Automated unique registration value

[Mark Cooper]

I'm testing the registration form for my application. I want to use a unique email address (either an incremental integer or maybe a date string).

Is this possible to do via the QA version without writing code? If, not, what other approaches are there to get this working?

Is it possible to then parameterise this value for use by other test steps?

Thanks,
Mark

[Stoich]

Hi Mark,
    you"ll need a coded step for this but it won't be complex to implement.

First off: in code you can set a so-called Extracted Value:
http://www.telerik.com/automated-testing-tools/support/documentation/user-guide/knowledge-base/data-driven-testing/extracted-variables-in-code.aspx

Once set, you can access this value without code (i.e. use it as a parameter) in the same way as normal databinding:
http://www.telerik.com/automated-testing-tools/support/documentation/user-guide/data-driven-testing/attach-columns-to-input-values.aspx

So you just need to write the code that generates a random String in a coded step and then set it as an Extracted Value. From there you can access it without any further coded steps. Generating a random String is very straightforward. I followed the following tutorial:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/RandomNumber11232005010428AM/RandomNumber.aspx

Here's what my code step looks like:

StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
Random random = new Random();
char ch ;

for(int i=0; i<7; i++)
{
ch = Convert.ToChar(Convert.ToInt32(Math.Floor(26 * random.NextDouble() + 65))) ;
builder.Append(ch);
}
this.SetExtractedValue("myRandomString",builder.ToString().ToLower());

You can access this value by using $(myRandomString).

Let me know if you require any additional assistance with this.

Greetings,
Stoich
the Telerik team