How do we use QC as Shared repository… ?

There was comment posted in this blog asking if we could use QC as a shared repository to store file and update it directly, without downloading to local desktop. I’m afraid that it is not possible to do without downloading the file to local desktop. But We certainly can use QC as a shared repository to store files and have it accessible to many tests. There are cases when multiple QTP tests may have a need to access the same file which is stored in the test’s project repository in QC. When we attach the file to a test, other tests will have to access this attachment through this test. Alternatively, a copy of the same file could be attached to each and every test. That would be a maintenance nightmare. So what would be the solution ? Read on…