how to pass parameter values thro runtime

somi

Actually am running a suite through commandline. The script i use has a funciton, can i be able to pass the parametes to the function during runtime(i.e) in command line???

if so, how????

alexanderkl

No way to parametrize suites?
Only by means of _callServer?

narayan

Currently, you cannot parametrize suites. If you could tell your requirements, I will add the needed features.
Regards,
Narayan

alexanderkl

Something like

httx://sahi.example.com/_s_/dyn/Player_auto2?file=" + file + "&startUrl=" + startUrl + "&p:paramName=03.04.2005"

with the value "03.04.2005" accessible from scripts by means of

date = _ARGS["paramName"]

could be just fine.

Suites could look in similar way:

test1.sah /startPageForTest1.jsp p:paramName=03.04.2005

Thank you,
Alexander

lesSheppard

Hi Narayan,

Just a quick one to ask if you had a chance to implement this? It would be ideal for the current set of tests I have

Cheers,
Les.

narayan

There is another way to pass in a parameter which may not be the most elegant, but should work.

Set a system property just before you invoke your suite, and then read the variable in your script like this:

In your runsuite.bat

SET MY_VAR=abcd

In your script

var $x = "" + java.lang.System.getenv("MY_VAR");
_alert($x);

Would that work for you?

Or you can pass the param to Java using -D
java -DMY_VAR=abcd net.sf...

and access it using

var $x = "" + java.lang.System.getProperty("MY_VAR");
_alert($x);

lesSheppard

Hi Narayan,

Thanks for the response. Using environment variables or the Java -D flag would certainly work (thanks) and do make things easier. It would be ideal to be able to pass a parameter into each script in a suite, but what you suggested gets me a step closer to what I want and does help a lot

Cheers,
Les.