• To execute any of the bat/sh script inside the QEngine script to start an application.
  
• To call another QEngine script to handle any error scenario.
  
• To call another QEngine script which will do a part of application playback.
  

• Click the "Insert Built-in Function" link available above the script editor
• In the "Built-in-Function" window, select the "General Functions" in the "Category" combo.
• Select the appropriate function to be used in the "Functions" combo.
• Configure the values for function arguments and click on "Paste" button to add the function to the script.

• callScript

• callScriptUpto

• callScriptFrom
  

• invokeApplication

• invokeApplicationInThread

• invokeApplicationWithArgs

• invokeApplicationInThreadWithArgs

callScript

Function Description:

Invoke another web script from the one currently being executed.

For more details refer "Chaining the Scripts".

How to Define:

callScript("Web Script Name","Web Script Path")

Mandatory Parameters:

WebScriptName = Script name to be called.

WebScriptPath = Script path (relative to the web scripts directory).

Example:

callScript("test","case1/test")

Return Values:

Whether script execution successfully completed or not

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callScriptUpto

Function Description:

Invoke another web script from the one currently being executed.

Execute up to the line number specifed

For more details refer "Chaining the Scripts".

How to Define:

callScriptUpto("Web Script Name","Web Script Path", Line number)

Example:

callScriptUpto("test","case1/test",75)

Return Values:

Whether script execution successfully completed or not.

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callScriptFrom

Function Description:

Invoke another web script from the one currently being executed.

Execute from the line number specifed

For more details refer "Chaining the Scripts".

How to Define:

callScriptFrom("Web Script Name","Web Script Path", Line number)

Example:

callScriptFrom("test","case1/test",75)

Return Values:

Whether script execution successfully completed or not.

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invokeApplication

Function Description:

Invoke any application (.exe, .bat etc) running in the system.

Current script execution will be suspended till the called Application is executed completely.

How to Define:

invokeApplication("Command line")

Example:

invokeApplication("C:\Mozilla\Mozilla.exe")

Return Values:

Status String

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invokeApplicationInThread

Function Description:

Invoke any application (.exe, .bat etc) running in the system.

Called Application will be started on new thread. Calling script's execution will continue

How to Define:

invokeApplicationInThread("Command line")

Example:

invokeApplicationInThread("C:\Mozilla\Mozilla.exe")

Return Values:

Status String

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invokeApplicationWithArgs

Function Description:

To invoke any application (.exe, .bat etc) running in the system with arguments to be passed (if any).

Current script execution will be suspended till the called Application is executed completely.

How to Define:

invokeApplicationWithArgs("<fileName>","<arguments>")

Note: Use forward slash for all path separators in your command. Also, when specifying multiple arguments, separate the arguments with space.

Example:

invokeApplicationWithArgs("C:\Mozilla\Mozilla.exe","-P default http://www.google.com")

Return Values:

0 for Success

1 for Failure

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invokeApplicationInThreadWithArgs

Function Description:

To invoke any application (.exe, .bat etc) running in the system with arguments to be passed (if any).

Called Application will be started on new thread. Calling script's execution will continue.

How to Define:

invokeApplicationInThreadWithArgs("<fileName>","<arguments>")

Note: Use forward slash for all path separators in your command. Also, when specifying multiple arguments, separate the arguments with space.

Example:

invokeApplicationInThreadWithArgs("C:\Mozilla\Mozilla.exe","-P default http://www.google.com")

Return Values:

0 for Success

1 for Failure

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