[Webtest] making webtest continue on step failure

[Siegfried Göschl]

Hi Mike,

I'm not an Canoo WebTest expert (actually hardly a user) but maybe my 
input might help you 


On 17 Oct 2003 at 18:08, Michael Knapp wrote:

> I don't write java, or else I'd figure this out myself, but does
> anyone have a way of making webtest *continue* testing remaining steps
> in a testSpec when one step fails?  If I read the documentation
> correctly, only successive testSpecs will be executed, not remaining
> steps in the current testSpec. The problem with  this is that it
> necessitates writing a multi-session test where one isn't otherwise 
> wanted.
> 
> It seems to me that this should be configurable at each step with a
> depends attribute (if a step depends on a previous step, therefore
> making halting of that testSpec desirable) or a boolean haltOnFail
> attribute that would override a global property set in the config
> file.
> 
> It seems to me that if i DID know java ;) i'd be able to make this
> change....   has anyone else done this?  would anyone else like to?
> 

IMHO the implemented behaviour is correct otherwise you could/would 
be drown in follow-up errors. For a particular location within a 
given test case this might the wrong behaviour but in general it is 
the right thing.

> This is the tip of the iceberg for me in encountering lots of
> frustration getting WebTest to do long testSpecs, which is necessary
> for single-session testing.  Does anyone else share my pain?  If so,
> please let me know what you've done to resolve issues you've
> encountered.
> 
> Some of my other issues:  can't use ANT steps within the '<steps>'
> element, like setting properties, or using echo.  Are there good
> reasons for this that i'm just not grokking?
> 

Dierk Koenig told me that this is something he would like to 
integrate. Having said that you should setup your environment before 
running the test scripts and any <echo> should be a test step 
description anyway ... :-)

You can try to use verbose output from Canoo WebTest (somewhere in 
the config tag) and/or ANT (-verbose or for the diehards -debug)

> Any input appreciated.  This is still the best tool i've had the
> pleasure to use for the testing i need to do, and I'm sure with more
> experience i'll be able to make it do what i want; so far those
> techniques just aren't obvious to me.
> 
> thanks
> mike
> 
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Cheers,

Siegfried Goeschl