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Error: Cannot end the test before it has started
Description
This error is displayed in the list of errors and warnings at the bottom of the procedure editor when a procedure tries to use an End the test action before the test has started.
This applies to the following actions:
| • | End the test |
| • | End the test (specifying reason) |
| • | End the test, but allow continuation |
| • | End the test (specifying reason), but allow continuation |
Example
The following procedure will generate an error, as it may try to end the test before it has started. The shaded area represents statements that will run before the test starts; the non-shaded area is run after the test has started.
Figure 1. This procedure will cause this error, because it may try to end the test before it has started.
To prevent this error, simply move the statements that use the End the test action to be after the test starts (i.e. within the un-shaded section of the procedure).
See also:
| • | Errors and warnings while writing a procedure |
| • | Errors and warnings while running a procedure |
| • | Actions available to procedures |
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