Reporter.ReportEvent Statement is used to send desired events (like Pass, Fail, etc) and custom messages in the run results of UFT.
For example, you have written the code for doing log-in to an application. After submitting the page with valid credentials, you might check whether the next page is displaying or not. If it is displaying you can report a pass event else you can report a fail event.
ReportEvent Method in UFT
It reports an event to the run results.
Syntax
Reporter.ReportEvent EventStatus, ReportStepName, Details, [ImageFilePath]
You can pass the following values for EventStatus:
0 or micPass: Cause the step to be reported as Pass
1 or micFail: Cause the step to be reported as Fail.
2 or micDone: It sends the message to the test report without affecting the Pass/Fail status of the Test
3 or micWarning: It also sends the warning message to the run results and does not affect the status of the test/component.
ReportStepName: Step name that is displayed in the Run Results window. Generally used to write the expected result.
Details: It shows the description of the run results event. Generally used to write the actual result.
ImageFilePath: This is an optional parameter.Provide the path and filename of the image to be displayed in the run results. Supported image formats are BMP, PNG, JPEG, and GIF.
For Example:
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Reporter.ReportEvent micPass,"Flight Booking Order","The order placed successfully" |
Or you can also write it in the following way:
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Reporter.ReportEvent micPass,"Flight Booking Order should be placed","Flight Booking order placed succesfully" |
Using the numeric value for EventStatus
‘Reporting a fail step
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Reporter.ReportEvent 1,"Flight Booking Order should be placed","Flight Booking order was not placed" |
Capture Error Screenshot using ReportEvent
You can capture screenshots in Run Results for all EventStatus.However, capturing screenshots for every EventStatus is not advisable because it will take huge space in the hard drive and it may impact the performance as well. So it is better to capture screenshots for only failed steps.
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errorFile="D:\Test\ErrorFile.png" WpfWindow("HPE MyFlight Sample Application").CaptureBitmap errorFile,True 'True will overwrite an existing file' Reporter.ReportEvent 1,"Flight Booking Order should be placed","Flight Booking order was not placed",errorFile |
A sample Run Result for the following code. You can see the screenshot for the failed step is displaying in the result viewer.
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SystemUtil.Run "C:\Program Files\HPE\Unified Functional Testing\samples\Flights Application\FlightsGUI.exe" If WpfWindow("HPE MyFlight Sample Application").Exist Then Reporter.ReportEvent micPass,"HPE MyFlight Sample Application should be displayed","HPE MyFlight Sample Application displayed succesfully" Else Reporter.ReportEvent micFail,"HPE MyFlight Sample Application should be displayed","HPE MyFlight Sample Application failed to displayed" End If WpfWindow("HPE MyFlight Sample Application").WpfEdit("agentName").Set "john" WpfWindow("HPE MyFlight Sample Application").WpfEdit("password").SetSecure "5bc01c71aff4a72b0c02" WpfWindow("HPE MyFlight Sample Application").WpfButton("OK").Click Reporter.ReportEvent micDone,"User Credential were entered","" errorFile="D:\Test\ErrorFile.png" WpfWindow("HPE MyFlight Sample Application").CaptureBitmap errorFile,True 'True will overwrite an existing file' Reporter.ReportEvent 1,"Flight Booking Order should be placed","Flight Booking order was not placed",errorFile WpfWindow("HPE MyFlight Sample Application").Close'Closing Flight Booking application to fail the following steps |
*Note: UFT cannot load images from HP ALM. Hence save images only in your local machine or in a network location
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