Mantis integrated with TestLink!Want some more functionality

Bairat · Post by **Bairat** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:12 am

Hi,

I found about TestLink from one of my office colleagues and decided to have a look at it first to find whether it can be used in our organisation. After having some initial problems with installing PHP 5.0, Apache 2.2 and MySQL 5.0, I was able to install and configure TestLink 1.7.4.

After installing TestLink I created some dummy Projects and Test Cases just for evaluation purpose I created some logins. I forwarded the login details with link to access the installed TestLink tool to my higher management and he was very happy to see the ease of use of the tool

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The next question from him was whether we can integrated it with Mantis (since Mantis is used over here for day-to-day logging of bugs and Customer Enhancements). I confirmed and started configuring Mantis with Testlink. Now Mantis (1.0.1) and TestLink are both configured and are working properly.

Now here comes my question.
When the Mantis report issue screen is opened through TestLink can we have the Summary and Test Steps from TestLink populated automatically in the Summary and Description boxes of the Mantis Report Issue screen????
Whether it can be configured to do so? If yes, can I know the .php filenames of TestLink and Mantis which needs to be tweaked to support this requirement so that I can give it a try and if yes can I post the solution over here so that it can be useful to many of the BTS users????

Thanks a lot...
Deven
Test Lead.

amar_patekar · Post by **amar_patekar** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:42 am

Hi Deven,

Can you please tell me how did you integrate Mantis with testlink.
I had posted a query in forum n i have got some replies but before i do them i want to know from you how did you go about twaeking the files.
You can look at the topic posted as 'Testlink & Mantis Integration' in forums

Thanks & Regards,
Amarr

Bairat · Post by **Bairat** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:49 pm

Hi Amar,
I will let you know which files to tweak and what not tomorrow. It looks difficult but it is not.

Post by **havlatm** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:44 am

Hello Bairat,
your enhancement make sense. I personally doesn't use this feature, but other do.
I suggest to add this feature request into our tracker. You can help to develop it if it's important for you. We like contribution rather than a feature requests only.

Bairat · Post by **Bairat** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:26 pm

Hi havlatm,

Thanks for you reply. Actually I would definitely like to contribute to this thats why I didnt post this in tracker

. Since I am new to PHP i just wanted to know the information of the TestLink and Mantis PHP files that communicate with each other when Mantis is called through TestLink. If I get this information it would be easy for me to concentrate only on these files. I would be glad if you or someone else from the TestLink team can give me these info?

Cheerz,
Deven Bairat,
Test Lead.

Post by **havlatm** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:37 pm

You are welcome. Please, add info about work on contribution to our tracker. Use mailgoup to ask technical problems. Thanks,
Martin