Supported Development Tools

Applies to TestComplete 14.40, last modified on April 22, 2021

Will TestComplete test my application?” -- This is probably one of the first questions our clients ask about TestComplete. As a matter of fact, TestComplete does not depend on any development tool. It can simulate user actions (keystrokes, mouse movements and clicks) under any application no matter whether this application was created in C#, Visual C++, Delphi or Java. However, in most cases, this kind of testing (testing via GUI) cannot provide reliable and thorough results. Quite often, QA engineers need access to the application internal objects, methods and properties. This is required, for example, for unit testing. You can get this access using TestComplete. It can “open” internal objects, methods and properties up to private object elements in the application under test.

Below is a list of major development tools, software platforms and application types supported by TestComplete.

Desktop

All existing .NET compilers. For instance:
  • Microsoft: Visual C#, Visual Basic .NET and Visual C++ .NET (managed code) ver. 7.0 - 16.0, JScript .NET

    Note: Visual Studio ver. 8.0 only with Service Pack 1 installed
  • Non-Microsoft: Borland C#Builder, Borland Delphi for .NET (Delphi 8, Delphi 2005 and 2006), CodeGear Delphi 2007 for .NET, Sybase PowerBuilder .NET 12, Python .NET, Cobol .NET, and others

TestComplete supports applications created for .NET Framework ver. 2.0 - 4.7.1

Microsoft Visual C++ (unmanaged code) ver. 7.0 - 16.0
Note: Visual Studio ver. 8.0 only with Service Pack 1 installed
Intel C++ Compiler 11.0.066
64-bit .NET, Java, Delphi, C++Builder, Windows and Qt applications (see Testing 64-bit Applications)
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
Borland Delphi 7.0, Delphi 2005 and 2006, CodeGear Delphi 2007 and 2009, Embarcadero Delphi 2010, XE – XE8, 10, 10.1 (Update 1 and Update 2), 10.2
Borland C++Builder 6.0, C++Builder 2006, CodeGear C++Builder 2007 and 2009, Embarcadero C++Builder 2010, XE – XE8, 10, 10.1 (Update 1 and Update 2), 10.2
TestComplete only supports Delphi and C++Builder applications that use VCL and CLX or third-party VCL- and CLX-based controls.

TestComplete does not support applications built by using cross-platform GUI frameworks that render the application controls as graphic (for example, Embarcadero FireMonkey).

Java 5 - 11 applications that use the AWT, SWT or Swing library. Both 32-bit and 64-bit Java versions are supported.
JavaFX SDK ver. 2.2.7 - 2.2.45, 8, 9, 10, 11.
Qt ver. 5.0 - 5.12 by Digia, Qt (32-bit and 64-bit Qt applications are supported). You can also download specific modules that provide support for earlier Qt versions from our web site:

http://support.smartbear.com/downloads/testcomplete/qt-modules/

Oracle Forms Builder 11g and 12c
Sybase PowerBuilder 12.0, 12.5, 12.5.2 and 12.6
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7.0 and later
Microsoft Office Access 2003 and 2007
Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 and 2007

Web

Browsers
Microsoft Edge (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions)
Note: The Modern UI (Metro) version of Internet Explorer 11 is not currently supported.
Google Chrome 80 (both 32- and 64-bit versions)

If you have a TestComplete version earlier than 12.42, your version of the SmartBear Test Extension will be incompatible with newer versions of the Chrome web browser. To test web applications in Chrome 80, you will have to upgrade your TestComplete to some later version. We recommend using version 14.40.

If you use a later version of Google Chrome, check whether a patch is available for it.

Chrome running in Modern UI (Metro) mode is currently not supported.

Mozilla Firefox 60 ESR, 70 - 74 (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions)

If you use a later version of Firefox, check whether a patch is available for it.


Embedded Web Browsers
  • Applications with an embedded Microsoft WebBrowser control

  • .NET, Java and native applications (C++, Delphi and others) that use Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) version 79.0.3945 and earlier

  • EO WinForms and EO WPF applications created with EO.WebBrowser version 2019.0.69.0.

  • Applications created with Electron version 1.8.2, 2.0.2, 3.0.2, 4.0.2, 5.0.0, 6.0.0, 6.1, 7.0.0, 7.1, 8.0 - 8.1

Web Components Specifications
  • Shadow DOM

  • Custom Elements

Web Application Frameworks
AngularJS
ASP.NET (including Web Forms, Web Pages, and MVC)
Backbone.js
Bootstrap 3.3.4 and 3.3.5
Google Web Toolkit (GWT) 2.0 - 2.4, 2.5.1, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.7.0
jQuery UI 1.8.13 - 1.8.20, 1.9.2, 1.10.2 - 1.10.4, 1.11.1, 1.11.2, and 1.11.4
jQuery Mobile 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5
MooTools 1.4.0.1, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.6.0
React
Ruby on Rails
Sencha Ext JS 4.1.1a, 4.2.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2
Yahoo! UI 2.9.0, 3.4.1 - 3.18.1
Rich Internet Application Frameworks
Adobe Flash 9.0 - 17.0
Adobe Flex 3.3 - 4.6 SDK
Apache Flex 4.9 - 4.14 SDK
Adobe AIR 2, 3 and 17 SDK
Microsoft Silverlight 4 and 5
Other
Web services that comply with the following specifications:
  • WS-I Basic Profile 1.1
  • SOAP 1.1 and 1.2 (SOAP over HTTP)
  • WSDL 1.1
WCF web services that use one of the following binding types:
  • BasicHttpBinding
  • WSHttpBinding

Mobile

Android 4.0.1 - 4.4.x, 5.0 - 5.1.1, 6.0, 7.0 - 7.1.1, 8.0 - 8.1, 9.0 (API Level 15 - 19, 21 - 28), 10.0
iOS 11.0 - 11.4, 12.0 - 12.3, 13.0 - 13.3 running on the following devices:
  • iPhone 5S, 6, 6 plus, 6S, 6S plus, SE, 7, 7 plus, 8, 8 plus, X, XS, XS Max, XR, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max

  • iPad Air, Air 2, Air 3

  • iPad mini 2 - 4

  • iPad Pro (1st and 2nd generations)

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