI "description" filed located and is it accessible through the API?

I've searched and found a solution that involved using the deprecated TestCase class, but I can't seem to find a suitable alternative.

Likewise I'd like to get the testcase execution duration value, but I haven't started the hunt for that one yet.

[Vaughan.Douglas]

I think I found what I needed in the TestCaseActivity class. I'm not sure this is the best approach, so if anyone has other suggestions, please let me know.

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ActivityStack.Instance.VisitAll(Function(a)
     Dim myTestCase As TestCaseActivity = TryCast(a, TestCaseActivity)
     If (myTestCase IsNot Nothing) Then
         MsgBox(myTestCase.TestCaseName)
         MsgBox(myTestCase.DetailMessage)
         MsgBox(myTestCase.TotalDuration)
     End If
     Return True
End Function)

[odklizec]

Hi,

The 'obsolete' code you found does exactly what you want. You just have to adapt it for Ranorex 6.0. Luckily, the fix is pretty easy. Just replace TestCase with TestCaseNode and you are done

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var tcDescription = TestCaseNode.Current as TestCaseNode;
Report.Info(tcDescription.Comment.ToString());

In case you want also module description, use this code:

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var modDescription = TestModuleLeaf.Current as TestModuleLeaf;
Report.Info(modDescription.Comment.ToString());

As for TC duration, check this post:
http://www.ranorex.com/forum/duration-o ... tml#p15772

[Vaughan.Douglas]

The reporting requirements ask for results based at the testcase/iteration level. On one hand this is great because it significantly reduces the number of DB calls needed, but I don't have any context to put around a failure as I believe that is only available at the module level. Oh well.

I have found that getting the elapsed time is very straight forward:

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myTestCase.ElapsedTime.TimeSpan.TotalSeconds

As always, thanks for the insight.