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Testing the FileTest Process

You can test the FileTest process directly from TIBCO Designer. This allows you to make sure the process works correctly before you deploy it. This step is not strictly required before you deploy but highly recommended. Follow these steps:

1.	Type Alt+F8 to open the Set BreakPoints dialog.

2.	In the window that appears, select Select All, and then click OK.

Breakpoints allow you to step through the process. Stepping helps you see what happens when each activity executes.

3.	Click the Tester tab to the left of the project panel. The test panel replaces the project tree.

4.	Click the button.

5.	In the process selection window that appears, the FileTest process is selected by default. Click Load and Start Current.

The process is now in Test mode.

6.	Make a change to the text in C:\projects\bwtest\PolledFile.txt to start the process.

7.	Once the TestFilePoller process starter is highlighted (indicating a process has started), click the icon to step through the process.

The icon has two boxes, not three. You can see the name of the icon if you allow the cursor to rest on it without moving the mouse.

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks creates an output file in the same directory named Filemodify.txt after you have stepped into the WriteToTest activity and writes the appropriate text to the file.

The text should be the text of PolledFile.txt and, after a space, the time, in milliseconds, since January 1, 1970.

You can click on each activity in the process definition as you step through it. If you click on the Process Data or Output tabs for the activity, you will see the actual process data and output of the activity as the process executes.

8.	Next, delete PolledFile.txt.

9.	Step through the process once more.

TIBCO Administrator creates a file Fileremove.txt. The content of Fileremove.txt is just the time of modification, because the polled file no longer exists.

10.	Click the icon to return to design mode. In design mode, you can now prepare your enterprise archive.

For more information on using test mode, see the TIBCO BusinessWorks Process Design Guide.

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