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r_ahmakov
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

Global Name Mapping

Hi,   I am struggling with the following issue:   I have several Project Suites with several Projects and many KeywordTests and I want to have a global name mapping, so I can easily change object...
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AlexKaras
Champion Level 3
9 years ago

Hi,

 

A possible option is to manually reference a common Namemapping file from all your test projects.

Steps:

-- Exit TestComplete;

-- Create a backup ;) ;

-- Create (or choose) a folder for the shared NameMapping file;

-- For every project (.pjs) file, open it in the text editor, search for the 'NameMapping.tcNM' string, replace the relative path with the new relative (or absolute, but this might be less portable) path to the shared folder and save the changes;

-- Open test suite in TestComplete. If the shared folder is located outside of the folder where the given project file is located, a small 'shortcut' glyph should be added to the Namemapping element for this project.

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    r_ahmakov
    Occasional Contributor
    9 years ago

    Thanks,

     

    it is a very promising solution :) but if I change something in the "globalNameMapping" file will TC be able to change/update all KeywordTests that are sharing the same NameMapping file?

    • mgroen2's avatar
      mgroen2
      Super Contributor
      9 years ago

      r_ahmakov if you make this clear in the feature request and motivate it they might build it ;)

       

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      AlexKaras
      Champion Level 3
      9 years ago

      Hi,

       

      > will TC be able to change/update [...]

      Yes, exactly so.

      Code and Keyword test contains just a reference to the namemapping element and the referenced element is resolved at runtime just before been executed.

      • william_roe's avatar
        william_roe
        Super Contributor
        9 years ago

        r_ahmakov We are sharing a name mapping file across 4 projects and it works well. If you find objects in differing object hierarchies then you will need to use Extended Find. We have less than 10 situations where this is needed.