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Astrid's avatar
Astrid
Occasional Contributor
2 years ago

Test keeps failing with Text "..." was not found

I am new to TestComplete and I have just recorded my first test. I have done multiple recordings of the same scenario and every time I run it the test fails with "The text 'xxx' was not found." The t...
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  • rraghvani's avatar
    rraghvani
    2 years ago

    Ideally, all development should be done on your local machine. You can then deploy to another machine, to test that it works.

     

    If you had a very slow connection and you were to remote desktop to another machine. You will be able to see the remote desktop updating, as it constantly redraws images (streams) of the whole window. Hence, the reason automation tools can't actually see any of the UI objects.

     

    FYI, you can mark the post as Solved

rraghvani's avatar
rraghvani
Champion Level 3

Looking at your screenshots, and your previous response. Are you trying to automate your application that's running on a VM, using your local machine? If yes, then like majority of all automation tools, this is not supported and will cause issues. However, you can playback the automation on a VM.

 

 

 

 

Marsha_R's avatar
Marsha_R
Moderator
2 years ago

If what rraghvani says is the case, then you'll need to install TestComplete on the vm and run the whole test there. 

  • Astrid's avatar
    Astrid
    Occasional Contributor
    2 years ago

    Marsha_R , thank You! - Please see above answer to rraghvani.