COM API testing - No GUI - .NET
I would like to test a COM API without GUI using TestComplete, is this possible? All the objects needed to test the Windows application are contained in a .tlb file, which is registered when the Ap...
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Hi Eva,
If the COM server is registered in the system it can be instantiated and operated by TestComplete (i.e. tested). As the COM does not have UI, such testing can be done even unattended, when no user is logged on into the system.
An example of working with COM objects (using Excel) can be found in the <Users>\Public\Documents\TestComplete 9 Samples\Miscellaneous\MSOffice\ folder (select the script language you prefer and open the MSOffice.pjs test project from the relevant folder).
If the COM server is registered in the system it can be instantiated and operated by TestComplete (i.e. tested). As the COM does not have UI, such testing can be done even unattended, when no user is logged on into the system.
An example of working with COM objects (using Excel) can be found in the <Users>\Public\Documents\TestComplete 9 Samples\Miscellaneous\MSOffice\ folder (select the script language you prefer and open the MSOffice.pjs test project from the relevant folder).
