Running Test Complete in screen lock mode
When I try running Test Complete in screen lock mode, it says the page is not visible etc. Cannt we run test cases overnight by locking the computer screen. Mine is a web application.
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Hi Aneez,
> [...] I would ideally prefer it to work whereby user is logged in or not [...]
Just to clarify: as it was said, this is not a TestComplete problem, but generic behavior of OS: it does not create a desktop and does not create a GUI subsystem for it if there is no user logged on for the given session. So this is not TestComplete that cannot find GUI controls on the locked computer, but the physical absence of GUI for the application running in the session with the locked desktop. The result will be exactly the same for any other test automation tool - no other tool will be able to find GUI controls when desktop is locked.
> [...] I would ideally prefer it to work whereby user is logged in or not [...]
Just to clarify: as it was said, this is not a TestComplete problem, but generic behavior of OS: it does not create a desktop and does not create a GUI subsystem for it if there is no user logged on for the given session. So this is not TestComplete that cannot find GUI controls on the locked computer, but the physical absence of GUI for the application running in the session with the locked desktop. The result will be exactly the same for any other test automation tool - no other tool will be able to find GUI controls when desktop is locked.