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How to install multiple versions of Parasoft into Visual Studio
Prior to perform following action, please make sure to uninstall all Parasoft plugins for Visual Studio. Performing the Installation * Double-Click on our installer. * Proceed with the normal installation steps until it asks where to install Parasoft Test. * On the Select Destination Location page, locate the "Advance"…
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How to Import a TST File into a SOATest Instance
Importing Tst’s in the SOAtest UI Method 1) Drag and drop a TST file into a project folder into the Navigator View. Method 2) In the UI navigate to File > Open File. Choose your TST click open, then Click the button titled: Import “testname.tst” Importing Tst’s in SOAtestcli (headless) If you would like to import a TST…
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Variables that can be used in session tags for dotTEST v10.0.X
Here is a list of variables that can be used in the localsettings file for the session.tag parameter: A common use case for the env_var variables is when they are used to get the name of the solution to be used in the session.tag. Here is an example for the previous scenario in the localsettings.properties file:
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Upgrading Process for DTP
Upgrading from a Previous Version of DTP (5.x to 5.y) Before upgrading from previous versions of Development Testing Platform, make sure you read the following sections in the DTP Server User's Guide below for more information and make sure all necessary adjustments have been made before proceeding with the upgrade: •…
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Enabling the Import Data button to import users from LDAP/AD
After configuring the User Administration for LDAP/AD, it is required for the users to log into DTP Server so DTP Server can import the user into the User Administration Database. The "Import Data" button was disabled to prevent importing a mass amount of users into DTP Server that are not supposed to have access to DTP…
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Clean Parasoft Registry for C++test Visual Studio Plugin
When installing a new version of C++test on Visual Studio, it is recommended to remove the old version with the uninstaller since we can only have one version of C++test on Visual Studio. However, if the uninstallation is completed but when installing a new version of C++test, a error message displays that "Cannot install…
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When a user follows a shared dashboard, all filters and date range options are read-only
As you can see from the screenshot below, users cannot edit the filters of a shared dashboard. This is expected behavior by design. Users can only subscribe to a dashboard with the original author's settings and cannot change those settings. If a user wants to change any settings, the user needs to duplicate the dashboard.…
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"Error: CERT_HAS_EXPIRED" error message within DTP Server
This issue was encountered while working with DTP Server version 5.1.2 If the following message appears in the Node.exe screen on start up: Error getting project list from DTP: localhost { [Error: CERT_HAS_EXPIRED] cause: { [Error: CERT_HAS_EXPIRED] request: { domain: null, _events: [Object], _maxListeners: 10, options:…
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When attempting to generate C++ stubs, especially safe stubs, C++test attempts to compile user hea
Check to make sure the user has not redefined assert.h. In the cases that triggered this article the user had their own version of assert.h and the safe stubs build included that file rather than the standard C library file. The user version contained C++ code that the C compiler could not build causing a compiler fail.…
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How to determine if an environment is supported by C/C++test
The post below assumes all the software and hardware requirements for host machine (where C/C++test is installed) on are met, which is a prerequisite for all testing with C/C++test. Please see the "Installation and Licensing" page in the C/C++test Help documentation for the detailed requirements. The information you will…
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Unrecognized command line option "-m32"
This message occurs because C/C++test will implicitly change the compilation line to add the "-m32" compiler option for some compilers. This is generally not an issue, however sometimes the user is using a compiler that does not support this "-m32" option (This usually means that an "unsupported" compiler is being used.…
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Permissions Insure++ Needs to Run on Linux
If multiple users are sharing an installation of Insure++ on a single machine, they will need group permissions to fully use Insure++. Permission issues may show up in the form of license errors or access errors. If any users are experiencing insufficient permissions issues, please make sure they have the following…
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Could not create the Java Virtual Machine
If you receive a start-up error when starting a Parasoft Test tool with the error message: "Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. Error: A fatal exception has occured. Program will exit." followed by another message popup (see images in solution), this may mean there is not enough continuous memory to allocate…
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Producing a Leak Summary from Insure++
This post explains how to force Insure++ to produce a Leak Summary from an application that is terminating before it is closed properly. If you find Insure was not able to close properly and provide a leak summary report of the executed instrumented code, we can force the tool to produce a leak summary report. This will…
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What are my permissions in CTP?
Hi everyone! Some users of CTP may notice that they do not have permission to take certain actions in their browser. Here is a short explanation of the three access roles in CTP and what they mean for you. System System is the most basic of the user permissions within CTP. This permission allows a user to create, modify,…
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How to un-lock a workspace after a force-close
Description: Parasoft-Test based products (such as SOAtest, Jtest, or Virtualize) are shipped as Eclipse plugins. When Eclipse starts, it opens a workspace - locking it so that other Eclipse instances cannot use the same workspace at the same time. When Eclipse shuts down, this workspace is then un-locked. Cause: When one…
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How to remove Built-in test configuration after the installation is completed
In rare cases, an organization would like to standardize into few selected test configurations and would not like to show all available built-in test configurations from Parasoft solutions such as C/C++test and Jtest. This is not recommended to remove any built-in test configuration and this process must run again as a…
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Jtest bitness error during VM Initialization
Description: When the user tries to load Jtest they get an error message about initializing the VM. This error points to eclipse files, dll's of one bitness, and an OS of another bitness. This reveals that the problem is a bitness conflict between the various resources. The solution is to make sure that all applications…
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Importing/ exporting Data in TDM using a script
TDM allows us to manage and manipulate data in CTP. There are many cases where we would want to store snapshots of our data in source control. The following scripts utilize the TDM apis to accomplish this.
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How to create an Insure++ log file
This post will provide instructions for creating an Insure++ log file when debugging issues with Insure++. When you run into an issue with Insure++, whether it is displaying an Insure++ Violation or if the instrumentation failed for some reason, it is beneficial to create an Insure++ log file from the run to determine the…
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Updating CTP with a Windows Batch script
This is a simple script that will allow us to update the Continuous Testing Platform when a new WAR is released SET CTP_LOCATION=C:\parasoft\CTPSET UPDATE_FOLDER=c:\parasoft\update\CTPbackupsSET NEW_CTP_WAR=C:\Downloads\em.warREM Adjust path to 7Zip program as needed belowset THE_ZIP="c:\program files\7-zip\7z.exe"echo…
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Forum Etiquette
These recommendations for conduct are provided to complement the Terms of Use for the Parasoft Community Forum. Violating these guidelines should not get your message cancelled, but may decrease the likelihood that you will receive a reply from other members of the community. Stay on topic. When you post a reply to a…
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Forum Terms of Use
The following are terms of a legal agreement between you and PARASOFT. By accessing, browsing and/or using this web site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these terms and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including export and re-export control laws and regulations.…
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Setup Calculator demo (Jtest 10.2.2) with Weblogic (10.3.6)
Pre-reqs: Maven, Java JDK 7, Weblogic 10.3.6, Jtest Engine 10.2.2 * Make sure you configure Maven to be able to use Jtest. See Jtest plugins manual for details. This can be found under: ”\manuals\plugins-manual.html”. * Set up a domain in Weblogic with an Admin server. * Copy the ”\examples\calculator\” folder to a new…
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How do I change the maximum heap size of the JVM?
In some cases, the default amount of memory allocated to the JVM in which SOAtest runs may need to be increased when dealing with large test suites or complex scenarios. SOAtest 9.x and 6.x: 32-bit versions use 896MB by default. 64-bit versions use 1792MB by default - 896MB if using SOAtest <9.4 To increase the maximum…
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Parasoft Community Forum Terms of
The following are terms of a legal agreement between you and PARASOFT. By accessing, browsing and/or using this web site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these terms and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including export and re-export control laws and regulations.…
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Script instead of Diff to test return code
if i have a response that has CODE <responseCode>1436</responseCode> how can i do a diff that says the test PASSES as long as i don't get a responseCode of 1436? also, what if i want to do: the test PASSES as long as the responseCode is less than zero?
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WSDL diff or WSDL Regression versus Diff with XML or Text mode
---------- Test 4: WSDL Regression ---------- Test 4: WSDL Regression: 1 test to process... Did not run XML Diff, there are too many differences. Performing text mode diffing instead. Test failed My question is how many difference are too many? Does the diff tool have a different look for the case when there aren't too…
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Global Search and Replace
It would be nice to have a global search and replace in All fields of the test suite in one step, instead of repeating that for each field category. You can add a sub menu as: Search and Replace -> Fields Within -> All Occurence Thanks.
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Using RMI in SOAtest
How to use a RMI URL in SOATestI am wanting to use a the RMI URL(t3//, rmi//) to call a remote method that will start our workflow. I can create a test using method(a test option), and put in the class that will make the remote method call, but I cannot figure out a way to get SOATest to recognize:…
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Scripting - Dynamic Input for Concurrent Testing
Dynamic Input for Concurrent TestingHello, I have such an issue, i should create a test suite with 100 tests which should run concurrently. In fact all 100 tests are the same , but i want to set an input parameter in the test between data range 2X0X and 3X0X ( X is the any number). So what i want is that : for all the…
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Documentation on cli -testName option?
Trying to use -testName match:(SOAtest V6.1) I'd like to find out what types of patterns I can use with the -testName match: CLI option. I know that I can do a -testName match: foo and that this will run all tests with foo in their titles. What are the details of valid patterns? I can't seem to run foo*bar for example. We…
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XPath syntax - ways to get/test XPath
Hello. I have setup some stubs and am mocking up some responses by using the XPath Function matching. However, I can not seem to find much documentation or examples on syntax for this. I can get a basic text="sometext" function to work properly but, I would like to find out how to properly syntax looking for blank text,…
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Jenkins/Hudson support for SOAtest
Hi, We are trying to get over Development group interested in using SOA test. One question that they would like to know - We are looking at using the same tool that QA uses (SOATest) for our automated services tests. Can Hudson run SOATest scripts the same way we're running Soap UI tests today? They wanted to also know if…
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Exporting DB Tool Table Traffic Results
Hi, Is there a way to export the traffic results from the Table view when running the DB Tool? This is exactly what I want to export into .csv but when I use the Write File, I get the Literal View and not the table view. I also looked at http://forums.parasoft.com/index.php?showt...hl=writetoexcel but I only got 1 row…
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How do I create Mock Services
Hi I have a wsdl file. It has no ednpoints defined. But i want to invoke the service by creating mock response for the wsdl file. How do i achive the same in parasoft soa test.? Thanks Aadith
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Javaw.exe does not release from memory
After closing SOAtest, "javaw.exe" still exist in the processlist of Windows consuming 200 upto 500 MB memory. Restarting SOAtest will start another "javaw.exe" process. The scripts running with this new started SOAtest, have an unpredictable results. After killing all "javaw.exe" processes and restarting SOAtest, SOAtest…
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Can one test script use two separate data sources?
Hi, Is is possible to use 2 data sources in 1 test script? Issue: I am comparing an excel workbook with 7 worksheets using the DBTool. Each worksheet represents a test case. The issue is the SQL that is being used to generate the excel workbook is using &Date and &SSN which are referenced on the first worksheet of the…
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Unable to uninstall Parasoft Test 9.5 after uninstalling C++Test 9.5
uninstall issueI've had Parasoft test 9.5, C++Test 9.5 and dotTest C++ 9.5 installed and using them from VS 2013. We are upgrading to version 9.6 so I uninstalled dotTest, then C++Test. But when I try to uninstall Parasoft Test I get an error message "Cannot unregister Parasoft Test from Visual Studio 2013 because other…
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Generating PDFs and Email for Reports in SOAtest
Reporting in SOATestHi All, I have following queries on soatest reporting. Really appreciate any response in this regard. Q1 : Is it possible to get pdf report (not html) in CLI mode (using soatestclie.exe), if yes how. Q2 : In order to get test results for a run on email (as email attachment), is it must to have concerto…
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Using Jenkins to execute Command line interface from another machine
I know it's a long shot, having seen the results in Google, but does anyone have a simple solution for this? We have a Jenkins install and a Parasoft SOAtest (with CLI) install, on seperate machines. How can we let Jenkins execute the command line commands on the other machine? All Parasoft manuals are assuming the SOAtest…
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Missing Insure++ symbols during linking?
Some versions of GCC and some distributions of linux, (Ubuntu has been observed but there may be others), have added a new linking heuristic, which causes insure++ linking to fail. The symptom will be something like this: insure gcc -g -o freenull freenull.c ** Insure messages will be written to insra **…
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Installing 32-bit Insure++ on 64-bit Linux
The easiest, cleanest and best way to do this is: 1/ Download the Insure++ distribution package 2/ Change directories to where you want the installation to live 3/ Move the Insure++ distribution package there 4/ enter the command: "setarch i686" -- this will start a new shell, which will convince the installer that this is…
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Windows Vista support
Does anyone have any experience trying to run Insure++ under Vista with VS2005 SP1? We are preparing for a major release for Vista and would like to know if Insure++ is non-function, semi-functional, or mostly-functional under Vista. Thank you!
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make -j for simultaneous builds
Just checking if there is any reason the "make jobs" for simultaneous builds would not work when compiling under linux (2.6.9). It appears to build and run fine but I wanted to verify that we are not missing something. This greatly increases our rebuild times, increasing the usefulness of insure++. Thank You
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Window 7 support
Just checking if there is any indication as to when Windows 7 will be officially supported? (following the official release of windows 7 I suppose!) Also checking if anyone has any experience running the latest version under Windows 7? Thank You
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Windows 8 support
Is anyone running insure++ under windows 8, or know when this might be (un)officially supported? thank you
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Using Insure++ as a non-Administrator on Windows
Using Insure++ as a non-AdministratorAs a member of the Administrators group, do the following: * Install Insure++ * Run Insure++ on one of the examples in C:\Program Files\Parasoft\Insure++\examples (e.g. editor_demo). This "warms up" a few files and directories. * Optionally enable user-specific options in the General…
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Parasoft Virtualize
Can you start posting the Q & A sessions for Virtualize product of parasoft.
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Passing arguments to a Python script
I have a Python script which is run as an output to an External Tool (note that this External Tool is run multiple times within a test scenario so this same type of script also appears multiple times). The only lines of code that change are for the Environment variable, assignmentSQL, and the file to read, ASSIGNMENT.txt;…