I apologize, looks like it wasn't a JMeter problem. I was confused by my newly installed Windows XP folder settings... I had file extensions set not to be displayed, but set to be appended automatically for known types of files. So when I thought I created "data.txt", I had actually created the file "data.txt.txt". And I was only seeing "data.txt".
Since I wasn't seeing file extensions, I hadn't seen that JMeter had a .log file. Your advice helped -- I looked for the log, where I saw that "data.txt" was not found, and this made me see the source of the problem. Thank you, Veronica ----- Original Message ----- From: "BAZLEY, Sebastian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'JMeter Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:45 AM Subject: RE: problem with _StringFromFile > Sorry, just noticed you had tried: > > "C:\data.txt" > > That might have to be "C:\\data.txt" or "C:/data.txt" > > S. > -----Original Message----- > From: BAZLEY, Sebastian > Sent: 14 October 2003 18:41 > To: 'JMeter Users List' > Subject: RE: problem with _StringFromFile > > > **ERR** is returned whenever there is an error, but there should be further > information in the log file. > > JMeter starts in the bin directory - is that where the file data.txt is? > > S. > -----Original Message----- > From: Veronica Baiceanu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 October 2003 18:25 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: problem with _StringFromFile > > > Hi, > > I am trying to use _StringFromFile to read values for parameters of an HTTP > Request. For instance, for the request parameter I can have: > > Name: parameterName > Value: ${_StringFromFile(data.txt,)} > > where "data.txt" resides in the JMeter bin folder. "data.txt" contains > values for parameterName, one value on each line. In the "View Results Tree" > listener I notice that the function returned an **ERR**. In the simplest > case, I am having just one parameter value in the "data.txt" file. I am > running the test with just one thread, looping just once. The test runs fine > when I specify the actual parameter value in the HTTP Request panel. I tried > to specify an absolute path for the data file as well, e.g. "C:\data.txt", > and I got the same problem. > > I also tried to achieve the desired result using the __CSVRead function, and > apparently in this case the file was opened, but no value was retrieved. > > I am using JMeter 1.9.1. > > Thanks a lot for any help, > Veronica > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
