String formatting and web service testing

Question

Hi
I need to create a web service test where I pass todays date formatted as yyyy-mm-dd. I'm assuming that I need to use VBA to format the script but can't get the eTEst script to use my VBA function. Please could someone provide a step by step explanation of how to do this.
Many thanks
Huw

Answer 1

Huw,
Do the following:
1. start the Databank Wizard
2. create a new variable
4. map this variable to the parameter you want to substitute with today's date
5. switch to Data Binding tab
6. create a databank file. It can be single-column file with any (bogus) data.
7. bind that only databank field with the variable created in step 2
8.complete the Wizard
9. open VBA Editor for the page preceding the page containing the parameter to be substituted with today's date (so, if the parameter is on page 3, open VBA Editor for page 2)
10. in RSWVBAPage_afterPlay add the follows:
RSWApp.RSWApp.SetDataBankValue "var", sValue
where var - is the variable created in step 2 and sValue - is the variable containing today's date
Now, when you play the script back "with databank", the value assigned to sValue will be used instead of hard-coded databank value.
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