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rsvonddy
Senior Member
6 years ago

NameMapping File and Git Source Control

Hello -  We use Bitbucket and Git Bash for all of our source control needs. We just started a proof of concept with TestComplete for a desktop Java application and are trying to establish our best ...
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maxtester
Contributor
6 years ago

We were facing the same problem. As a result we did not use the name mapping. We use the 'find method' instead what makes the mapping much easier and even more maintainable. We have different scripts where we maintain the paths to the objects. 

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Marsha_R
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6 years ago

maxtester 

So, now, every time an object changes, you have to hope that someone tells you before your test breaks and you spend an afternoon trying to figure out why?  And then you have to update your scripts?  That may be a familiar way to do it, but it's still more efficient with the TC name mapping.  Better to have to spend a little time managing one file when you know it's changed than have to troubleshoot random changes to objects.