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sbharath0490's avatar
sbharath0490
New Contributor
9 years ago

Running TC scripts on multiple browsers without locally installing browsers.

Hi All,   Could you please let me know the procedure for Running test complete scripts on multiple browsers[i.e. IE 9,10,11] without installing them locally.   Is there any way to do this task.  ...
sbharath0490's avatar
sbharath0490
New Contributor
9 years ago

Thanks for reply,

 

So can I use VM ware for installing multiple browsers and need to Install TC also in VM's and get the access through Remote desktop.

 

Thanks,

Bharath

 

 

 

 

 

tristaanogre's avatar
tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
9 years ago

Yup. Although, if you have installation licenses for TestExecute that you can put on the VM's, that would be better than installing the full TestComplete application on those VM's. You can then write your automation tests to run on a different browser based upon the environment if need be.

  • sbharath0490's avatar
    sbharath0490
    New Contributor
    9 years ago

    Hi

     

    Please let me know, 

     

    1. Does Test Complete have multiple browser support of Non Locally install browsers?  Meaning does Test complete have built in Plugins for each of these browsers and OS’s.  Examples Windows 7 and IE 11, IOS 9 and Safari, Windows 8 and Chrome, Windows 10 and Firefox
    2. If Question 1 is no.  Could test complete integrate with tools like http://Browserstack.com,

     

     

    Thanks,

    Bharath

    • Colin_McCrae's avatar
      Colin_McCrae
      Community Hero
      9 years ago

      1. No. As previously stated.

      2. No. Browserstack is proprietary. TestComplete relies on browser plugins.

       

      You *might* be able to fudge something together with Selenium WebDriver, as TestComplete now supports this. And BrowserStack mentions some sort of Selenium integration. But it feels like it would be a horrible, fragile, multi-layered solution ....

       

      https://www.browserstack.com/automate/integrations

      • sha's avatar
        sha
        Contributor
        9 years ago

        One way of handling multiple versions of IE is to use the built-in emulator in IE.

        I have a small function that ensures that if IE is called repeatedly in a browser loop, it goes through IE10, IE9, IE8 in the emulator. I control the emulator through the UI  as I would manually (F12, Ctrl-8, click menus, drag size etc).

         

        I am aware that some people will not like this, as it relies on emulation and does stuff in the UI that should be handled at lower levels, but I have relatively good experience with it: it has caught a lot of bugs, which were real bugs, and has not let any through. It is not 100% robust though.