Is it possible to access more than 255 columns of Datasource (Excel) using Coded UI, currently I am using VSTS 2013 and found that Coded UI is not able to access more than 255 columns from the DataSource. Is there a way to overcome this limitation? I don't want to split my test case in two parts, also I have to use Excel as DataSource.
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Why not just use a datatable as source and fill it with data from your excel? – AlexCharizamhard Feb 9 '16 at 15:49
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Can't use that or you can not allowed to use Database, as I have already created many cases using Excel and in addition to it, I have customized Excel (like binding it with same lookup value as in application, to have dropdowns for selection), Color Coding, Rules for dependent column values etc. Is there a way (lets say some plugin or extension or new version of Coded UI) which can eliminate this column size issue? – Dhiman Feb 9 '16 at 16:37
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One possibility is to include delimited fields within the Excel cells. I normally use CSV ("comma" separated values) for the data source file but the conversion to and from an Excel spreadsheet is easy. A simple example with pipe ( |) delimited field within the CSV would be:
FieldA,FB,SFC1|SFC2|SFC3,SFD-3,FieldE
AAone,BBtwo,CCthree|CCfour|CCfive,DDsix|DDseven|DDeight,FFnine
Here five CSV (Excell) cells are separated by commas. Two of them have pip delimited sub-fields. Giving nine fields in total.
To use the above fields you might do something like:
string[] SFC = TestContext.DataRow["SFC1|SFC2|SFC3"].ToString().Split('|');
string[] SFD = TestContext.DataRow["SFD-3"].ToString().Split('|');
string ValueOfFieldA = TestContext.DataRow["SFD-3"].ToString();
string ValueOfSFC2 = SFC[1];
string ValueOfSFD3 = SFD[3];
Using a field name like SFC1|SFC2|SFC3 may be useful for documentation, but naming all the subfields may be excessive. Having a shorter field name such as SFD-3 gives the hint that three fields are expected.
Note that the array indexing in SFC[1] and SFD[3] should probably be preceded by a check that the elements actually exist.
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looks a good option to me, this way I can reduce the total number of columns so that they fall under 255. – Dhiman Feb 10 '16 at 14:52
