Enabling support for Flex Custom Controls test automation

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Rational Functional Tester supports Flex custom controls in a generic and specific way.

Specific support: If you want to map a specific control to a proxy and have the data verification point and the datapool support, the specific custom control support helps you achieve it. The basic requirements are:

1. Writing a delegate and mapping the events and properties in the FlexEnv.xml file.
2. Creating a proxy and the test object associated with control. The attached project has .jar containing the RandomWalkproxy and RandomWalktestObject.
3. Mapping the proxy to the control in the *.rftcust file generated using the proxy SDK wizard. For correct mapping, refer to the *.rftcust file in the attached project.

• Control is mapped to a more meaningful proxy and test object. For example, RandomWalk control gets mapped to randomWalkProxy and randomWalktestObject.
• Role can be assigned to the control. For example, the given custom control has role “List” assigned to it.
• Recognition properties can be added.
• Data verification point and data driven test can be implemented.
• Recording is control specific. For example, you now record on the same control: list__randomWalk_RandomWalk1().select("Food");
• getMethodSpec method is overridden to emit the methods as required or it goes to superclass and event might be generated as performAction(). See FlexRandomWalkproxy.java
• getTestObjectClassName method must be overridden to point to the correct test object.

1. Deploy the randomWalk_AT folder to your application directory. Notice that this directory contains RandomWalk control and RandomWalkDelegate.
2. Copy the contents of ClassInfo tag in the FlexCustom.xml file available in the RandomWalk_AT directory into the FlexEnv.xml.
3. Invoke the application using mypage.htm in the RandomWalk_AT and try recording. The generated script records the action as performAction.

1. Deploy the .jar and .rftcust file to the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\RFT\ directory.
2. Close Rational Functional Tester, all the Java enabled applications and the browsers so that the new customization class is loaded. Restart Rational Functional Tester, test applications and then start recording the script.