User Parameters in a Manual Test Case

Question

I have a question regarding a manual test case in Microsoft Test Manager. Is there a way to define "user" parameters?

You can usually define any parameter you want, for example @FirstName. This parameter will be automatically added to the list of parameters of your test system.

But I was wondering if there is something like "@Date" that replaces itself with the -DateTime.Now equivalent?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, this is not supported out of the box. The parameter parser does not understand special parameters. So @date will not give you DateTime.Now

However, you can convert the test to a coded UI test and overwrite the parameter value for passing DateTime.Now when passing @date.

Nevertheless, I liked your offer and I recommend that you pick it up on the user's voice site here => http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio