Sharing Visualizer Frames

Sharing Tests That Have Visualizer Images Among projects

Sharing Tests That Have Visualizer Images by Using Source Control Systems

You can share keyword tests and script units among several projects (see Sharing Project Items and Their Child Elements Among Several Projects). TestComplete does not share Test Visualizer images associated with keyword test operations or script lines when you are sharing tests.

In addition, if you modify a shared test in an external project, the links between test commands and Visualizer images will be altered and may become invalid. We recommend that you modify shared tests in the project, in which Visualizer frames were recorded initially.

To add Visualizer files (.tcVis, .png, .7z) to your source control automatically, when you add your project files to a source control from TestComplete, enable the Bind Visualizer frames to SCC option:

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If the Bind Visualizer frames to SCC option is enabled when you add your project files to a source control from TestComplete, the tool also automatically puts the Visualizer files (.tcVis, .png, .7z) to the source control. When you check out or check in your tests from TestComplete, TestComplete automatically checks out or checks in the Visualizer files.

However, if the option is disabled or if you check out or check in files using any other source control client, the latter will not automatically check out or check in the Visualizer files. Therefore, in this case, you have to check these files out or in manually.