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How to start scripting in SOAtest tool...
Hi I want to learn how to use scripting in SOATest tool. Please share how to start scripting in SOATest tool(say Python). Detailed info/docs/links would be appreciated. Thanks - Gopal
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How to install root certificate authority in SOAtest 6.x/9.x
How to install root certificate authority in SOAtest 6.x/9.xThe SOAtest Web Root Certificate Authority certificate is required for certain functional tests on HTTPS sites. SOAtest uses this certificate to sign SSL certificates that are used by functional tests to isolate and capture web traffic when recording and testing…
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WriteFile
How to write to output fileHi, I have an issue in writing the response to an external (Some new output) file. Test Script can be written using WriteFile. But I need to write the response of all test scripts means test suite to an output file.But WriteFile is not supported for Test suite and results in WriteFile will be…
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How to verify the Data type in SOAtest
To verify whether or not a particular element's value is an integer or string, we can use an XML assertor with a *regular expression* assertion. but in this option. If we know the length of the element's value, then we can use regular expressions. i.e. if the element contains 2 characters, i can use the regular expression…
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Command line report
Detailed report generations using command lineHello, We are using the command line utility of soatest to execute the test suites, the result generated form the command line are not detailed , the report only describes the test suite but not the individual test cases that are part of the test suit. Attached is the test…
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* Import project into workspace
Hello All, We are using soatest with hudson framework as a part of continuous build, the soatest project is checked into the subversion and hudson framework is configured to runt the soatest using the SoaTest servers in command line mode, Initially we import the project into the soatest workspace using the -import command…
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Run a single test from command line
When we converted to Soatest 6.2 we chose to create our projects NOT under source control and to leave them in their original location. Now when i use the soatestcli.exe command it runs every .tst in my workspace even though i specify which test to run. My command looks like this -resource"C:\Documents and…
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Web UI functional test mouse-over menu [Pre- 9.7]
Hi I would like to know if there is a specific way to enable object recognition/interaction with Ajax/JavaScript mouse-over menu's. SOATest is having problems with firing a click on a mouse-over menu with the default settings. Thanks in advance.
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Any way to personalize report headings?
Need to add title to reportWe run the same tests in multiple environments and we often view the reports for each environment together. Its hard to keep track of which browser window goes with which environment. I've searched the documentation but can't figure out how to add anything to report to get a custom title out. The…
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Subversion and SOAtest 6.2 integration
Hi I am trying to integrate Subversion with the SOATest 6.2. I am following the help under 'Team-Wide Deployment' that comes with the tool. While testing the integration i follw the steps as spefied below (from the documentation) To test the integration: 1. In the SOAtest environment, open a project that is checked out…
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How to pass an extracted value into a referenced test suite
This topic will describe the steps to pass an extracted value into a referenced test suite (which is unmodifiable within the scope of the current test due to being a reference). Assume you have two different tests/tst files (1 MainTest.tst, 1 ReferenceTest.tst) MainTest.tst looks like this: Test Scenario: -- Test 1:…
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What does "Cannot create Java Virtual Machine" mean?
Cannot create Java Virtual MachineThe "Cannot create Java Virtual Machine" error message is due to the Operating System on the machine not being able to allocate the amount of memory requested by the JVM. This is not an issue isolated to SOAtest but an issue that can be reproduced across any standalone Java application…
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Checking accessibility of colour in CSS
Is it possible to check the colour combination for font and background when the style is controlled by CSS. I need to scan a page and check if the colour difference and brightness meet the accessibility standards. like the report that can be produced by Jucie Studio…
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JMS subscribtion only
Is there a way to consume (not sending) from JMS topic only?Hello, I have use case in my testing where I wish to subscribe to the JMS topic and consume messages. From the options avaliable I can find only possibility to send request with JMSReplayTo header and consume from the choosen topic. Is there a way to consume only…
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SOAP Message size it greater than allowed limit
Where is this error coming from?I'm trying to help a colleague run SOATest on a WCF web service operation, and for "big" responses, we are seeing this error in the SOATest client: SOAP Message size it greater than allowed limit [SECURITY.MSGSIZE v 1.0] This is perplexing, as the tool is actually able to get a response from…
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Browser Data Bank -> Output
View and save extracted valuesI'm running a Web test and at the end of it I extract a value to a Browser Data Bank (Browser Content->Browser Data Bank). How can I: 1) Inspect the data bank. i.e. view the extracted values 2) Write the extracted values to a file. Thanks, Amela
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Requirements Tracking?
What is Requirements Tracking for?Does anyone know that the Requirements Tracking panel is for in SOATest 6.1 Test Suites? Can you give some examples how and why to use it? Thanks, gozer
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Record tab key in web browser testing
Here are the instructions to capture TAB key in web browser testing 1) Close SOAtest if it's open 2) There are two copies of UserCustomizableOptions.js files - one for IE and one for Firefox - located under <SOAtest Installation Directory>/plugins/com.parasoft.xtest.libs.web_VERSION#/root/browsers/ie <SOAtest Installation…
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Record double click action in SOAtest [Pre- 9.7]
Here are the instructions to capture double quick action in SOAtest 1) Close SOAtest if it's open 2) There are two copies of UserCusomizableOptions.js files (One for IE and one for Firefox) located under <SOAtest Installation Directory>/plugins/com.parasoft.xtest.libs.web_VERSION#/root/browsers/ie <SOAtest Installation…
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How to solve errors when running the VAPI-XP test script
in HP Quality Center.The following errors may happen when running the VAPI-XP test script in HP Quality Center. 1.) "Automation server can't create object" Make sure you have installed the Microsoft SOAP Toolkit SDK as explained in the SOAtest User's Guide. The installer can be found on the Quality Center install disk. The…
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Linux: How to run SOAtest with a different JRE/JDK
If using SOAtest 6.x/9.x (linux,solaris,windows) you can do this by passing a "-Zjava_home" {path_to_jdk} command line argument (however SOAtest 6.2 does already ship with Java 6, SOATest 9.x ships with Java 7, and SOAtest 9.10 ships with Java 8 [edited]) *** For SOAtest 5.5.3 and earlier 1.To setup and start SOAtest,…
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Custom report that display individual tests
Has anyone written a custom report for SOATest 6.1 that displays the individual tests within a test suite rather than just the summary info (Num tests, percent pass, Success, Failure) that the default report in SOATest produces? Thanks - Hugh
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Executing Rest Test Cases
WebservicesHi Can someone guide me on how to Execute a Rest Webservice via SOATest. All i am trying to test the current webservices return a json reponse based on the site requested Many Thanks in Advance. Regards Kadaparthi
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Keep alive connection/Close Connection
Hello, during our test with SOAtest 5.5.3 the SOAP-Client throws following error message from time to time (not predictable nor repeatable): "Software caused connection abort: socket write error". Our test-scenario consists of the following test: Test 1 -> Python-Method for creating a unique message-id Test 2 -> SOAP…
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Subversive Add-in for SOAtest/Eclipse
Hi, I am trying to get the Subversive add-in running in our environment (SOAtest 6.1) and I am having trouble adding a repository. I installed the checked item (Subversive SVN Team Provider) in the image below and I am not sure if I need to install anything additional. I used the Eclipse Software Updates and Add-ons…
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How to access a window or frame's document
when chaining an extension tool to a browser testing toolThese examples are intended for use when chaining an Extension tool to a Browser Testing Tool, used in a Web Functional Test. getDocument is overloaded as follows: CODEgetDocument(); // gets the document for the main window getDocument(String windowName); // gets the…
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Web Service API - Execute specific tests
Hi, I am looking into using the Web Service API to execute tests from Quality Center. I know that you can set the additionalArgs value so that it only executes specific tests within the suite but this is only available when useWebService is false. Is there a way to do this when using the web service? // Passes additional…
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Add the active environment to my test
I would like to know how to tell to my navigate step to get the active environment. Since I have 3 environments were I like to run the same test. Like www.certifiactionserver.com www.productionserver.com www.stagingserver.com the main idea is run the same test over these 3 environments, since my test was recorder from a…
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Validate the results from SOAtest automatically?
is there any way to read the responses and validate the fields?Hi, I have a bunch of tests created in the SOATest, I was kind of wondering if there any way to read the values in the responses and validate them automatically. In other words can I automate the whole process of the following testing example: -> Already…
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Quality Center VAPI-XP Test Execution
Hi, I am trying to execute a test from QC using the VAPI script provided in the examples folder and am getting the following output/errors: Output: startTestExecution: <ns2:startTestExecutionResponse xmlns:ns2="http://www.parasoft.com/ns/schema/soatest.xsd"><pid>22037933</pid></ns2:startTestExecutionResponse> pid: 22037933…
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Verify Response against Database
Hi, Is there a way to take an element from a request and validate it against a database? Example: Input has Archive_id = 099999 I would like to take this value from the request and query the results from the response against the values in the database. I am not sure how to go about this. I have read some threads about DB…
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Saving output from JavaScript
I found some JavaScript that will give me the IP Address of the local machine where I am running tests and this code works quite nicely. CODE function GetIPAddress(input, context) { var ip = java.net.InetAddress.getLocalHost(); var ipStr = new java.lang.String(ip.getHostAddress()); return (ipStr); } The problem is that I…
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Can Quality Center display multiple responses?
Hi, I am running a Test Suite where I have a parametrized data set running 153 test cases but only 1 Test Case setup in SOA Test. So although I am technically running 153 test cases, the results only show 1 result in Quality Center. I was wondering if there is a way to have QC show the results for each parametrized test…
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Piecing together SOAP requests
We need to piece together some SOAP messages using the SOAP Client and I'm looking for suggestions on how to approach it in SOATest 6.1. Assumptions: - The SOAP Header comes from an Excel Data Source for each request. - For some tests, the SOAP Body may be completely stored in a cell in the XLS file. This seems to work ok…
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Form Input XML and Literal XML
I seem to be having an issue switching between request input types using the SOAPClient in SOATest 6.1. I pasted some XML into the Literal XML window. When I switch to Form XML view, it asks if I want to override values in Form XML view with values from Literal XML. That is good. However, it does not do this when switching…
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Assert Value against database
Hi, I would like to know using SOATEST 5.5 how can I assert that the value returend in a SOAP/XML response from my webservice is the same as in the DB. Thanks in advance
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Callback tool needs to ignore failure
Hi, I'm trying to use the callback tool to dequeue messages from a JMS queue in a loop (using a test suite as the looping mechanism). Once the queue is empty, the callback tool reports a failure. Is there a way to mask the failure so that the step continues to report success?
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Rule wizard
Hi. What does the Rules feature do? I was trying to rules with the rule wizard, but I don't know how it is used for SOATest. Are there examples for nonGUI tests (e.g. SOAP tests) that I can run? THanks.
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Validate self terminating tag
Hi, I am using Soatest 5.5. How do I assert a self terminating tag , these are seen when no results are returned. See example below. I want ot verify that the tag bold and italics is present as shown here. ==================================================== <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <s:Envelope…
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Using Test Results from within the a test Suite
Hello, I have 5.5.2 Service pack 10 I have a test suite with 10 individual tests, i would like to have access to the different test results so i can do an SQL insert with that information. Is this information available as a variable? How might you suggest performing this action - I saves me from post-processing the XML -…
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Can Method Tool return custom XML structure
Normally, when I want to return an XML structure in a Method tool to be chained with a Data Bank I use the command: return SOAPUtil.getXMLFromString(["myStringList"] The format is always a simple list: <root> <z0>myString1</z0> <z1>myString2</z1> ... </root> Is there a way (either in Java or Jython) that I can create my…
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How to best run all tests in batch (nightly process)
Looking to 'automatically' find all tests in a folder structur(SOAtest V6.1) We want to test a large number of Web Services as part of an SOA implementation and we'd like each service's tests to be in it's own .TST file. The developer responsible for each service is responsible for maintaining the tests for that service…
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Modify data bank in Method Tool
Is there a way to directly modify a data bank (actually many of them) in the method tool (using Jython)? I know I can add a databank as an output tool, but this seems very indirect. I'm looking for something similar to MethodToolContext.getVariable(), which only returns test suite variables. Thanks.
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Need to add values to validation sum is 100
Hi, I would like to write a method to summarize these values. Note that XML Data Bank list the percentage value as Percentage, percentage 1, percentage2, etc. There was an example in the forums, but after several attempts, I was not able to get the python script to work. I would like to be able to run the script and verify…
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Add a listener to the stop-button
Hello, I have a test scenario at which I start a SOAP request and check the response via the Call Back Tool. Afterwards I start a Java method with the help of the method tool. This Java class checks another message queue for a correct further processing of my SOAP request. This is done by a repeated lookup at the queue at…
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Command Line -> Not founding Test Configuration - full path suggestion
Hello everybody, I'm having a trouble trying to execute SOAtest from commandline, specifically, the test is not able to find the Configuration File: ERROR: Error: Non-existent configuration examp.properties in workspace: C:\Rodrigo\SOATest\SEO workspace This is the command i'm launching: soatestcli runtest…
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Need to dynamically target multiple Hosts via CLI
What can I use besides the -router option?(SOAtest V6.1) I know that the -router option is deprecated for the 6.1 CLI but . . . I have a requirement that this feature and no other seems to solve. We have a very large number of services, each service with its own .TST file. We need to run a subset of tests from each file…
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Query Alternate Message Queue
Hi, we are trying to test an Websphere MQ Server with SOAtest 6. We are sending a message without synchronous response. However after succesfull processing of the message the backend system is putting a message on a different Channel/Queue which we are trying to read for our verification. Is it possible to query a message…
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Running external Python
hi, I am trying to run external Python (2.5) in SOA 6.1. The script works fine from command line. I have added Python.Home to Window>Preferences > Scripting > Python > C:\Python25 When trying to run script from SOA, test looks inactive and reports a message "Test was not ready and did not run" Here is the python script:…
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Diff tool file comparison
Hi! I'm encountering a problem when using the diff tool for file comparison, hope you can help me out! I have setup my test like this: 1. There is a file data source, each file contains a database query. The database tool component iterates through the data source. Each query results in one or more rows. The output of each…
