What is the best approach to Interacting with applications on other computers on the network

Question

My question is not in regards to running my tests on multiple computers. This is a question about how I can interact with applications on a computer while running a test on a separate computer. Let me give a general explanation of our setup to help make this clear.

We have a redundant system that is hosted on 2 servers. Let's call them Server 1 and Server 2. We then have other computers that are workstations that run the application. This is where I will be running my tests. So if I want to trigger an event and verify it occurred, the manual process would be to go to the Server that is currently acting as primary and trigger the event. Then I would go to a workstation and verify the event is displayed. Is there a way to tell TestComplete to go perform certain actions on other machines on the network for a given test? I thought Network Suite might do it but everything I read says it is depreciated.

alexkaras · Answer

Hi,
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Network Suite is deprecated but not removed and there are quite a few votes for keeping it in the product (https://community.smartbear.com/t5/TestComplete-Feature-Requests/Poll-Do-we-like-to-preserve-the-Synchronization-Point/idi-p/214120).
Also, this article might appear to be useful for you:&nbsp;https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/netsuite-deprecated.html
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marsha_r · Answer

I would ask Support your question directly.&nbsp; Here's the link:
https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/message

marsha_r · Answer

Can you trigger the event from the workstation where TestComplete is running?

autoguy1 · Answer

I can not. The event simulator has to be run from the current primary host. It is the nature of our applications design I am afraid. There are just certain things that have to be done this way. This is just 1 example. Another would be killing the primary server and making sure the transition to the second server happens correctly without interrupting the user on the workstation.&nbsp;

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