Before You Record

Before you can start recording scripts with Rational Functional Tester, you must perform some setup tasks and configurations.

  1. Create a Functional Tester project. This is where your data will be stored when you create scripts. In Functional Tester, click File > New > Project. See Creating a Functional Tester Project. For an overview, see About Functional Tester Projects.

    Alternatively, if you are part of a team, and the team already has a project set up, you could connect to an existing project, instead of creating a new one. See Connecting to a Functional Tester Project.

  2. Enable and configure your Java environments using the enabler.

    Run the Functional Tester Java enabler to enable your JRE's, if necessary. Java environments must be enabled in order to begin testing Java applications. The first time you start Functional Tester after you install it, Functional Tester will automatically enable the Functional Tester JRE that comes with the product. To enable other JRE's, or if you add a new JRE, you must run the enabler by clicking Configure > Enable Environments for Testing in Functional Tester. See Enabling Java Environments.

    You also use the Java Environments tab of the Enable Environments dialog box to configure the Java environments. You add the configuration information of the JREs in order to provide the path, run and compile commands, and other information that Functional Tester needs to access and use your JREs. See Configuring Java Environments for Testing.

  3. Enable and configure your browsers using the enabler.

    Run the Functional Tester HTML enabler to enable your browsers, if necessary. Browsers must be enabled in order to begin testing HTML applications. The first time you start Functional Tester after you install it, Functional Tester will automatically enable Internet Explorer and Netscape if it finds them on your system. If you add a new browser, or Functional Tester fails to find a browser, you must run the enabler, by clicking Configure > Enable Environments for Testing in Functional Tester. See Enabling Web Browsers.

    You also use the Web Browsers tab of the Enable Environments dialog box to configure the browsers. You add the configuration information of the browsers in order to provide the name, path, and other information that Functional Tester needs to access and use your browsers. See Configuring Browsers for Testing.

  4. Add the configuration information of the applications you plan to test. You need to configure your Java and HTML applications for testing with Functional Tester in order to provide the name, path, and other information that Functional Tester uses to start and run the application. You use the Application Configuration Tool to do this.

    To add and configure your test applications, click Configure > Configure Applications for Testing from Functional Tester or click the Edit button in the Start Application dialog box. See Configuring Applications for Testing.

Related Topics:

Creating and Using a Test Object Map to Test Applications

 

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