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Read Properties from a File

The Read Properties from a File step is used to read the properties from an external file. You can read the properties in two ways:

• In name/value pairs
• In XML tags

Complete the following fields:

File Name

Enter the path name of the file, or use the Browse button to browse to the file.

File Encoding

Accept the default encoding of UTF-8 or select an alternate encoding from the drop-down list. You can also select Auto-detect and click Detect to have DevTest select an encoding type for you.

Type of File

Select the type of a file; either Name-Value-Pairs or XML Tags.

The previous graphic shows the Name/Value pair type of properties file, where name is a property and Mary is a value of the name property.

The previous graphic shows the XML Tags type of properties file, where fname is a property and Sam is a value of the fname property.

The Read Properties from a File step has a default name using this convention: Properties Reader from <filename> where filename is the leaf name of the entered or selected file. If another step uses the default step name, DevTest appends a number to this step name to keep it unique. You can change step names at any time.