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TestQA1
Frequent Contributor
3 years ago

Comparing two text file content without using Store - File object

Hi,   I have two text files with some content and I need to compare those files contents using javascript in my test scripts. I don't want to store files in test complete to use File object. Is th...
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Kitt
Regular Contributor
3 years ago

You do not need to store files within TestComplete to compare them, as long as your local file paths do not change you should be able to use their direct paths like so:

if (!Files.Compare("C:\\Work\\OrdersList_Var1.txt", "C:\\Work\\OrdersList.txt"))
    Log.Warning("List of orders was changed");

 official TestComplete reference [here].