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Updating Testplan - How inheritance is indicated
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User's Guide
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Specifying data that is shared by multiple tests
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Click Add.
The symbol is added to the list box above the Add text field, for example:
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Define additional symbols in the same manner, and then click OK when
finished.
The Testplan Detail dialog closes, and the symbol definition(s), including
the $ character, are entered in the plan. For example:
How inheritance is
indicated
The Testplan Detail dialog uses color and font to indicate whether a symbol's
value is inherited or assigned locally. Locally assigned symbols appear in
black, and symbols that inherit their value appear in blue.
Assigning values
manually
You can also define symbols and assign them values by typing them into the
testplan, using this syntax:
$symbolname = symbolvalue
where symbolname is any valid 4Test identifier name, prefixed with the
$ character and symbolvalue is any string, list, array, or the ? character (which
indicates an undefined value).
For example, the following statement defines a symbol named Color and
assigns it the
STRING
value "Red":