You receive this message when you are trying to modify a project suite, project or project item that is stored in a source control system. The message informs you that you need to check out the item from source control to be able to modify it.

To continue, click OK. TestComplete will check out the specified item so that it becomes editable, and will complete the operation you were performing.

Note that if the item's data is stored is multiple files, all of these files are checked out. For example, keyword tests and scripts are checked out along with their corresponding Test Visualizer files. If the item does not have the corresponding file on the disk and its data is kept in the parent item’s file, the parent item is checked out. For example, when you are modifying parameters of a specific tested application, the TestedApps project item is checked out.

If the item’s version stored in source control differs from the version on your disk, your local copy will be replaced with the version from source control. So, if you have made some changes to the item locally without committing them to source control, these changes will be lost.

To cancel the operation and not to check out the specified item from source control, click Cancel. In this case, to be able to edit the item, you can check it out manually. For example, you can use appropriate commands of the Source Control menu in the Project Explorer panel, or use the native source control client. For more information, see Checking Files In and Out (Legacy).

Message - To perform this action, you need to check out the item_name item.

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