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Functional testing with Rational Robot

Becoming productive with IBM Rational Robot

Dennis SchultzIBM
Dennis Schultz joined Rational in 1995 as a Technical Sales Engineer. For eight years, he worked closely with numerous clients implementing Rational solutions in their projects. Dennis helped deploy solutions for Software Configuration Management, Change Management, Requirements Management, and Test Management and Implementation. Since 2003, Dennis has been a Technical Marketing Engineer for IBM Rational software. Dennis holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University. He is based in St. Louis, Missouri and fills his non-work time with his four children.

Summary:  This tutorial demonstrates how to use IBM Rational Robot to record, edit, and execute functional regression tests. It will give you a jump-start on using Rational Robot by showing the basic steps of installing the product, creating the necessary datastores, launching the tool, using it to record manual interactions with a sample application, editing the resulting test script, and playing it back against another build of the application to uncover a functional regression.

Date:  19 Mar 2007 (Published 18 Jan 2005)
Level:  Introductory
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The demo application

There are many factors at work when you attempt to record and play back automated test scripts against a software application, including the language used to implement the application (for example, Visual Basic, Java, HTML, PowerBuilder), the environment in which it runs (including application data, Windows settings), and the skills the test team possesses (such as programming knowledge, business understanding of the application).

In an attempt to normalize all these factors, in this tutorial you will use a simple Visual Basic demo application called Classics Online, included with Rational Robot as Application Under Test (AUT). Once you have explored some of Rational Robot's capabilities with Classics Online, you will be better prepared to apply those capabilities in a more "real world" setting -- your setting.

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Installing Rational Robot

Now that you have downloaded the Rational Robot installation program and have your evaluation license keys, you are ready to install it.

  1. Run the executable you downloaded in Prerequisites.
  2. During installation, you will need to provide the following information:
    1. Location to save files -- This is a temporary location where you will expand the installation files. You need at least 370MB of disk space. You can delete these expanded files once installation is complete.
    2. The Product to be installed -- Choose Rational Robot. The license key server is required only for floating license keys. You will be using node-locked license keys for this evaluation.
    3. Deployment Method -- Choose Desktop installation.
    4. For all other settings, take the defaults.

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Installing the temporary license key

You should see the Rational License Key Administrator window on your screen. As was mentioned earlier, Rational Robot utilizes the Rational Common Licensing enforcement mechanism. You should have either a key code string or a .upd file furnished by your Rational Account Representative. If you have a .upd file, skip to Installing the temporary license key from a .upd file of this tutorial.

If you have a text license string, do the following:

  1. Open the Rational License Key Administrator application if it is not already open.
  2. When asked to choose a method of adding a license key, select Enter a Temporary or Evaluation License Key.
  3. The license type will be a Node-Locked license key.
  4. On the License Key Information page, select Rational Robot as the product.
  5. Use the information from your Rational Account Representative to enter the expiration date and license key value.

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Installing the temporary license key from a .upd file

If you installed the license key from a text string in the previous section you can skip this section. If you have a .upd file containing your temporary license key, do the following:

  1. Open the Rational License Key Administrator application if it is not already open.
  2. When asked to choose a method of adding a license key, select Import a Rational License Key File.
  3. Browse to the .upd file on your hard drive.
  4. Click OK on the confirmation window and close the License Key Administrator.

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