Forum Discussion

DKumar04's avatar
DKumar04
Contributor
6 years ago

how to write short name for the object without using 'name mapping' in test complete?

Currently we are making use of 'Full Name' to develop automation test scripts. The name is too long. We want them to use short. We do not want to rely on Namemapping. Please help us with example  
tristaanogre's avatar
tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
6 years ago

Short answer... there is no way.  The "Full Name" is the full hierarchal tree of the parent/child relationships of the object.  Your best bet is to use variables to short it down but that just creates the burden of having to assign a variable every time you want to "rename" the object.

Your BEST answer (and I really don't understand why people are so reluctant to use NameMapping) is to use NameMapping and utilize the Alias feature to shorten the name.