Support for running tests from Spreadsheets in SLIM

[efauske]

I understand that FIT has support for running tests defined in spreadsheet files in a folder (See here). However, we are using SLIM to run our tests, and migrating to FIT is not an option. Our SUT is a .NET application, so we are using fitSharp. I was redirected here when requesting the same feature there.

We have most of our test tables defined in Excel spreadsheets (.xlsx and .xlsm). Our test answers are calculated by an extensive use of formulas inside the spreadsheets. Currently, we have to manually copy/paste the test tables into FitNesse to update the tests whenever a change has been made. With a large test suite, this creates a lot of manual work and data duplication.

We would benefit greatly from added support for running tests directly from .xlsx or .xlsm files. If support for .xlsm files is difficult, adding support for .xlsx would still add great value for us.

Storing the spreadsheet files with generated answers directly in the FitNesse test folders and having SLIM execute them automatically would prevent data duplication, and make it much easier to maintain tests.

Let me know if you need for information or clarification!