Working with "Closed" applications
The main application I need to test is a very "closed" application. This makes it difficult for testing because I don't have any good methods for referencing and identifying certain fields types becau...
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Alex,
Yes, I have seen those pages in the documentation. Most all the Testcomplete documentation talks about 'the need' for your programming department to 'open' the application so it can be tested better. While I don't dispute that, I just know our programming department is not about to do that (long story).
I am currently able to use TestComplete with our application but there are a limited number of properties that display for the fields. While some of the fields (such as buttons, links, tabs, menu, etc) I can reference by the text on them there are other fields (editbox, combobox) that I must reference using the index number.
Our programming department is open to making minor accomodations to help with automated testing. I am hoping there is some method they could use to create an additional property for all field types that would expose a 'name' property for TestComplete to use. I just need some type of general guidance on whether this is possible and what is generally require to accomplish this.
I believe our code is mostly written in C and C++.
Yes, I have seen those pages in the documentation. Most all the Testcomplete documentation talks about 'the need' for your programming department to 'open' the application so it can be tested better. While I don't dispute that, I just know our programming department is not about to do that (long story).
I am currently able to use TestComplete with our application but there are a limited number of properties that display for the fields. While some of the fields (such as buttons, links, tabs, menu, etc) I can reference by the text on them there are other fields (editbox, combobox) that I must reference using the index number.
Our programming department is open to making minor accomodations to help with automated testing. I am hoping there is some method they could use to create an additional property for all field types that would expose a 'name' property for TestComplete to use. I just need some type of general guidance on whether this is possible and what is generally require to accomplish this.
I believe our code is mostly written in C and C++.