Upgrading From RobotJ or XDE Tester to Functional Tester

Functional Tester is the newest version of the product introduced as Rational RobotJ in Rational Suites Enterprise Studio, Rational Suites TestStudio, and Rational TeamTest version 2002.05.02. The second release was XDE Tester in version 2003.06.00. Functional Tester includes all the previous RobotJ and XDE Tester functionality, plus new features.

Functional Tester is integrated with the 2003.06.13 version of TestManager. If you have the 2003.06.13 version of TestManager, you will be able to use the integrated features of Functional Tester and TestManager.

If you used RobotJ or XDE Tester, all your test assets, including projects, scripts, object maps, and verification points, will work with Functional Test. The three versions are upwardly compatible. You can connect to your RobotJ or XDE Tester projects from Functional Tester. If you record scripts with Functional Tester, do not open them or play them back with the prior version of RobotJ or XDE Tester.

Rational Test project

If you are upgrading from v2002.05.xx and used a Rational Test project with RobotJ assets, you must upgrade TestManager to v2003.06.13. Before you can use the TestManager project from v2002.05.xx, you must also upgrade the TestManager project by opening Rational Administrator. This action also converts the associated assets from the RobotJ version to the Functional Test version.

To convert the Rational Test project:

  1. Close TestManager and Functional Tester, if they are open.

  2. Open Rational Administrator.

  3. In Administrator, click File > Upgrade Project Assets.

The upgrade proceeds, and you can connect to the Rational Test project from Functional Tester when the upgrade completes.

RobotJ or XDE Tester Assets

If you used RobotJ or XDE Tester, your test assets, including test projects, scripts, test object maps, and verification points, work with Functional Test. The two versions are upwardly compatible. You can connect to your previous projects from Functional Tester. Once you connect to a project with Functional Tester, it will upgrade the project version, preventing further access from XDE Tester. While RobotJ will not guard against accessing a Functional Tester project, do not use RobotJ to access a Functional Tester project. If you record scripts with Functional Tester, do not open them or play them back with the prior version of RobotJ or XDE Tester.

Enabling

As part of the upgrade, the first time you run the Enabler you will get a message informing you that Java environments that were previously enabled will be automatically disabled. You must then enable Java environments that you want to use for testing. Web browsers that were previously enabled will remain that way. Click Configure > Enable Environments for Testing on the Functional Tester menu to run the Enabler. For more information on using the Enabler, see Enabling Java Environments.

 

 

 

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