How to Execute QTP script from Command Prompt using Automation Object Model

How to Execute QTP script from Command Prompt using Automation Object Model

By Parul Wahi

In order to run QTP scripts on schedule, we can run them directly from command line.

In order to do so we can make use of QTP Automation Object Model which can help us in automating QuickTest operations. Using the objects, methods, and properties exposed by the QuickTest automation object model, we can write scripts that configure QuickTest options and run tests instead of performing these operations manually using the QuickTest interface.

In the following code we are trying to execute a QTP script called “Google_search” from command line. Let’s create a script in QTP and save it as Google_search.Write the following code in a vbs (VB Script) file as save it as demo.vbs:

Dim qtApp ‘ Declare the Application object variable

Dim qtTest ‘ Declare a Test object variable

Dim qtResultsOpt ‘Declare a Run Results Options object variable

Set qtApp = CreateObject(”QuickTest.Application”) ‘ Create the Application object

qtApp.Launch ‘ Start QuickTest

qtApp.Visible = True ‘ Make the QuickTest application visible

qtApp.Open “C:\Documents and Settings\pwahi\Desktop\Google search“, True ‘ Open the test in read-only mode

‘ set run settings for the test

Set qtTest = qtApp.Test

qtTest.Run’ Run the test

WScript.StdOut.Write “Status is:” & qtTest.LastRunResults.Status ‘ Check the results of the test run

qtTest.Close ‘ Close the test

Set qtTest = Nothing ‘ Release the Test object

Set qtApp = Nothing ‘ Release the Application object

Now in order to execute QTP script from command line we have to execute the above created vbs file from command prompt which will in turn launch QTP, open the script, run it and will display the result in command prompt only. Open command prompt and write following code:

C:\Documents and Settings\pwahi\Desktop>cscript //nologo demo.vbs

And press enter

This command will execute the demo.vbs file which in turn launch QTP, open the script Google search, execute it and will display the result in QTP result file. We can also see the results in command prompt as shown below.

If the script passes the result is declared in command prompt as follows:

Status is: Passed

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