STAF does not provide a specific interface to run a QTP test. But STAF's
PROCESS service has a START request that lets you run most any command on
a local or remote machine (that's also running STAF). So, if you know how
to run your QTP script from the command line, then you can use the STAF
PROCESS service's START request to submit the command that runs your QTP
script. For example:
STAF <local or remote machine> PROCESS START SHELL COMMAND <QTP command>
RETURNSTDOUT STDERRTOSTDOUT WAIT
If you don't know why to run a QTP script from the command line google for
this info. For example, I googled and found that you can run a QTP script
from the command line as follows using the QTP-Plus pack for "QuickTest
Command Line Utility" as talked about at
http://www.sqaforums.com/showflat.php?Number=377374:
QuickTestLauncher /t <testname> /r <resultdirectory> /log /close
Or, you can create a .vbs file which launches QTP and runs a test so you
can run a .vbs file as your command instead . For example: cscript <.vbs
file name>
Once you've figured out how to run your QTP script via the command line,
you should be able to run your QTP test command via STAF and return the
results:
STAF <machine> PROCESS START SHELL COMMAND "<QTP command>" RETURNSTDOUT
STDERRTOSTDOUT WAIT
Depending on where your QTP scripts logs data, you could also use the
RETURNFILE <FileName> option, specifying the name of your QTP log file as
an option in the PROCESS START request. See section "8.12 Process
Service" in the STAF User's Guide at
http://staf.sourceforge.net/current/STAFUG.htm#HDRPROCSRV for more
information on running a command on a remote machine using STAF's PROCESS
service.
Once you've figured out the PROCESS START request that you want to use,
then you can submit the PROCESS START request via a Java program. The
STAF Java User's Guide at http://staf.sourceforge.net/current/STAFJava.htm
provides examples on how to submit any STAF service request, such as a
PROCESS START request and get its result. See the 4th example in section
"3.1.1 Class STAFHandle", sub-section "Examples":
This is an example of creating a new STAFHandle and using the submit2()
method to submit requests to STAF. Note that since auto-unmarshalling is
enabled by default when creating a new STAFHandle, the STAFResult object
returned by the submit2() method will contain the result's marshalling
context and root object so that you don't have to call the unmarshall()
method to unmarshall results that contain multiple values.
import com.ibm.staf.*;
import java.util.*;
public class STAFTest
{
public static void main(String argv[])
{
try
{
// Create a STAFHandle
STAFHandle handle = new STAFHandle("MyApplication");
System.out.println("My handle is: " + handle.getHandle());
try
{
// Submit a request to the PROCESS service to run a
command on
// a machine and wait for it to complete and returns its
stdout
// and stderr. Note that the result from this request
returns
// a marshalled map so we'll use STAFResult's resultObj
variable
// to access the map root object
String machine = "local";
// Specify your QTP command information here
String qtpDir = "C:\\Program Files\\Mercury
Interactive\\QuickTest Professional";
String qtpTest = qtpDir + "\\Tests\\YourTestName";
String qtpResultDir = "C:\\Tests\\results";
String command = "QuickTestLauncher.exe /t \"" + qtpTest +
" /r \"" + qtpResultDir + "\" /close";
String service = "PROCESS";
String request = "START SHELL COMMAND " +
STAFUtil.wrapData(command) +
" WORKDIR " + STAFUtil.wrapData(qtpDir) +
" WAIT RETURNSTDOUT STDERRTOSTDOUT";
STAFResult result = handle.submit2(machine, service,
request);
if (result.rc != 0)
{
System.out.println(
"ERROR: STAF " + machine + " " + service + " " +
request +
" RC: " + result.rc + ", Result: " +
result.result);
System.exit(1);
}
// The command was started successfully. Check the process
// return code and if non-zero, also print an error
message
Map resultMap = (Map)result.resultObj;
String processRC = (String)resultMap.get("rc");
if (!processRC.equals("0"))
{
System.out.println(
"ERROR: Process RC is not 0.\n" +
result.resultContext);
System.exit(1);
}
// Print the stdout/stderr data for the command
List returnedFileList = (List)resultMap.get("fileList");
Map stdoutMap = (Map)returnedFileList.get(0);
String stdoutData = (String)stdoutMap.get("data");
System.out.println("Process Stdout:\n" + stdoutData);
}
finally
{
handle.unRegister();
}
}
catch (STAFException e)
{
System.out.println(
"Error (un)registering with STAF, RC:" + e.rc);
System.exit(1);
}
} // End of main()
} // End of STAFTest
--------------------------------------------------------------
Sharon Lucas
IBM Austin, luc...@us.ibm.com
(512) 286-7313 or Tieline 363-7313
"Martin, Eladio \(GMI Debt Markets\)" <eladio_mar...@ml.com>
06/17/2009 04:20 PM
To
<staf-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
cc
Subject
[staf-users] Staf & QTP
Hello folks?
Any sample java code to call out/remote to QTP and return results?
I would like to able to have Staf remote QTP, QTP does its automation and
return the results?
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Eladio
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