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JennyH11
Frequent Contributor
7 years ago

Objects being reused and renamed causing tests to break

Hi All   I've just started testing a release in TestComplete, expecting to have to make some late changes etc. However, I'm finding that many frequently used objects in my tests are no longer in ex...
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JennyH11
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Ok. No problem. Out of curiosity, what is the purpose of being able to edit the object properties?

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
7 years ago

"What if...?"

 

It's a means of testing things.  You can edit certain properties of components in code or manually with the general goal of seeing "If the property of this object is THIS, I expect THAT to happen".  It's a bit of a lower-level manipulation of the application under test.  I personally don't do this but the possibility is there.