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sgoulet
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2 years ago

objects previously recognized on desktop app

When beginning this project, I went through the exercise of getting objects to be recognized by test complete. I have a number of objects whose class is reported as WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.1986...
Desktop Testing
Object Recognition
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    sgoulet
    2 years ago

    I have found the issue. At one point, I changed the user logged in to the application under test (AUT). To do so, I needed to run TestComplete as administrator. When I performed the upgrade, the shortcut which I had set to run as administrator was overwritten. I had no knowledge that object recognition required this as I had changed it for a different reason. I also had no visual indication that the shortcut was changed. Admittedly I did not notice the absence of the dialog box I was accustomed to seeing when opening TestComplete for administrator priveledges. When I updated the shortcut to tun TC as administrator, the recognition appears to have resumed.

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sgoulet
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I have found the issue. At one point, I changed the user logged in to the application under test (AUT). To do so, I needed to run TestComplete as administrator. When I performed the upgrade, the shortcut which I had set to run as administrator was overwritten. I had no knowledge that object recognition required this as I had changed it for a different reason. I also had no visual indication that the shortcut was changed. Admittedly I did not notice the absence of the dialog box I was accustomed to seeing when opening TestComplete for administrator priveledges. When I updated the shortcut to tun TC as administrator, the recognition appears to have resumed.

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AlexKaras
Champion Level 3
2 years ago

sgoulet :

 

Hi,

 

Thank you for the update in the thread.

Out of curiosity: is your tested application is running with elevated (admin) privileges or not?

If it does, then TestComplete must be running with the same level of privileges to be able to get access to application's internals.

If it does not, then... hm-m-m... some applications indeed require elevated permissions for TestComplete for some reason...