Backing Up Projects and Project Suites

• You can add your project suite to a source control system like Git, Mercurial, Subversion and so on. Every change to project files will be stored in the source control repository. You will be able to see the history of changes and easily revert them, if needed. You can work with source control directly from the TestComplete IDE, through the Source Control menu command:

  

  For information on source control support, see Integration With Source Control Systems.

• You can create a backup copy of your project and project suite files manually by copying them to a new location.

  The rest of this topic describes manual backups.

Copy the project suite file (.pjs) and all the contents of the project suite folder (project suite logs, project suite settings, projects and their content) to a new location. You can do this from TestComplete by saving the project suite to a new location, or you can copy the files in Windows Explorer or in any other file manager.

In TestComplete

In TestCompleteIn TestComplete

1. In TestComplete, open the needed project suite.

2. Select File > Save As > Save Project Suite As from the main menu of TestComplete:

   

3. Specify a new name and location for the project suite:

   

TestComplete will save your project suite and all its contents to the specified location.

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In Windows Explorer or another file manager

In Windows Explorer or another file managerIn Windows Explorer or another file manager

Copy the project suite file and folder to a new location by using Windows Explorer or any other file manager:

We recommend that you copy the whole project suite folder. If you need to skip some files for some reason, you can do this. For information on project and project suite files, see Project and Project Suite Files.

Copy your project file (.mds) and all the project contents to a new location. You can do this from the TestComplete IDE by saving the project under another name, or you can copy the files in Windows Explorer or in any other file manager.

In TestComplete

In TestCompleteIn TestComplete

1. In TestComplete, open the project suite that contains the needed project.

2. Select File > Save As > Save Project As from the main menu of TestComplete:

   

3. Specify a new name and location for the project:

   

4. TestComplete will save your project and all its contents to the specified location.

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In Windows Explorer or another file manager

In Windows Explorer or another file managerIn Windows Explorer or another file manager

You can copy the project file and the files of the project items by using Windows Explorer or any other file manager:

We recommend that you copy the whole project folder. If you need to skip some files for some reason, you can do this. For information on project files, see Project and Project Suite Files.

One more possible way to create a backup copy of a project is to clone the project. This may be helpful if you want to modify some items in your project (for example, to check something), while keeping the original versions unchanged. TestComplete will create a clone and add it to the project suite to which the original project belongs. You can then delete the clone if it is not needed anymore. For more information, see Cloning Projects.