You must enable your Web browsers before you can use Functional Tester to test HTML applications. The first time you run Functional Tester, it automatically enables Internet Explorer. If you have Netscape 6 or 7, or Mozilla, you must enable them using the Enable button, as described below. See the notes below about enabling Netscape or Mozilla. If you add a new browser, or Functional Tester fails to find a browser, you must run the enabler.
To run the HTML Enabler:
Click Configure > Enable Environments for Testing any time from Functional Tester to invoke the Enable Environments dialog box (the enabler). Click the Web Browsers tab.
Click Search. The Search for Web Browsers dialog box opens.
Select Search All to let the enabler locate all the browsers on your system. Functional Tester will scan all of your hard drives or partitions, and list the browsers in the Web Browsers list.
Note: You should not use the Search All option to find browsers on Linux or UNIX systems. Instead use the Search In option and browse for it.
Select Search In to browse to a specific drive or root directory to search.
After choosing one of the search mechanisms, click the Search button.
When the search is complete, decide which browsers you want to enable.
Select the browsers you want to enable by clicking on them in the Web Browsers list. You can select multiple browsers by using the Ctrl key while selecting. Click the Select All button if you want to enable all of them.
Click Enable.
The selected browser(s) will be enabled for HTML testing. The enabled browsers will be indicated in parentheses after each browser name in the list. If you enable Netscape 6 or 7, or Mozilla, see the note at the end of this topic.
Select a browser to be the default, and click the Set as Default button.
If you ever want to disable a browser that has already been enabled, select the browser in the list.
Click Disable.
The selected browser will be disabled for HTML testing. The enabled indicator will disappear after the name.
Click Close.
Notes:
If the enabler fails to find a browser in the registry or on your system, you can click the Add button. This brings up the Add Browser dialog box, which you can use to locate the browser. After you select it and click Add, the browser will then be added to the Web Browsers list in the enabler, and you follow the same steps above to enable or disable it. If you try to add a file that is not a browser, you will get an error and it won't be added to the list.
If your browser is not enabled, you will be able to tell because the Recording Monitor will be blank when you try to record against an HTML application. We recommend leaving the Recording Monitor in view while recording for this reason. If you see this symptom, you need to run the enabler.
To test applets in HTML, you need to enable your JREs. To enable JREs for Java testing, see Enabling Java Environments.
The first time you run Functional Tester, it automatically enables the JVM of your browser's Java plug-in so that HTML recording works properly. If you install a different JVM, you must rerun the enabler to enable it. However, if you experience an error regarding the Java plug-in during HTML testing, or when trying to launch the Verification Point Comparator from the HTML log, you need to make sure your plug-in is configured properly. See Enabling the Java Plug-in of a Browser for instructions.
You can test that your browser is enabled properly by clicking the Test button. This opens the Browser Enablement Diagnostic Tool. If you suspect your browser is not enabled properly, run this tool and follow the instructions it gives to solve the problem.
Note about Netscape 4.x: If you are using Netscape 4.x, it will show up in the Web Browsers list, but the Enable and Disable buttons will be grayed out. This is because Netscape 4.x is always enabled. You can use its entry in the list to set it as the default browser, but you do not need to enable it.
Note about Netscape 6 or 7 or Mozilla: If you are using Netscape 6 or 7, or Mozilla, you need to enable that browser using the Enable button as described above. When you select one of them and click Enable, it will launch the browser and you will be prompted to click in the browser to enable it. Click the link, and then click OK if you get a message box.
Upgrade Note: If you are upgrading to Functional Tester from either RobotJ or XDE Tester, please see Upgrading from RobotJ or XDE Tester to Functional Tester for important information about re-enabling your Java environments.
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