Hi Leanne,
With TestComplete, you can start recording a script or keyword test and perform the actions you need to record. If you do not want to record some actions during the test recording, you can suspend the recording by clicking the
Pause button on the
Recording toolbar and then, after you have performed these actions, you can click the
Resume Recording button to continue recording the script or keyword test.
TestComplete can record a new script routine or keyword test or insert the recorded user actions into the existing script or keyword test. This behavior depends on the
"Always start a new test" TestComplete option. By default, this option is enabled, and TestComplete starts recording a new script routine or keyword test when you initiate the recording process. If this option is disabled, TestComplete inserts the recorded script statements or keyword test operations into the current position in the script or keyword test. So, if you need to record some new actions with your application and append them to an existing scripting routine or keyword test, you can disable the
"Always start a new test" option, put the cursor into the needed place in your script code or keyword test, run your application, perform the needed actions which you have already recorded, then start the recording, perform the actions you need to be recorded and appended to the test and stop the recording after all the needed actions are performed. TestComplete will insert the recorded actions into the script or keyword test recorded earlier.
If you use keyword tests, you can also start the recording by clicking the
Append to Test button on the Keyword Test editor's toolbar to insert newly recorded operations into the current position in the existing test or append them to the end of the test.
For more information, please see the
Starting, Pausing and Stopping Recording and
Inserting Recorded Commands Into the Current Test sections of the
Recording Tests - Overview help topic.
