Excel VBA code to attach files in QC Test Cases - vba

Question

I have a tool that capture screenshots of the application that we test at our workplace. Now once I complete my testing of a particular test case or scenarios, we attach the screenshot that we have taken to HP Quality Center manually.
I want to automate this and make my tool to upload the word document to a test in QC Test Lab. Is this possible? If Yes, How can we do this in Excel VBA?
Operations that we need to perform would be as below:
Connect to QC project with login credentials, domain & project details
Pick a file(s) from a local folder
Upload a file(s) to QC Test Lab, specific test case
I used the below code, but getting error in that code. I marked it in the code below, please check below :
Dim intTestID, FldPath, TestSetName, i
Dim TestSetFact, tsTreeMgr, tSetFolder, TestSetsList, theTestSet
Dim TestSetIdentifier, TSTestFact, TestSetTestsList, testInstanceF, aFilter
Dim lst, tstInstance
intTestID = "8968"
FldPath = TextBox3.Text '"Root\ProjFold\Release1\BRD"
TestSetName = ComboBox3.Text '"BRD" '
Set Connection = CreateObject("TDApiOle80.TDConnection")
Connection.InitConnectionEx Sheet2.Range("B1").Value2
Connection.Login TextBox1.Text, TextBox2.Text
Connection.Connect ComboBox1.Text, ComboBox2.Text
Set TestSetFact = Connection.TestSetFactory
Set tsTreeMgr = Connection.TestSetTreeManager
Set tSetFolder = tsTreeMgr.NodeByPath(FldPath)
Set TestSetsList = tSetFolder.FindTestSets(TestSetName)
Set theTestSet = TestSetsList.Item(1)
TestSetIdentifier = theTestSet.ID
i = 0
Set TSTestFact = theTestSet.TSTestFactory
Set TestSetTestsList = TSTestFact.NewList("")
Set testInstanceF = Connection.TSTestFactory
Set aFilter = testInstanceF.Filter
aFilter.Filter("TC_TEST_ID") = intTestID
Set lst = testInstanceF.NewList(aFilter.Text)
Set tstInstance = lst.Item(1) <---------------- getting error here
MsgBox (tstInstance.Field("TS_Name"))
'tstInstance.Status = "Failed"
'tstInstance.Field("TC_STATUS") = Item1.Status '"Passed"
'tstInstance.Post
Dim RunF, runName, NewRun, runStepF, runlst, Item1, runStep2
MsgBox (tstInstance.Field("TS_Subject"))
Set RunF = tstInstance.RunFactory
runName = "Run_" & Month(Date) & "-" & Day(Date) & "_" & Hour(Now) & "-" & Minute(Now) & "-" & Second(Now)
Set NewRun = RunF.AddItem(Null)
NewRun.Status = "Passed"
NewRun.Name = runName
NewRun.Post
NewRun.CopyDesignSteps
NewRun.Post
Set runStepF = NewRun.StepFactory
Set runlst = runStepF.NewList("")
For Each Item1 In runlst
Set runStep2 = Item1
runStep2.Status = "Passed" '
runStep2.Field("ST_ACTUAL") = "As Expected"
runStep2.Post
Next
'tstInstance.Refresh
tstInstance.Status = "Failed"
tstInstance.Post
Connection.DisconnectProject
Connection.ReleaseConnection
'Set QC = Nothing
Set Connection = Nothing

Answer 1

The error is occurring because the array of objects is not returning. You need to check if the Filter gives you a list of results before assuming that lst.Item(1) exists.
For instance:
If lst.Count > 0 Then Set tstInstance = lst.Item(1)