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SQA Basic code in Visual Studio

Question & Answer


Question

What happens if you put IBM Rational Robot into a Visual Basic project in Visual Studio?

Cause

You want to re-use your Robot script in an IBM Rational Functional Tester .NET project.

Answer

Visual Studio reports many errors. These errors include.

  • Declaration errors

    For example


    'Variant' is no longer a supported type; use the 'Object' type instead.

    'Declare Ansi Sub VP(strVP As String)' has multiple definitions with identical signatures.


  • Errors about SQA Basic reserved words.

[{"Product":{"code":"SSSHDX","label":"Rational Robot"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Component":"Scripting","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"7.0.3.9","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB45","label":"Automation"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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