Some enhancements to printing test case source
I'd like to request some enhancements to the test_case_templates/default_style_detailed_info/style.xslt:
- Indent! Why should if, then and the steps in the then clause all be left justified? Makes it hard to follow the logic.
- Display the message type for DeclareExecutionIssue, i.e. Information, Warning, Error, OK. For extra credit, print the Error in red.
- Show the return value for ExitProcedure.
These are all trivial changes, and I've modified the 4.0 GA style.xslt to do all of these things (except for printing the Error in red, which is left as an exercise for the reader
), but I don't want to keep updating it every time there's a new version. So I'm hoping to get these incorporated into the official version. Meanwhile, if anyone wants these enhancements, I've attached them below in two forms:
- The complete style.xslt file. Just drop it into resources\reports18\test_case_templates\default_style_detailed_info, and you're good to go. Unfortunately, you have to do this for every single workspace!
- A diff in diff -c format, which you could use with patch.
I find that these changes make the source listings much easier to use, your mileage may vary.
Great contribution. I will see what we can do to incorporate these changes in iTest.
Regarding making changes for every workspace, what you can do is following:
1. Export your resources project into "resources.itar".
2. Set ITAR_PATH environment variable to a folder where resources.itar is located.
3. Close the actual resources project in your workspace.
Now iTest will use the resources project pointed to by the itar. I have not tried this personally - but it should work. iTest will remember that resources project is closed in the workspace - so you will not have to do this again and again. Also, if itar is on a central filestore which is mapped at the same location for everyone, you can change it centrally. When these shared itars are changed, users will have to be notified to refresh iTest by pressing "refresh" in External Projects view.
I also want to add my thanks for actually making a contribution to making iTest better (rather than simply making requests). I realize that most of the time, it isn't possible to offer an improvement -- as it depends on internal code. But having a community where members are trying to help make things get incrementally better is awesome!
Here's a version for report21, which came with iTest 4.1.2. The iTest version hasn't changed since 4.0, so this might also work with any later versions.
Key changes:
- Comments are now colored green.
- Web commands (e.g. getInnerText, etc.) Now show the target as well as any description.
- Async commands now have a purple arrow next to them.
These are all things I needed in looking at source files, and they weren't hard to add. Maybe they'll get rolled into iTest someday, along with the previous changes for indentation, analysis rules, and return values...
You do have to turn on "Print Background" in print setup for firefox to show the comment and analysis colors in your printout.
