Running a test

There are a number of options available to run a test:

You can right-click on it in the Test Navigator and select Run As/Run or Run As/Test. If the latter option is chosen, TPTP will automatically run the selected test without invoking the launch configuration dialog.

If the former option is selected, the launch configuration dialog will be opened and the user can configure its various properties as required. This is also the case when the Run... menu is opened without right-clicking on a test. So, in either of these situations, the launch configuration dialog will be opened and we now look at that:

If a run configuration does not exist, ensure that the Test section is selected in the Configurations pane, click on the New button, select the Test tab, type a name into the Name field, and select the test to be run in the Select test to run pane. (By default the test will be deployed locally; to change this see the notes elsewhere in the section on creating a deployment).

Click on the Apply button then click on the Run button to launch the test.

The TPTP test will then run.

The Test Logs Tab of the Run Dialog

The Test Logs tab allows you to override the log defaults if you wish:

The Common Tab of the Run Dialog

When a test configuration is run, TPTP creates a file, with a .launch suffix, containing metadata. The various parameter settings are interpreted as follows:

Parameter	Meaning
Type of launch configuration:	Local: Eclipse stores the .launch file in your workspace's metadata folder, which is invisible to other users. Shared: to allow other users access to the .launch file. If checked, click Browse then navigate to a folder in your workspace where you want to store the file
Display in favorites menu:	To have the test configuration appear in the Run, Debug, or Profile favorites toolbar menus, check the appropriate check box in the displayed list.
Launch in background	If checked, then Eclipse will run the test configuration in the background. If the test configuration is not run in the background, then nothing can be done in Eclipse until it finishes running the test configuration.