Tool Mentor: Creating Verification Points using Rational Functional Tester Extension |
This tool mentor describes how to create verification points using Rational Functional Tester Extension.
Tool: IBM Rational Functional Tester Extension
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### Overview Rational Functional Tester Extension for Terminal-based Applications (FTE) is used to automate the testing of MVS, VM, OS/400 and Unix host applications. This tool mentor assumes you have installed the Rational Functional Tester Extension and have some familiarity with Rational Functional Tester (RFT). While recording a test script, the tester can select a host terminal screen object to be tested and create a verification point to test one or more properties of the object. This Tool Mentor describes how to set verification points. For more detailed information, see "Inserting a Verification Point from the Script Explorer" and "Working with Verification Points" in the FTE online Help. ### Types of Verification Points There are two types of verification points you can create for host terminal screen objects: Data Verification Point -- A data verification point simply tests the text associated with a host terminal screen object. For more information, see "Creating a Data Verification Point" in the FTE online Help. Properties Verification Point -- A properties verification point tests various properties associated with the host terminal screen object, such its starting location, length, attributes such as whether it is protected or intensified, and the text associated with the object. Multiple properties can be tested with one properties verification point. For more information, see "Creating properties verification points" in the FTE online Help. ### Tool Steps Open an RFT project and start recording a script. Bring up FTE, connect to the host system, login, and interact with the host system and applications until you reach the point where you would like to test some property of a host terminal screen object. In the RFT "Recording" window, press the "Insert Verification Point or Action Command" button to bring up the "Verification Point and Action Command" window. Choose the object selection method, either "Drag Hand Selection" for the drag-and-drop "Object Finder" button, or "Test Object Browser" for the test object tree Select the host terminal screen object to test On the RFT "Verification Point and Action Command" window, choose either "Perform Data Verification Point" or "Perform Properties Verification Point" If you chose a properties verification point, proceed to the screen that lists the ;properties of the object and check the boxes for the properties you want to test.
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