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IBM Rational Functional Tester Version 8.2.1.1

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Abstract

This document desribes how to download and install IBM Rational Functional Tester Version 8.2.1.1.

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IBM Rational Functional Tester 8.2.1.1 includes defect fixes to previous versions of Rational Functional Tester and the following enhancements:

  • Rational Functional Tester supports testing of applications built on Java Runtime Environments (JREs) SUN JRE 1.7 and IBM JRE 1.7.
  • Rational Functional Tester supports testing applications loaded in Mozilla Firefox 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0 on both Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. Additionally, testing applications in Mozilla Firefox 4.0 and 5.0 is supported on Linux operating systems.
  • Rational Functional Tester supports testing of applications built using Adobe Flex SDK 4.1. Additionally, testing Adobe Flex SDK 4.0 and 4.1 applications that contain Spark controls is supported.
  • Rational Functional Tester supports changing the zooming level in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox when recording functional test scripts.

Information Center for Rational Functional Tester version 8.2.1.1.



Supported Domains
For details on the list of domains supported for functional testing, integration of Rational Functional Tester with other Rational products and compatible shell sharing products, see technote 7019698: List of domains supported for functional testing.

Prerequisites

  • Before you update Rational Functional Tester, close the Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio IDEs, as well as any open Web browsers, and all other applications that are enabled by Functional Tester.
  • This fix pack requires IBM Installation Manager, version 1.4.4.
  • If you are installing or upgrading Rational Functional Tester on Microsoft Windows, to use the .NET Scripting feature, you must copy msvcp71.dll into the System32 directory (C:\Windows\System32), if it is not already available. You can copy the msvcp71.dll file from any other Windows operating system such as Windows XP or download it from Internet.

Note: For details on the list of supported platforms on which IBM Rational Functional Tester can be installed, see List of supported platforms.

Installation Instructions

Installing Rational Functional Tester, Version 8.2.1.1

You can install Rational Functional Tester, Version 8.2.1.1 in two ways:

  • Using IBM Installation Manager
If IBM Rational Functional Tester, Version 8.2 is already installed on your computer, you can install this update using the Update Packages wizard in IBM Installation Manager.
  • Local upgrade of an existing installation

  • 1. Download the Rational Functional Tester 8.2.1.1 fix pack from the location specified at the bottom of this page.
    2. Extract the files to a temporary directory. For example, extract the file to C:\temp
    3. In the IBM Installation Manager click File > Preferences and add the temporary directory to the list of repositories, for example, C:\temp\rft8211.update.disk1\disk1\.
    4. Use the Update Packages wizard of the Installation Manager to proceed with the update.

Installing .NET 2010 Scripting

Prerequisite
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 is installed with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2010. However, to use Rational Functional Tester with the Visual Studio .NET 2010 Integrated Development Environment, you must also install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0 or 3.5.

When you install Rational Functional Tester 8.2.1.1 for Visual Basic .NET 2010, select .NET 2010 Scripting on the Features page and proceed with the installation.

During the installation, to install Rational Functional Tester .NET help, The Visual Studio Help Library Manager is displayed. In the Help Library Manager, click Add in the RFT row and then click Update. The Rational Functional Tester .NET help is added as local help to Visual Studio 2010.

Note: If you do not install Rational Functional Tester .NET help while installing Rational Functional Tester 8.2.1.1 using the Help Library Manager, you can install it later.

To install Rational Functional Tester 8.2.1.1 .NET help
  1. Open the Visual Studio Help Library Manager.
  2. Select the Install help from disk option.
  3. Click Browse and select the helpcontentsetup.msha file that is available by default in the Rational Functional Tester installation directory\IBM\SDP\FunctionalTester\vsnet\MSDNHelp\VS2010 directory. The help manifest files for other translations are found within the locale folders available in the VS2010 directory.
  4. Select RFT and click Update.
The Rational Functional Tester .NET help is installed as local help for Visual Studio 2010.

Note: To view the Rational Functional Tester .NET Scripting help in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE, you must enable the local help option in the Help Library Manager.

Tip: To view the complete table of contents of the installed local help in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE, install the Visual Studio Help Keyword Index plug-in that is available from the Microsoft website. Alternatively,you can upgrade to Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 to view help in the Microsoft Help Viewer.

Support available for the help installation:
Rational Functional Tester help system is configured to use remote help. An internet connection is required to access help or to download and install help locally. For more information about configuring and accessing help, see Configuring help content in the Rational Functional Tester information center.

For more information, see the following technotes:
Known problems
Known problems are documented in the form of individual technotes in the Support knowledge base at

http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/functional/support/


As problems are discovered and resolved, the knowledge base is updated and maintained with new information. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.
The following links run customized queries of the live Support knowledge base:

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Problems Solved

Rational Functional Tester, version 8.2.1.1 contains fixes for these APARs:

APARsDescription
PM45230The process browser is not displayed in Japanese or Simplified Chinese.
PM29849Renaming or moving datapool records from the datapool editor cases loss of datapool records.
PM32745Rational Functional Tester 8.2 does not support non-standard JVM plugins.
PM35966In the Verification Point Comparator window, clicking in a data cell causes incorrect images and data from other cells to be displayed.
PM43560The SAPScrollContainerProxy causes problems for older test scripts.
PM49786The VSFlexGrid needs to support loading of custom proxies.
PM52183While testing 64-bit applications under test in Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit environments, the Find API is unable to find objects during the first run.
PM52792The TestObject.find API always returns zero results for pattern based (RegularExpression) searches.
PM52961Segmentation errors occur randomly during the playback process.
PM53402Rational Functional Tester is unable to find toolStripDropDownMenutoolBar2().click(atPath("X>Y->Z")), and throws the ObjectNotFoundException error, and sometimes the UnableToPerformActionException error.
PM53533During testing in Mozilla Firefox 4.0 and 5.0 browsers, DropDown Selection does not work and Rational Functional Tester throws the SubItemNotFoundException error.
PM54434In Rational Quality Manager – Rational Functional Tester integration, the result details of the time of execution of test cases are not in sequential order.
PM54882Clicking on the File menu in a PowerBuilder application is recorded as click(atPath("Ä")). Due to encountering the Ä character instead of the actual menu click, prerecorded scripts no longer function, and the SubItemNotFound exception occurs during playback.
PM55187On using on any AWT component, the hasFocus()API always returns false in spite of the focus being present with the corresponding component.
PM55192The Rational Functional Tester find method with atDescendant causes Mozilla Firefox to shut down unexpectedly.
PM55280The SAP (portal) button throws the Object Not Found exception.

For details on the list of resolved APARs for the 8.2 series, see APAR list for Rational Functional Tester Version 8.2 releases.

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Problems (APARS) fixed
PM45230;PM29849;PM32745;PM35966;PM43560;PM49786;PM52183;PM52792;PM52961;PM53402;PM53533;PM54434;PM54882;PM55187;PM55192;PM55280

Document Information

Modified date:
20 July 2018

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