Retrieving data from the Environment object
This recipe will show you how to retrieve data from the Environment
object, which is a kind of dictionary that stores key-value pairs. As we will see, unlike a regular dictionary, the Environment
object stores two types of variables:
- Built-in
- User-defined
Built-in Environment variables give access to two types of information:
- Static data such as the
OS
,OSVersion
,LocalHostName
,SystemTempDir
,ProductDir
(where UFT is installed),ProductName
,ProductVer
(UFT version),UserName
(the Windows login name), and several settings such asUpdatingCheckpoints
andUpdatingTODescriptions
. In addition, we can retrieve information about the current test, such asTestName
andTestDir
(the path to the current test(s) from ...
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