Introduction

TcmValidation is a set of console applications which allow resolving component links and retrieve dynamic component presentations from a Tridion installation.

Because the applications are self-contained they can be quickly used to verify a Tridion presentation server installation.

The advantage of this is that this allows isolating testing of the Tridion installation only, irregardless of any application configuration issues.

Download

Pre-compiled binary versions available for download can be found here: TcmValidation on Google Drive

Details

TcmValidation consists of a series of applications with a shared codebase.

Each application is compiled against a specific Tridion version / bitness and Tridion JVM model.

The component link and dynamic component presentation to be retrieved can be configured in each configuration file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
    <appSettings>
        <add key="PublicationUri" value="tcm:0-233-1"/>
        <add key="LinkUri" value="tcm:233-193779"/>
        <add key="BrokerUri" value="tcm:233-214214"/>
    </appSettings>
</configuration>

Additionally for the native CodeMesh JVM versions, the utility also displays which JVM is actually used:

CodeMesh using Java: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\server\jvm.dll

The applications available are:

Tridion 2009 COM

32-bit interface in .net 2 using deprecated Tridion 2009 COM+

Tridion 2009 Native

32-bit interface in .net 2 using CodeMesh JVM

Tridion 2011 Native

Both 32-bit / 64-bit interface in .net 2 using CodeMesh JVM

Tridion 2013 Native

Both 32-bit / 64-bit interface in .net 4 using CodeMesh JVM