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cristina88
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

Create an identical copy of a keyword test

I'm trying to save a keyword test using "save as" so I keep my original test and make an exact duplicate copy.  The Save As will rename my existing test.  What's the best way (other than copy all and...
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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
9 years ago

Actually, Save As doesn't remove your initial.  It creates a copy with a new name.  If, after you select "Save as" and save, if you right click on your keyword test node and select "Add -> Existing item" you should be able to find your original.

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cristina88
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

Thanks, I just tried that with a sample test of mine, and it renamed it to my new name. I got a few weird errors about permissions and access to that folder (wonder why?!) .

 

With the Add -> Existing item I couldn't find my original maybe because of the errors I was getting. I am also using TestComplete v12.

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    tristaanogre
    Esteemed Contributor
    9 years ago

    Strange.  Are you using a source control of some sort? If so, it could be that there are some permissions about adding new files, etc., without checking out the folder or something.  In any case, doing a Save As should, TECHINICALLY, not erase your existing file so I think you need to investigate those permissions errors as those are probably the root cause to your problem.

     

    EDIT: Yup... something permissionwise in your TFS workspace.  Correct that, and you should be good to go.  Try doing a "Checkout" of the KeywordTests parent object and see if that corrects it.