Using the ITE Console and ICS Console views

As described in Integrated Test Environment interface, the ITE Console tab displays information about the execution of Integrated Test Environment and the ICS Console displays information about the execution of InterChange Server Express.

You can use the ITE Console view to determine when Integrated Test Environment tasks have completed and if they were successful. For instance, messages are written when Integrated Test Environment connects successfully to InterChange Server, or when Integrated Test Environment launches Map Designer Express to debug a map.

If you started InterChange Server Express from within Integrated Test Environment, the ICS Console view displays the logging and tracing output of the server, just as the MS-DOS console does. You can then use the view to troubleshoot the interfaces you are testing. It has the benefit that it is contained within the Integrated Test Environment perspective and can be conveniently searched.

The following sections describe some tasks you will frequently want to perform when using the ITE Console and ICS Console views.

Finding text

You might want to search the ITE Console or ICS Console views for particular phrases. For instance, you might want to confirm that the InterChange Server Express started successfully. You could search the ICS Console view for the text "is ready" to do so.

Do the following to search the ITE Console or ICS Console views for text strings:

  1. Right-click in the ITE Console or ICS Console view and select Find/Replace from the context menu.
  2. Type the text string for which you want to search in the Find field.
  3. Enable the Forward radio button to search the text after the cursor or enable the Backward radio button to search the text before the cursor.
  4. Enable other options such as the Case Sensitive checkbox.
  5. Click Find Next.

Copying text

You might want to copy text from the console views to show the text to other developers or Technical Support to get help with troubleshooting.

To copy text from a console view, select the desired text, then right-click it and choose Copy from the context menu.

Maximizing the view window

As with all workbench editors and viewers, you can maximize the ITE Console or ICS Console views by double-clicking their title bar. Although this is not useful with most viewers, it can be very helpful when troubleshooting an interface by examining information in the ICS Console view.

Clearing the view window

You might want to clear the ITE Console or ICS Console views to eliminate the information displayed in them. This can be helpful when you want to view only information that is relevant to debugging a problem in the interface. You can clear the console view, reproduce the problem, and troubleshoot it without having to search through information that is not related to the problem.

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