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Large Testplans - Subplans inherit Information
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User's Guide
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Dividing a testplan into a master plan and subplans
Once a subplan is expanded inline, the subplan statement changes from red
(the default color for statements) to magenta, indicating that the line is now
read-only and that the subplan is expanded inline. At the end of the expanded
subplan is the <
eof
> marker, which indicates the end of the subplan file.
Subplans inherit
Information
Statements, attributes, symbols, and test data defined in the master plan are
accessible within each of the subplans.
For example, consider the following master plan:
The subplans contained in the casesens.pln file and the caseinsv.pln file each
inherit, and can therefore use, the following from the master plan:
·
The script statement
·
The testcase statement
·
The assignment statement for the $Text symbol