Current user of TC12.60 w/ valid maint. sub - upgraded to TC14 - unable to startup

[Olivier_Pons]

Hi all !

My company recently upgraded from TC12 to TC14.

I had a TC12 project working fine onto a VB6 program.

Since the upgrade to TC14, the TC projects stops at about each line... i'm unable to use/record proper links to most VB objects : Comboboxes, checkboxes, datagrid, most homemade OCX objects are messed up :

- The "highlight" fonction shows proper control on the screen

- The execution says "Invalid object identification criteria" when getting to the control

- I see many errors in the identification properties :

  * The controls are linked to other controls of the frames ! combobox on textbox, and so on...

  * Most NativeVBObject.Name properties are showing "error message"

  * When i try to "correct" the properties, i get an error message "incorrect reference"

  * If i delete the object and record again, i get properties : "Error: get property NativeVBObject.Name"

It's impossible to run the project, it takes me 10mn per line to correct/adapt, deleting/recording/deleting/recording again...

Is there a hint i did not follow during the upgrading process or is there a problem with VB6 objects in TC14 ?

Thanks for your help to come !

Sincerely,

Olivier

[AlexKaras · Accepted solution]

Hi Olivier,

Hm-m-m... Sounds wierd...

As per documentation, no special actions are required to test VB6 applications with TestComplete.

I would suggest to try this:

-- Reinstall TestComplete 14 anew (do not unregister node-locked license it prompted);

-- Reboot your computer;

-- Try to convert test project one more time (using either the created backup or original project for TC12).

If nothing from above helps, you'd better to create a Support ticket via the https://support.smartbear.com/message/?prod=TestComplete form to speed-up the process.

[Olivier_Pons · Accepted solution]

Thanks a lot, Community Hero , i will try that !

Have a very nice day !

[Olivier_Pons]

Hi again !

I just got a solution for my problem, and it's good enough, so i make everyone benefit of the info (because it worked !!) :

The link seems limited in time, but we KNOW now that some workaround is available for VB ! Anyway, i'm joining the zip file, i don't know if antivirus will let it go thru you

Thanks again for your time !

Sincerely,

Olivier

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We've recently uncovered a bug where TestComplete 14 was not able to access the internal methods and properties of a visual basic application. We've recently made a patch to which should resolve this problem. Please apply the patch below and let me know if TestComplete is able to access the properties again:

1. Download the patch archive (TestComplete_14_0_CC_16798.zip) using the following link:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/webtocasefiles/2019/65f8d752-e049-f301-0b4c-492134f2b3ef/2019_02_25-18_11_4...[https://s3.amazonaws.com/webtocasefiles/2019/65f8d752-e049-f301-0b4c-492134f2b3ef/2019_02_25-18_11_4...]

2. After you have downloaded the archive, unzip the patch file to the appropriate location (back up the existing file before doing this, just in case):
\Bin\Extensions\tcVBHook.dll => %programfiles(x86)%\SmartBear\TestComplete 14\Bin\Extensions\tcVBHook.dll
"