Jenny,
> I've only used x64 version of TestComplete so far and not x32. I'm using a Win 10 64bit so assume I should use the equivalent of TestComplete - I have no knowledge of this though in terms of recommended usage.
Until version 12.40 TestComplete was 32-bit application and it equally well drove both 32-bit and 64-bit tested applications and was able to run on both 32-bit and 64-bit OSes. I did not met any problems with versions 12.40 and up related to any limitations related to the bitness of the tested applications. Neither I saw some specific recommendations in the documentation. So my current understanding that 64-bit flavor:
a) May be more efficient in case of handling really huge amounts of test data (far not sure if this is the real case for test automation software); and
b) May be preferred option when the test needs to access backend data and only 64-bit data provider exists for the given data storage.
So you may try both flavors and check if both of them work equally well for you. (Just in case: you already have both flavors installed on your machine - 64-bit is in the <TestComplete>\x64\bin\ folder while 32-bit is in the <TestComplete>\bin\ one.)
> Yes, I've applied the patch following the install of 12.41
I understood the message from rickm that the patch he obtained from Support solved the problem that he had for checkpoints and no test code corrections were required. Have you applied this patch or you mentioned some other one?
Hi Alex
Thank you for the information regarding x64 and x32 bit versions of TestComplete. This is very helpful. I currently have x64 bit version working well but will take this into account should I have any future issues.
I have applied the patch which involved replacing the original tcCore.dll files in \bin and \x64\bin. I did this after installing the newest version of TestComplete (as I was experiencing issues with the MS Jet Engine being recognised. So, I believe this is the same patch as rickm but I applied it to a later version (12.41).
As a side note, my current state has moved on. Due to slow test playback I have rolled back to 12.40 and reapplied the patch (replacing the two .dll files). At present I've only seen intermittent issues with the Indicator overlapping the window. So I'm not confident the patch has resolved the issue at this stage - I will contact Support asap.
Thanks
Jenny
