next »

[Frank Mayer]

Attempting to execute QTP through a DOS window using cscript with the following vbs

Dim qtApp          'As QuickTest.Application
              'Declare the Application object variable
Dim qtTest              'As QuickTest.Test
         '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:\JMSC QTP Automation\CheckURL", 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
qtApp.quit      'Close QuickTest Pro
Set qtResultsOpt = Nothing    'Release the Run Results Options object
Set qtTest = Nothing    'Release the Test object
Set qtApp = Nothing    'Release the Application object

The actual DOS commend is “cscript //nologo checkurl.vbs”

The function works and does exactly what I want it to do.  But inconsistently I receive the error “checkurl(8, 1) (null): The server threw an exception.” Since this application will be in a production environment, this is an unacceptable return from QTP.  Here is what I do know; sometime the vb script works.  The actual QTP scripts simply validates that a series of URLs exist.  The license and environment are configured correctly.
Has anyone seen this error before and can help to eliminate the issue?

[Asiq Ahamed]

Hi Frank,
       I am not sure why you are getting "The server threw an exception" error. Ok create a bat file with below code and run the bat file in DOS.

Please confirm, if you get the error again.

Code:

cscript "C:\Library1.VBS"

[Tarun Lalwani]

Are you launching this vbs continuously?

[Frank Mayer]

Hi Frank,
       I am not sure why you are getting "The server threw an exception" error. Ok create a bat file with below code and run the bat file in DOS.

Please confirm, if you get the error again.

Code:

cscript "C:\Library1.VBS"

Good Morning,
May I ask what is "C:\Library1.VBS"?

Here is a bat file that I am working on executing

Code:

set LSERVRC = c:\program files\common files\mercury interactive\license manager\lservrc
set LSHOST = 10.30.18.227
path = %path%;c:\program files\hp\quicktest professional\bin
cscript //nologo checkurl.vbs

[Frank Mayer]

Are you launching this vbs continuously?

Hi,
This is QTP script is to be run every time a new release of an application is install to confirm all URL pages are available.  There is a build process that a .bat file will be included in.  I don't think this exception error is going to fly with management.
frank

[Asiq Ahamed]

Hi Frank,
        I thought you are running the vbs in local.

OK write your bat file with ping path command,

Code:

set LSERVRC = c:\program files\common files\mercury interactive\license manager\lservrc
set LSHOST = 10.30.18.227
Pingpath 10.30.18.227
path = %path%;c:\program files\hp\quicktest professional\bin
cscript //nologo checkurl.vbs

See if this helps.

[Frank Mayer]

Hi Frank,
        I thought you are running the vbs in local.

OK write your bat file with ping path command,

Code:

set LSERVRC = c:\program files\common files\mercury interactive\license manager\lservrc
set LSHOST = 10.30.18.227
Pingpath 10.30.18.227
path = %path%;c:\program files\hp\quicktest professional\bin
cscript //nologo checkurl.vbs

See if this helps.

Help me out here, pingpath?  I don't think there is a DOS command like that.  Ping <ip address> will return 4 replies with times and lengths.  I will try the ping command.

[Asiq Ahamed]

Hi Frank,
         Sorry for the typo.

Code:

pathping 10.30.18.227

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PathPing

[Frank Mayer]

Help me out here, pingpath?  I don't think there is a DOS command like that.  Ping <ip address> will return 4 replies with times and lengths.  I will try the ping command.

It did not work successfully.  However the return was "checkurl.vbs(8,1) (null):The server threw an exception"  That is a different return code, but I don't know where to go to locate what (8,1) might mean.

With the pathping command the results were exactly as above.  I am beside myself.

[Asiq Ahamed]

Hi Frank,
      If you are not OK with bat file, then please try to switch over to PsExec utility.

I guess it may solve your problem.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx

Good Luck

[Manish Bhalshankar]

Hi Frank,
Have you checked if all the URL's you are validating work fine when checked manually?

[Frank Mayer]

Yes, but I can not even reach the first part of the script which closes all occurances of IE.  Have you seen this problem in the past?

[Manish Bhalshankar]

I am awear of one such error:

The remote server machine does not exist of is unavailable

and this happens when the QTPAutomationAgent.exe is terminated.

[Frank Mayer]

What else can I try?  How can I end QTPAutomationAgent.exe safely so it can be re-executed? 

[Manish Bhalshankar]

You dont have to end

QTPAutomationAgent.exe.

If you do that you will get the error. You will have to keep this process running.