PM27361: Robot offers option for prompting before overwriting log files

IBM Rational Robot 7.0.3.8

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When you playback a GUI script, IBM Rational Robot does not
  prompt you to overwrite the script.
  Before you playback, you set Tools ? GUI Playback Options ? Log
  ? Log Data ? Prompt before overwite Log.
  
  Steps To Reproduce
  1. Start Robot in Standalone Mode.
  2. Record a Script ? play it back.
  3. Once the Script is played back Log gets generated and opens
  in IE in an XML format.
  4. Now, close the XML Format Robot Log.
  5 Run the same Robot Script again
  6. Observe that Robot Script does NOT ask whether you want to
  over-write the LOG that was previously generated.
  
  NOTES:
  This behavior is expected. In other words, you cannot overwrite
  the log. The reason is that it would break the integration with
  IBM Rational Quality Manager otherwise. In the latter product,
  you cannot overwrite logs.
  
  The change request's purpose is to remove the option to prompt
  before overwriting the log.
  
  To workaround the problem you can add code to your script to
  backup the log before, you run the same script again. For an
  example:
  
   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=727?uid=swg21454494
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  When you playback a GUI script, IBM Rational Robot does not
  prompt you to overwrite the script.
  Before you playback, you set Tools ? GUI Playback Options ?
  Log ? Log Data ? Prompt before overwite Log.
  
  Steps To Reproduce
  1. Start Robot in Standalone Mode.
  2. Record a Script ? play it back.
  3. Once the Script is played back Log gets generated and
  opens in IE in an XML format.
  4. Now, close the XML Format Robot Log.
  5 Run the same Robot Script again
  6. Observe that Robot Script does NOT ask whether you want
  to over-write the LOG that was previously generated.
  
  CHANGE REQUEST:
  Remove the option Tools ? GUI Playback Options ? Log ? Log
  Data ? Prompt before overwite Log.
  

Problem conclusion

• Added new dialog for Robot standalone overwrite log
  functionality
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATIONAL ROBOT

• Fixed component ID

  5724G2400

Applicable component levels

• R702 PSN

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