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mohanakshi
Contributor
13 years ago

Does TC Supports Automation on Obfuscated Products?

Hi,


     We are
planning to use "dotfuscator community edition"  for Obfuscation of our Product.


Does testcomplete suports Automation on these Obfuscated
Products?.


If not, Can u please suggest which Obfuscator is
supported by  TC-8.7?


 


Expecting more info on this,


 


Regards,


Mohanakshi


 

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    aqAnt
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    13 years ago

    Hi mohanakshi,


    TestComplete does not have special support for obfuscators. You can test an obfuscated application, but it is not reliable. The application's internals (including method and property names, etc.) become scrambling due to the obfuscation, and there is no way to determine which of them to use. In this case, TestComplete addresses the application's objects as stated in the Addressing Windows, Controls and Objects of .NET Applications article:

    Note: TestComplete may be not able to obtain the class name from application’s metadata. This typically happens if the application has been processed by an obfuscator. In this case, TestComplete will replace the class name with an underscore and an index. To determine which scripting object corresponds to an object in the tested application, explore the latter in the Object Browser.


    So, it is recommended that you test your application before obfuscating its code.