Handling Playback Errors

Applies to TestComplete 14.10, last modified on June 5, 2019

Topics of this section explain how you can resolve typical issues that occur during the test execution.

Note: The topics listed below describe only those errors that occur in the test. They do not explain how to trace errors that occur in tested applications. For detailed information on tracing application errors, see the topics in the Tracing Exceptions, Crashes and Freezes in Tested Applications section.

In This Section

Searching for the Cause of an Error

Provides general information on how to diagnose issues.

Handling Unexpected Windows

Describes how to handle situations when the tested application displays a window or dialog which are not expected by the test.

Handling “Object Not Found” Errors

Describes how to handle errors that occur when the test engine cannot find an object that the test refers to.

Handling the 'Unable to Recognize the Image on the Current Desktop' Error

Explains how to handle errors that occur when the test engine cannot find an image on screen during image-based testing.

Handling the 'The text was not found' Error

Explains how to handle errors that occur when the test engine cannot find a text fragment in the text recognized by using optical character recognition.

About the 'Search for a Mapped Object Took Too Much Time' Warning

Explains how to speed up identification of mapped objects that use Extended Find.

Handling the Error 'The test run has stopped...'

Explains why the execution stops when an error or warning is posted to the test log and how you can enhance your tests to avoid this.

Resolving the “Incomplete Keyboard Input” Problem

Explains how to resolve the issue when TestComplete is unable to send some keypresses to your tested application.

Handling 'There was an attempt to perform an action at point...' Errors

Explains how to handle errors that occur when the test engine cannot access some point in the application.

Handling 'The window is invisible and thus cannot be activated' Error

Explains how to handle the invisible window error.

Related Topics of Interest

Tracing Exceptions, Crashes and Freezes - Overview

Explains how to trace exceptions and freezes that occur in tested applications.

About Controlling Test Execution Flow

Describes how TestComplete handles the test execution flow when an error occurs.

See Also

Testing With TestComplete

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