This is a collection of parameters which can be altered to enable certain debugging aspects of TestPlan. This is useful if you are compiling or developing TestPlan but also if you need more details about an error your are getting.

Debug.AlwaysTraceThrowable

If set to true then full Java stack traces will be printed whenever an error occurs. Normally TestPlan attempts to translate exceptions into a more readable form. This may, on occasion, mask critical information.

Debug.Web

If set then it must be the name of a file to which all web traffic will be written. Each back end records information slightly differently (due to the nature of how they work), but in any case it is a good way to see what is happening at the HTTP level.

Debug.Email

If set then it must be then name of a file to which all incoming email will be written, along with information about retrieval of the email with functions like GetEmail→.

Debug.OptionalMessages

Some parts of TestPlan emit messages when using defaults, or when parts of the system are disabled due to other parameters. This flag controls whether they are displayed or not.

Usually one of the verbose options from the testplan→ command line will set this variable.

Debug.Environment

False by default, if true then the Java environment will be dumped to the output on startup.