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as46zuny's avatar
as46zuny
New Contributor
6 years ago

Image Check Point validation

Hi All, I need your help. Currently, I am testing the drawings generated from AutoCAD application and I am comparing these images with the previous versions.  I am using the image checkpoint for ...
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  • RUDOLF_BOTHMA's avatar
    RUDOLF_BOTHMA
    6 years ago

    Hi as46zuny 

     

    TC has the ability to do image comparisons on only part of the image - or to exclude some parts of the image from the comparison Comparison masks may be something you could consider

  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    6 years ago

    Thanks for the help, guys!

    as46zuny, did you find the solution to the issue? Please share it with us.

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor

As RUDOLF_BOTHMA mentions, there are image comparisons that allow you to create a mask to tell the comparison to "ignore" certain parts of the image in that comparison.  

 

https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/checkpoints/regions/specific-tasks.html#ComparisonMask

 

However... looking at your two images...  it's not just the line numbers that changed... the ordering of the contents changed as well... basically, you have two completely different images.  Masking is just going to completely do away with any usefulness in the validation.

Is there a reason why you're using image comparison and not examinng properties of the object?  Is any of the text exposed in some object property that you can validate against?  It seems that would be the better way than depending on images that are going to change so frequently.

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TanyaYatskovska
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
6 years ago

Thanks for the help, guys!

as46zuny, did you find the solution to the issue? Please share it with us.