Can you not add your own custom script to a Toolbar button?

[TraMN]

I've read all the documentation, and is it correct to say that the customization of the toolbar itself, is only to mix and match existing tools from other tool bars?  I've written code in .js to auto-generate/update an excel file that runs our data driven tests.  It basically reads all the TestCases we have, and strips out the individual test cases and populates the excel file, along with where each test excel data corresponding path it maps to.  This made more sense to initiate it on the fly, once the number of tests started growing, and forgetting to update the file everytime we completed a new test case.

If there's no way to do this, how would you say, is the best way to initiate this process?

[tristaanogre · Accepted solution]

Look into creating it as a script extension.  I'd suggest doing it as a design-time action.  

See https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/working-with/extending/script/about.html

[AlexKaras]

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@TraMN wrote:

how would you say, is the best way to initiate this process?

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Yep, as Robert has advised...

[TraMN]

So I followed the directions and got it to show up in the same place as the example.  Does that mean, every script extension that will be a DesignTime (in this case) will display under the same toolbar?  Again, there's no way for me to set this script to its own toolbar and or button?  Thanks for all the help!

[tristaanogre]

As per the documentation, the Design-Time actions automatically go to that particular tool bar button.  There's no customization of the button tool bar and/or location using Script Extensions.

Now... if you are a developer with access to something like Visual Studio, you can go the route of custom plug-ins (https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/working-with/extending/custom-plugins.html) which allow for more customization to those levels.