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dbaechtel
Contributor
11 years ago

How do I compare an Object Property to a Test Complete variable?

What commands do I use in a Keyword Test to compare an Object Property to a Test Complete variable value. The Checkpoint Wizard will compare an Object Property to a constant value, but I don't unde...
  • Marsha_R's avatar
    Marsha_R
    11 years ago
    Create your Property Checkpoint and then look for the ellipses in the right side of the Value field.  You can drill down in there and change the value to a variable.  I attached screenshots, see if that helps.
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Marsha_R
Moderator
The ellipses doesn't show up for me until I click in the Value field.  If that's not working in your version, then we need Tanya to come back and look!  
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testcrisis
Frequent Visitor
9 years ago

This is the kind of thing that drives me nuts about TestComplete... it's an incredibly simple use case, of course testers want to use variables in checkpoints! The SmartBear devs know that, and they went to the trouble to include this functionality, but they buried it out of context in a menu that isn't part of the usual workflow for this action.

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    Marsha_R
    Moderator
    9 years ago

    I would argue that there's no such thing as "usual workflow".  If Smartbear changed the flow to include the variables directly, then there would be people asking for that option to be removed because they never used it and now it's in their way.