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jdbraden
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

Chrome opens no matter what

Anyone,   Why is Chrome opening when I run my scripts? For the simplest scripts, it still opens. For example:   Sub test() Browsers.Item("iexplore").Run() End Sub   Or   Sub test() Browser...
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    jdbraden
    9 years ago

    My problem was a script file I created called "GlobalVariables" that had a run Chrome command...apparently, no matter what SCRIPT you are trying to run, TestComplete will compile ALL entities within a project. This seems stupid to me, but I'm no expert. IMO, TestComplete should only compile what is referenced I.E. 'USEUNIT [File Name].

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jdbraden
Occasional Contributor

My problem was a script file I created called "GlobalVariables" that had a run Chrome command...apparently, no matter what SCRIPT you are trying to run, TestComplete will compile ALL entities within a project. This seems stupid to me, but I'm no expert. IMO, TestComplete should only compile what is referenced I.E. 'USEUNIT [File Name].

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
9 years ago

Testcomplete doesn't run as a "compiler" so it doesn't know to only select particular objects or units. Because it is a scripting engine, it needs to load everything so that, if necessary, scripts can be called.