Thread: Get information about reusable actions used in a test

Hi ,
I have a test which contains no. of reusable actions in it. I'm calling them using RunAction statement. How I could find out the actions used in the test in the manner they are called through RunAction statements?
I know we can find which actions are used for test , but can we find the sequence in which the reusable actions are called?
For Eg:
Suppose I have a Test "A" which contains reusable actions "B" , "C" , "D" , "E".
suppose "B" has 2 Input parameters & 1 output parameters
suppose "C" has 1 Input parameters & 1 output parameters
suppose "D" has 1 Input parameters & 2 output parameters
suppose "E" has 0 Input parameters & 1 output parameters

Now I called them in my test as
RunAction "B" , oneIteration , BIP1 , BIP2 , BOP1
RunAction "C" , oneIteration , CIP1 , COP2
RunAction "E" , oneIteration , EOP1
RunAction "D" , oneIteration , DIP1 , DOP1 , DOP2
RunAction "B" , oneIteration , BIP3 , BIP4 , BOP2
RunAction "D" , oneIteration , DIP2 , DOP3 , DOP4
RunAction "C" , oneIteration , CIP2 , COP2
RunAction "B" , oneIteration , BIP5 , BIP6 , BOP3
....Now I want to find how actions "B","C","D","E" are called & with what parameters?
Means I'm expecting in this format
"B"
Input Parameters :
1 = BIP1
2 = BIP2
Output Parameters :
1 = BOP1
"C"
Input Parameters :
1 = CIP1
Output Parameters :
1 = COP2
"E"
Output Parameters :
1 = EOP1
"D"
Input Parameters :
1 = DIP1
Output Parameters :
1 = DOP1
2 = DOP2
"B" , BIP3 , BIP4 , BOP2
Input Parameters :
1 = BIP3
2 = BIP4
Output Parameters :
1 = BOP2
"D"
Input Parameters :
1 = DIP2
Output Parameters :
1 = DOP3
2 = DOP4
"C"
Input Parameters :
1 = CIP2
Output Parameters :
1 = COP2
"B"
Input Parameters :
1 = BIP5
2 = BIP6
Output Parameters :
1 = BOP3

I really got confused after reading what you have got here. Sorry.

I would suggest you to use Reporter utility ( after each Action. You can also use a Pop-up message after each action that will display for a few seconds so you know where in the step you are.

Need to call one reusable external action and Get the output value from the external reusable action. Need to Use this output value in the calling action. How can I do this?
For example Random Function in external Action and it function return a random string “XXXXX” and I want to use this random string for next operation in the calling action Action2. How can I do this?
Debug this code also returnValue=RunAction(“Action name”, iteration, input parameter)
After debugging above code , get Null value

Hi,
Simply write statement as
RunAction “Action name”, iteration, input parameter ,OPVar
You will get the output value in OPVar variable for further use.

Regards,
Manoj

Hi,
tried this method also, while debugging script null value return in outvale

Let me know how you are assigning this value to output parameter in your reusable action....

You must use it like
Parameter("OPVar1") = SomeValue.

in your reusable action.

Please do not hijack other members' threads. I am not sure what is happening here.

Manabh, did you figure out how to handle the Reusable action situation you discussed in the original post?

Hi Anshoo,
Thanks to all the responses. But my problem was a bit different. I wanted to extract the details of runactions that I have used in my test. I hope you can understand. The details contains Name of the re-usable action,List of input parameters,List of output parameters. And that too without running the test. See I wanted to figure out the dependencies in my test of re-usable actions.For this purpose I want that details. My logic is simple If any out parameter of a re-usable action is used as in parameter for another re-usable action then the second re-usable action is dependent on the first re-usable action & so on. I wanted it through any third party tool like VB/VBScript where I can declare QTP's programmable objects, like we used to do as for QTResult,QTApplication,etc. I know after running the test I can get this details ,but how can I get them just by reading the test file?

Hi,
Actually I'm interested in what you are doing in the re-usable action. ie. how you are assigning the output parameter.

One Function in the reusable action which returns the string and in the calling action I need to use that string.

Function CommName(strCom)
--
---
---
CommName=strCom
End Function

Wann use the return value of the Function in the another action

Still you haven't clearly mentioned what you are assigning to the output parameter......

In the output parameter, Assiging the Function return value with the Function name and that function take input from the Calling function