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I'd like to extend the Test Harness I have written in SpecFlow to be a bit more extensible, so what I would like to do is in the setup create a base URL variable that I can set depending on a flag I use on the Nunit runner. So if I send in Test as a Tag I want some URL value to be set to "http://test/" or for Development to set URL to "http://dev/". I know Global variables are not useful in NUnit, most of my previous scripting was in Perl where even then I used it on rare occasions. I'm not sure I am doing this right, although I get the code to compile without errors the URL never get's set. What I am doing is a check when the NUnit runner starts:

private static testInfoConfiguration myUrl; public static string baseUrl = string.Empty; [BeforeFeature("Test")] public static void BeforeFeature_Test() { myUrl = new testInfoConfiguration(); baseUrl = myUrl.setBaseUrl("Test"); }

Which calls this:

public class testInfoConfiguration { public string setBaseUrl(string envType) { string envUrl; if (envType == "Test") { envUrl = "http://testweb/"; return envUrl; } if (envType == "Prod") { envUrl = "http://www/"; return envUrl; } envUrl = "http://devweb/"; return envUrl; }

I then want to make a call to the URL variable later on:

[When(@"I access the Web Site")] public void WhenIAccessTheWebSite() { string kcUrl = baseUrl + "/knowledge/Pages/default.aspx"; driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(kcUrl);

When I call the URL variable it's still empty. Is there a way to do this? I'm still learning C#, NUnit and SpecFlow so I am probably just not looking at the right aspect of this to where I am going wrong. Or just really not understanding how to set a variable in this manner.

Edit: Adjusting the existing code

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In this block of code:

private static testInfoConfiguration myUrl; public string baseUrl = ""; [BeforeFeature("Test")] public static string BeforeFeature_Test() { myUrl = new testInfoConfiguration(); string baseUrl = myUrl.setBaseUrl("Test"); return baseUrl; }

You're defining baseUrl twice: once in the scope of the method, and once in the scope of the class.

When you're in this block of code:

string kcUrl = baseUrl + "/knowledge/Pages/default.aspx"; driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(kcUrl);

You're referring to (what I assume) is the instance field baseUrl, which you never set.

Try the following:

private static testInfoConfiguration myUrl; public static string baseUrl = string.Empty; [BeforeFeature("Test")] public static void BeforeFeature_Test() { myUrl = new testInfoConfiguration(); baseUrl = myUrl.setBaseUrl("Test"); }
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This definitely get's me closer, and thanks for the scope lesson I am still grasping with that. Although I am finding the string kcUrl = baseUrl ends up with an empty baseUrl. Is this my return in the setBaseUrl function?
Without seeing all of the involved code, I can't really tell. Update your question with more of your code and I'll see what I can do.
Ok, updated although I don't know what else is necessary. As far as I can tell there shouldn't be any other code being called at this point since I am just setting the url variable right away. When the Test Runs the browser URL shows up as: http:///knowledge/Pages/default.aspx so it's getting the latter part of the string concatenation. Thanks for the help!
Are you sure that they're both part of the same feature? I see [BeforeFeature("Test")]. If your method WhenIAccessTheWebSite() isn't part of that same feature, it's probably not executing the setup method. Put a breakpoint and check if BeforeFeature_Test() is being executed.
Now I am having a Doh moment, I forgot to reset the tag. Works perfect now...thank you very much!

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