ptest is the file format used to provide configuration data to TestPlan and your scripts. At first glance it will appear very much like a Java properties file.

Syntax

The format is line based with whitespace at the start and end of the lines generally ignored. A line ending with \ will be continued on to the next line.

Name=Value

This simply creates a context item→ with the name and value pair. The separator must be the = character, everything else will be taken to be part of the name.

The value component is subject to RValue Expansion→ and thus may be defined as a combination of other defined values.

Including Files

+file.ptest
?file.ptest

Both of these options load another file for further processing. The ? allows the to not exist, whereas + produces an error if the file cannot be found.

Note that the filenames must end with .ptest to be properly recognized.

The filename is subject to RValue Expansion→ and thus may be constructed from previously defined context items.