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ackmondual
Contributor
5 years ago

Options for DDT, 32-bit Excel 2016, with 64-bit TC v14

DDT = Data-Driven Testing I got that "the needed data source driver is not installed...." "... to read the data, install the 64-bit version of Microsoft Office 12.0 Acces database Engine OLE DB Pro...
  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    5 years ago

    Hi,

     

    To add to what was said by ApplePen :

    -- TestComplete and Excel driver bitness must match. Bitness of Excel application is irrelevant and its presence is not required;

    -- TestComplete installation installs both x32 and x64 flavors of TestComplete during install - TC x32 is installed into <TestComplete>\Bin folder while TC x64 is installed into <TestComplete>\x64\Bin one. So you can use the flavor that best fits the needs of your project without the necessity to reinstall something.

     

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ApplePen
Community Leader
5 years ago

Normally TC is better to use the same version Microsoft Office 12.0 Access Database Engine.

TC x64 use the x64 Engine. TC x86 use the x86 Engine.

But if TC is not the same version with Engine. You could use command '/passive' to install the Engine. 

It can work too.

 

Ex. TC x86 is able to use x64 Engine. 

You could input this command ["C:\directory path\AccessDatabaseEngine_x64.exe" /passive] in cmd.