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AndrewCast
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6 years ago

Converting NameMapping to "new" application

We're currently working on migrating from 32 to 64, and I'm trying to set up TC for the 64 bit version. The mapping for everything seems to have been only for the 32 bit application though, and 64 is...
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    tristaanogre
    6 years ago

    Some suggestions to go along with what cunderw  mentions:

     

    1) Look into using wildcards if possible to mask out portions of the properties so that they can be identified in both 32 and 64 bit.

    2) Alternatively, look into "conditional mapping" where you can use IF/AND/OR logic in the property selections.

     

     

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AndrewCast
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The difference is that the WndClass changed from

 

Afx:00400000:800*

to 

Afx:0000000140000000:b*

but there might be more. Is there a way to TC to pick up all such WndClass to merge with the old ones?

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
6 years ago

Based upon the WndClass change... yeah, I think Conditional Mapping may be your best bet.

Unfortunately, the only SANCTIONED way for doing so is via the IDE of TestComplete.  You COULD try and do it in the NameMapping.tcNM file itself... but that's a rather complex file and I would not recommend it.

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    AndrewCast
    Contributor
    6 years ago

    Just noting for anyone who stumbles upon this thread, I have messed around with the .tcNM file before and it worked. I'll do so again and report in case anyone wants to perform the same method. I should note that you should only mess around with these things if you have backups.

     

    Thanks Robert!

     

    EDIT: Anyone coming across this, I would recommend (if possible) to find all mismatches in the program. Then use a program such as VS Code to replace them with a WildCard as recommended above. Conditional works too, but if you can use wildcards would save you a lot more time.