URL of local HTML files wrongly entered in chrome when launched with UFT

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I am trying to launch a local HTML file with UFT in google chrome. I am using the below code to launch

VBScript

SystemUtil.Run "chrome.exe","C:\Profiles_Export.html"

But the url entered is missing a colon. hence, due to incorrect url, the page is not launched.
It is launched as "c/Profiles_Export.html"
I have used the same code in another machine and it is working fine there. so, this doesnt seem like a code issue. Can anyone let me know what is going wrong here.

What I have tried:

I tried to launch with

VBScript

SystemUtil.Run "chrome.exe"
Browser("brwChrome").Navigate "C:\Profiles_Export.html"

But this also results in general error in first line.

Posted 14-Aug-22 21:42pm

Padmapriya Elangovan

Updated 15-Aug-22 3:25am

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Richard MacCutchan 15-Aug-22 5:53am

"But this also results in general error in first line."
What is the exact text of the error message? And also, where is this script code running?

Padmapriya Elangovan 15-Aug-22 6:23am

Hi, exact error is just "General error occured". there is no other explanation mentioned in error popup. I am running this code in UFT

Richard MacCutchan 15-Aug-22 6:24am

Sorry, but I do not know UFT, what is it?

Padmapriya Elangovan 15-Aug-22 6:24am

No Problem, it is an automation testing tool which uses VbScript language.

Richard MacCutchan 15-Aug-22 6:26am

OK, I just Googled and I think you should be asking your question at UFT One Help Center[^].

Padmapriya Elangovan 15-Aug-22 6:27am

yeah, I did it there as well. Still no luck :(

Richard MacCutchan 15-Aug-22 6:33am

With such a vague error message it is impossible even to guess what may be the issue.

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2022-08-15T03:25:00

Solution 1

The path to the file needs to be specified in URI format, even for local files. Your file should be specified like this:

SystemUtil.Run "chrome.exe","file:///C:\Profiles_Export.html"

* This is assuming SystemUtil doesn't do something weird to the arguments being passed to the command being launched.

Posted 15-Aug-22 3:25am

Dave Kreskowiak

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Richard MacCutchan 15-Aug-22 10:40am

~~I think you have an extra forward slash there, Dave.~~
Oops.

Dave Kreskowiak 15-Aug-22 11:58am

:) "It's not flat. We checked."

Padmapriya Elangovan · Answer 2 · 2023-06-13T00:00:00

Solution 2

I had to change the entire solution and go for launching the file with powershell. The following code is what I use right now

ObjWsh.Run ("powershell start " &strApp& " " &strFilePath)

Posted 13-Jun-23 0:00am

Padmapriya Elangovan

Updated 13-Jun-23 0:30am