Hi Heidi,
| I heard there are work arounds like using the tab button instead of clicking and pausing, clicking a field, and then recording or something to that nature. |
This approach is used for black-box testing. Of course, you can use it. However, it doesn't allow you to create reliable and power tests for your application.
Debug information is required for TestComplete to get as much information about objects inside an application as possible. If you do not want to ship your application with the debug information, it's possible to cut it from the executable file by using the
StripTDS utility provided by TestComplete. Please refer to the
"About StripTDS" article.