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Philip_Baird
Community Expert
11 years ago

Discrepencies around COM Object registration

Hi, I am currently writing a C# Library to manage Test Execution using the Test Execute COM Object and I have a concern on the COM registeration.   I have both Test Complete and Test Execut...
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    TanyaYatskovska
    11 years ago


    Hi Phil,


     


    There is no TestExecute library. You need to add the TestComplete library which refers to TestExecute, like it's listed in the article.


    We will correct the information in our documentation.


     




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Philip_Baird
Community Expert
11 years ago
Hi Tanya, I can confirm I only have a single instance of "TestComplete Library" registered.

 


Searching the registry for "TestComplete Library" returns the following keys:


 


HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{95F851DF-3C2C-493F-8E02-70932B672D5B}\a.0


HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\TypeLib\{95F851DF-3C2C-493F-8E02-70932B672D5B}\a.0


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{95F851DF-3C2C-493F-8E02-70932B672D5B}\a.0


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\TypeLib\{95F851DF-3C2C-493F-8E02-70932B672D5B}\a.0


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\TypeLib\{95F851DF-3C2C-493F-8E02-70932B672D5B}\a.0


 


all of which have the same GUID.


 


I have also noticed the values associated with these registry entries change depending on which of Test Complete or Test Execute ran last.


 


i.e. If I run Test Execute, the value of \a.0\0\win32 is set to E:\DevApps\SmartBear\TestExecute 10\Bin\TestExecute.exe


 


If I then run Test Complete, the value of \a.0\0\win32 is set to E:\DevApps\SmartBear\TestComplete 10\Bin\TestComplete.exe


 


I am not sure exactly what is happening here but it seems rather strange behaviour.


 


Regards,


Phil Baird