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Abstract
This document describes how to download and install IBM® Rational® Functional Tester Version 8.0.0.3.
Download Description
IBM Rational Functional Tester Version 8.0.0.3 includes defect fixes to previous versions of Rational Functional Tester as well as the following enhancement
- Test HTML applications in Internet Explorer 7 that has the Protected mode enabled in Windows Vista.
Prerequisites
- Before you update Rational Functional Tester, close the Eclipse and Microsoft® Visual Studio IDEs, as well as any open Web browsers, and all other applications that are enabled by Functional Tester.
- This fix pack requires IBM Installation Manager, version 1.2 or later.
- If you are installing or upgrading Rational Functional Tester on Microsoft Windows®, to use the .NET Scripting feature, you must copy msvcp71.dll into the System32 directory (C:\Windows\System32), if it is not already available. You can copy the msvcp71.dll file from any other Windows operating system such as Windows XP or download it from Internet.
Installation Instructions
<p>You can either install Rational Functional Tester 8.0.0.3 directly from the service repository using the IBM Installation Manager or by downloading the fixpack from the location specified at the bottom of this page.</p>
<p><b>Installing Rational Functional Tester, Version 8.0.0.3</b></p>
<ul> <li>If IBM Rational Functional Tester, Version 8.0, 8.0.0.1 or 8.0.0.2 is already installed on your computer, you can install this update using the Update Packages wizard in IBM Installation Manager. </i></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Local upgrade of an existing installation </b> </p>
<ol> <li> Download the Rational Functional Tester 8.0.0.3 fix pack from the location specified at the bottom of this page.</li>
<li> Extract the files to a temporary directory. For example, extract the file to <code> C:\temp </code></li>
<li> In the IBM Installation Manager click <b> File > Preferences</b> and add the temporary directory to the list of repositories, for example, <code> C:\temp\rft8003.update.disk1\disk1\</code>.</li>
<li>Use the Update Packages wizard of the Installation Manager to proceed with the update.</li></ol>
<p>For information about installing Rational Functional Tester Version 8.0.0.3, see <a href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/rfthelp/v8r0m0/topic/com.ibm.rational.test.ft.install.doc/topics/c_overview.html">Installing Rational Functional Tester</a>.</p>
<b>]Rational Functional Tester integration with Rational products
You can integrate Rational Functional Tester Version 8.0.0.3 with ClearQuest® Version 7.1 and ClearCase Version 7.0.1 and 7.1.
ClearQuest Test Manager perspective in Rational Functional Tester
To add the ClearQuest® Test Manager perspective to Rational Functional Tester, install ClearQuest Version 7.1 plug-ins into Rational Functional Tester using IBM Installation Manager.
Installing ClearQuest plug-ins directly from IBM update repository:
If IBM Rational Functional Tester is already installed on your computer, click Check for Other Versions and Extensions on the Install page of the Install Packages wizard in IBM Installation Manager. Select IBM Rational ClearQuest Version 7.1.0 from the list of the offerings and follow the on-screen instructions to proceed with the installation.
You can also install ClearQuest 7.1 while installing Rational Functional Tester. In IBM Installation Manager, select IBM Rational Functional Tester in the Install page of the Install Packages wizard, and click Check for Other Versions and Extensions. Select IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.1.0 from the displayed list of offerings and follow the on-screen instructions to proceed with the installation.
For more information on Rational Functional Tester and ClearQuest Test Manager integration, see the Integrate Functional Tester with CQTM topic in Rational Functional Tester Help.
Support available for the help installation:
Rational Functional Tester help system is configured to use remote help. An internet connection is required to access help or to download and install help locally. If you do not have Internet connection, contact the IBM Rational Support team and quote the technote number 1328970 to obtain and install the Help.
For more information, see these technotes:
Known problems
Known problems are documented in the form of individual technotes in the Support knowledge base at
http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/functional/support/
As problems are discovered and resolved, the knowledge base is updated and maintained with new information. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.
The following links run customized queries of the live Support knowledge base:
Problems Solved
This release contains fixes for the following APARs:
| Apars | Description |
| PK84497 | Message WM_USER+1 (#define WM_FINTHREAD WM_USER+1) - BBVA |
| PK84374 | Unable to capture properties of a TitledBorder |
| PK80901 | User actions are slow in Rational Functional Tester editor on network share |
| PK75299 | Unable to record double byte character input on Internet Explorer 7.0 |
| PK85623 | Error CRFCN0153E: Cannot get screen point for subitem on combobox |
| PK79719 | Functional Tester Extension for Terminal based applications: Colors of Rational Functional Tester Terminal Extension not adjustable |
| PK79990 | FTE does not save the user's preferences |
| PK81248 | Error CRFTP0050E: no screen point found |
| PK83424 | Clicking on link causes shift of content. Playing displays the error "Object not found" |
| PK82392 | Playback monitor unchecked for ImageVP during playback |
| PK82572 | invokeScript in the Internet Explorer 7.0 does not work on playback |
| PK85832 | Choosing the values of Java combo box drop down menu is not recognized |
| PK86210 | Rational Functional Tester 8.0.0.2: Playback cannot find a HTML window dialog |
| PK86362 | HTML application drop down list does not work during playback |
| PK78418 | VB.Net scripting 2005 Chinese version: Chinese Characters improper in recording dialog |
| PK82480 | Error CRFCN0003E: com.rational.test.ft.CoordinateOffScreenException |
| PK83636 | Rational Functional Tester 8.0.0.1: Unable to find Jcombox during playback |
| PK83760 | Missing "XML" log type option under Rational Functional Tester Windows Preferences |
| PK83957 | Rational Functional Tester on Linux: TopLevelObject.close crashes notes8.5 app |
| PK84115 | Rational Functional Tester 7.0.1.2 iFix04: htmlDialogButton is detected as #32770 |
| PK84223 | Find operation on flex domain using ".class" property fails to return test object |
| PK85917 | "ObjectNotFoundException" error w/C++ App |
| PK81225 | Rational Functional Tester 8.0: The removed object properties set a data when a test script recorded |
| PK83541 | Rational Functional Tester-Eclipse 3.1.1 control has weak recognition during playback |
| PK85045 | Rational Functional Tester Help menu shows "Topic not found" or xml parse exeption |
| PK85046 | Unable to connect to site, when the path (URL) includes Japanese letters |
| PK85504 | API reference is missing in the information center |
| PK86187 | Slow performance and memory increase rapidly with huge HTML application |
| PK83477 | TestManager does not launch after script playback is initiated from Rational Functional Tester user interface |
| PK72309 | When loading a Rational Functional Tester project in Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2005 from the MS Windows file explorer, the explorer will be active after loading |
| PK78821 | SetText is updating value in the wrong area in the application |
| PK84507 | Cannot bring up object map at runtime after certain control is added to the object map |
| PK81095 | Error CRFTP0050E: no screen point found |
Technical Support
http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/functional/support/
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Modified date:
20 July 2018
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