Just Updated to TC 10.40 -- Can No Longer Open Manual Tests

Is this a known issue? When I launch my suite, I'm warned "Cannot load data for Manual Tests. Make sure the appropriate plug-in is installed" and some manual tests I had archived earlier won't open. The tooltip for the now unavailable Manual tests reads "The project node is not available. The factory is not installed." I tried to check for plug-ins, but I can't find anything about adding or re-enabling manual testing. I looked for tcManualTest.pls and tcManualTestEditor.pls in C:\TestComplete\Bin, but those files are not there.

Has anyone been running into this same issue or have any suggestions?

christophert
11 years ago
I received a reply to the issue I raised with Tech Support. They confirmed that "Manual Tests" have discontinued support.

They supplied me with URL's to download the "Manual Testing" extension for 10.40 TestComplete and 10.40 TestExecute. I have tried them and they appear to work from initial use, though their use is unsupported.

I think Smartbear are protecting access to the downloads so I will not post the URL's in the forum. Interested parties can raise a Tech Support ticket to get the files.

Cheers,

Chris

ebodien
Contributor
11 years ago
I had this issue too. I've submitted a report to Technical Support as well.
ebodien
Contributor
11 years ago
Agreed, Manual Tests and the ODT are two of the main reasons that we use TestComplete.
jorgesimoes1983
Regular Contributor
11 years ago
I'm a little disappointed for ODT being discontinued. We use it quite a lot in our projects.
nagel
Occasional Contributor
11 years ago
Yes it appears this feature is not longer working. We need access to the manual test via the Test Complete application. I hope this is fixed in the next dot release. We may not be updating our current licenses with the 10.4 release.
maximojo
Frequent Contributor
11 years ago
I suspect they are making way for a future exploratory testing/semi-automated manual tester tool such as is available from other vendors.

Several other companies are offering them now and it makes manual tests a lot easier to perform.

Just a guess.
jorgesimoes1983
Regular Contributor
11 years ago
We've just updated to 10.40, and as expected ODT testing is not available anymore.

We ended up, converting our ODT code to other alternatives, however I think removing ODT was a bad call.

Good luck and work to you all!
AlexKaras
Champion Level 3
11 years ago
Hi Obaid,

> Its friday today and my weekend is ruined with the idea of redoing lots of work.

You may contact Support (http://smartbear.force.com/support/WebToCase?product=TestComplete&oldProduct=0) and ask for the ODT plugin. While it is not supported now, you will have time for the existing code transition.
mdh
Contributor
10 years ago
How about ODT support for 10.50 ? is that supported ?

... and can I use the ODT extension I used for 10.40 or do I need to ask Smartbear for a new one for 10.50 ?
mdh
Contributor
10 years ago
sry, wrong forum, so I added question here: http://smartbear.com/forums/f81/fp5/t94790/odt-disappeared-in-version-quot;10-40-quot;/?utm_source=site-search&utm_medium=search-results&utm_campaign=site-search-c in stead.... you are also welcome to delete above :-)