I have couple of machines on which I wish to schedule exceutions. I need to access these machines remotely for exceution. Whenever I start exceution from these machines and minimize the session my script fails. So just curious to know whether QTP scripts can be executed while keeping sessions minimized. If yes what changes needs to be made in script. Thanks.
Can we execute QTP script on remote machine by keeping session minimized
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Tested as working:
#Must be the first statement in your script (not coutning comments)
param([Int32]$step=30)
$iTunes = New-Object -ComObject iTunes.Application
if ($iTunes.playerstate -eq 1)
{
$iTunes.PlayerPosition = $iTunes.PlayerPosition + $step
}
Call it with
powershell.exe -file itunesForward.ps1 -step 15
Multiple parameters syntax (comments are optional, but allowed):
<#
Script description.
Some notes.
#>
param (
# height of largest column without top bar
[int]$h = 4000,
# name of the output image
[string]$image = 'out.png'
)
And some example for advanced parameters, e.g. Mandatory:
<#
Script description.
Some notes.
#>
param (
# height of largest column without top bar
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[int]$h,
# name of the output image
[string]$image = 'out.png'
)
Write-Host "$image $h"
A default value will not work with a mandatory parameter. You can omit the =$true for advanced parameters of type boolean [Parameter(Mandatory)].
QuickTest Pro must be installed on the local machine (in your case, your Windows 7 computer) even though you'll ultimately launch QTP elsewhere. This is because Set qtApp = CreateObject("QuickTest.Application", "MyServer") summons the local installation of QTP to open. Once the local QTP is open, it should communicate with the remote server and instruct the remote server to begin the test cases.
So, yes, you will need QTP installed on the local machine. (This is not troublesome if you have concurrent aka 'floating' licenses. If you have the seat licenses, that means they are paying for each individual computer that QTP is installed on. If that's the case, I don't know what to recommend.)
An alternate method:
I've been wrestling with remotely-launching QTP test scripts, particularly by launching them through the Windows Task Scheduler (That way, you wouldn't need QTP on the local machine, only on the remote machine). Here are a few questions I've had that hopeful might blaze a trail:
Best Answer
When you minimize this window, the operating system switches the remote session to a GUI-less mode and does not display windows and controls. As a result, the tests are unable to interact with the tested application’s GUI as the GUI doesn’t actually exist in this case.
You need to change Registry keys on your computer (that is, the computer from which you connect to a remote QTP workstation). Here is a step-by-step description:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\(if you want to change the RDC settings for your user account)
-- or --
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\(if you want to change the RDC settings for all accounts)
RemoteDesktop_SuppressWhenMinimized. Specify2as the value data.That’s all. Now minimizing the Remote Desktop Connection window on your computer will not affect the remote computer’s GUI and the GUI will still be available to your automated GUI tests.
This was taken from: http://blog.smartbear.com/post/10-10-11/testcomplete-tip-running-tests-in-minimized-remote-desktop-windows/