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paulsonvm
Occasional Contributor
14 years ago

Unable to compare data displayed in Crystal Report.

Hi, I am new to Test Complete. Our application displays data in Crystal Report. I am trying to read data from Crystal Reports and check if it displays the correct data. I tried Region check poi...
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karkadil
Valued Contributor
14 years ago
Crystal Reports is a .NET third-party control and it is obfuscated, that's why you can't work with it. Basically, the names of the controls always different after compilation and you get errors like "Object not found".



Unfortunately, AFAIK there is no "clear" way to get the report's content. You have to copy the content of the report to the Clipboard (there is a toolbar button in the report window to do this). When I worked with Crystal Reports, it was the easiest way I could find.