global failure step?

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global failure step?

Post by hporter » Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:23 pm

Hi, the app I am automating with Ranorex is browser-based, and is an iterative test. The test case is predicated upon a brand-new browser loading with each iteration. One problem I am seeing is if a step fails within the iteration, the browser instance persists, and a new browser is loaded (I have it set to 'continue with iteration'). I want to define global behavior where, if there's any failure within the iteration, processkill is called on iexplore, and the next iteration proceeds. Is there a way to define such global behavior? Thanks!

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Re: global failure step?

Post by Support Team » Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:58 pm

Hi,

You can define a "Close Application" action in a recording.
CloseApplication.png
This recording can be added in the "Teardown region" in your test case as shown below.
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Re: global failure step?

Post by hporter » Mon Jan 28, 2013 6:13 pm

Thank you very much for your reply. That is indeed useful, but in my case I need something slightly different. In my situation, it's more of a conditional teardown. Here's my example: my test case has 10 steps, with 8 overall iterations. Let's say I'm on the 3rd iteration, 8th step - it fails. Now it starts on the 4th iteration, only there's an instance of the browser still open (and my test NEEDS to open a fresh instance of the browser). Is there some global variable that I can define that says, "if any step within any instance fails, do something (i.e. killprocess) and start the next instance"? I am working around this by adding a killprocess step at the start of the test case, but it would be better the other way. Thanks again.

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Re: global failure step?

Post by Support Team » Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:14 pm

Hello,

You can use a "User Code" module to implement an if condition and add it to the teardown region.
if(TestCase.Current.Status.ToString().Equals("Failed"))
{
   var repo = CloseIEInTeardownRepository.Instance;
   var testAutomationToolsRanorexAutomati = repo.TestAutomationToolsRanorexAutomati;

   Host.Local.CloseApplication(repo.TestAutomationToolsRanorexAutomati.Self);
   Host.Local.OpenBrowser("www.ranorex.com", "IE", "", false, false);			   	
}
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Re: global failure step?

Post by hporter » Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:57 pm

Thank you for the reply. I'm not much of a programmer...could you be more specific as to how to go about this? A step-by-step would be extremely helpful; thanks in advance!

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Re: global failure step?

Post by Support Team » Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:26 pm

Hello,

There is a very good description how use Code Modules in Ranorex Studio. Please find this in the section Lesson 7: Code Modules in our user guide.

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