Tool Mentor: Getting Started with Rational Functional Tester Extension for Terminal-based Applications (FTE) |
This tool mentor provides a brief overview of what Rational Functional Tester Extension for Terminal-based Applications (FTE) is and how to how to get started with it.
Tool: IBM Rational Functional Tester Extension
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### Overview Rational Functional Tester Extension for Terminal-based Applications (FTE) extends the power of Rational Functional Tester (RFT) to host applications. It provides the ability to automate the testing of MVS, VM, OS/400 and Unix applications by using the Host Access Class Library (HACL) terminal emulator to connect as a TN3270, TN5250 or VT terminal. FTE can be installed and run on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server platforms. The test scripts FTE helps RFT create can be either Java scripts (in the Eclipse development environment) or Visual Basic scripts (in the Visual Studio .NET environment). Tool Steps If you will be using the Visual Studio .NET development environment, install VS.NET before installing Rational Functional Tester (RFT) or Functional Tester Extension for Terminal-based Applications (FTE). Install Rational Functional Tester (RFT) before you install Functional Tester Extension for Terminal-based Applications (FTE), then install FTE, and read the README files for the products. You may want to reboot after installing the products. FTE can only be launched from RFT, so bring up a Rational Functional Tester project. There are several ways to bring up FTE: From the RFT menu bar or toolbar, choose "Configure Applications for Testing", select "Extension for Terminal Applications" and press the "Run" button to bring up FTE outside of recording a test script. When recording a test script with RFT, choose "Start Application" and select "Extension for Terminal Applications" to use FTE to record a test script. In the Eclipse environment, there is a toolbar button for "Extension for Terminal Applications" that will bring up FTE outside of recording a test script.
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