I have a suite of keyword tests with a small number of JS scripts to access object methods not available otherwise.
These is OCR.Recognize and DetectTable were incorporated into a script as a one-line function.
When the script was called within keyword tests it was noticed test execution visibly slowed until they ground to a halt.
Performance counters were added to allow monitoring of memory and CPU% at every test step but nothing unusual was noted.
When the script was converted to a code snippet and the issue was "solved".
This page seems to highlight something similar.
https://community.smartbear.com/t5/TestComplete-General-Discussions/Memory-cleanup-in-scripts/m-p/46...
However TestComplete should look after garbage collection once the script is closed. I do not think that's happening.
This is the script:
function Get_Table_Cell_script(Row_param, Col_param)
{
var Text = OCR.Recognize(Aliases.Reflection_app.MCS_UAT_form.MCS_Display).DetectTable(spNone, false).Cell(Row_param, Col_param).Text;
return(Text);
}
The above was initially written with intermediate objects that were "nullified" before exiting.
The equivalent code snippet is:
OCR.Recognize(Aliases.Reflection_app.MCS_UAT_form.MCS_Display).DetectTable(spNone, false).Cell(KeywordTests.Get_Table_Cell.Variables.Row_local, KeywordTests.Get_Table_Cell.Variables.Col_local).Text
We do not want to use code snippets because they are messy and difficult to maintain and can only be used for the basics.
We have a lot other TC test suites that use scripts and have not seen this issue.
Is it related to the OCR objects?
