Does TestComplete support Mainframe application build using COBOL or Rexx?
Please suggest if the mainframe applications which are build using COBOL and rexx can be supported by TestComplete. Application like IBM CICS.
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TestComplete can run against them but it's going to be more of interacting with the single window pane. You can try using the Text Recognition feature (https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/object-identification/improving/using-text-recognition/index.html) and see if that helps.
Thank you for above details!!!!
When we are trying to identify Mainframe CICS terminal object with Test Complete object spy the it is identifying terminal as co-ordinates. But could you pls suggest if there is any reliable (except co-ordinate based) way to identify Mainframe object with test complete tool except this co-ordinate based recognition.
Note: Enabled Test Complete Text Recognition object and added mainframe terminal object.
Other than using the Text Recognition feature of TestComplete, there's really no better way of working with it. There are no UI objects to interact with in the terminal screen so there's no way of telling TestComplete to do anything but click on a particular set of co-ordinates. Text Recognition should work pretty well, assuming the text objects are predicatable and standardized.
I am using the BlueZone emulator (BlueZone Mainframe Display v5.2C2 Build 1550) from Rocket Software, 1996-2011.
I want to use the Text Recognition feature you have described. How do I get the name of the class name of this emulator's window (or onscreen control)?. (It must be the class name returned by the WndClass property of the object, to which your window or control corresponds.)
I also saw a description of the Extended Text Recognition feature. Would enabling that feature allow for the recognition of Text Objects within the terminal screen area (24 rows x 80 columns)?
