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IBM Rational Functional Tester Version 8.1.1.3

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Abstract

This document describes how to download and install IBM Rational Functional Tester Version 8.1.1.3.

Download Description

IBM Rational Functional Tester Version 8.1.1.3 includes defect fixes to previous versions of Rational Functional Tester and the following enhancements:

  • .NET 4.0 framework support: Rational Functional Tester supports testing of .Net 4.0 applications.
  • PowerBuilder 12.0 support: Integrated Sybase PowerBuilder 12.0 support.

Notes:
  • Refer the Rational Functional Tester information center for details on the specific support of the above enhancements.
  • The Rational Functional Tester Version 8.1.1.3 release does not include the updated translation content for a small number of topics such as the help home page and release notes.

Supported Domains
For details on the list of domains supported for functional testing, integration of Rational Functional Tester with other Rational products and compatible shell sharing products, see technote 7017504: List of domains supported for functional testing.

Prerequisites

  • IBM Installation Manager version 1.3.4 if you locally upgrade Rational Functional Tester.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Note: For details on the list of supported platforms on which IBM Rational Functional Tester can be installed, see List of supported platforms

Installation Instructions

Installing Rational Functional Tester, Version 8.1.1.3

You can install Rational Functional Tester, Version 8.1.1.3 in two ways:

  • Using IBM Installation Manager
If IBM Rational Functional Tester, Version 8.x is already installed on your computer, you can install this update using the Update Packages wizard in IBM Installation Manager.
  • Local upgrade of an existing installation

  • 1. Download the Rational Functional Tester 8.1.1.3 fix pack from the location specified at the bottom of this page.
    2. Extract the files to a temporary directory. For example, extract the file to C:\temp
    3. In the IBM Installation Manager click File > Preferences and add the temporary directory to the list of repositories, for example, C:\temp\rft8113.update.disk1\disk1\.
    4. Use the Update Packages wizard of the Installation Manager to proceed with the update.

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. For more information about configuring and accessing help, see Configuring help content in the Rational Functional Tester information center.

Additionally, see the following 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:

Information Center for releases of Rational Functional Tester version 8.1

Problems Solved

This release contains fixes for the following APARs:

AparsDescription
PM17409The Find Application Programing Interface (API) does not work in Rational Functional Tester version 8.1.1.1
PM21305Copying data from one cell to another does not work
PM18960Rational Functional Tester does not recognize Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) applications
PM17792Rational Functional Tester does not highlight or playback the Dojo objects recorded or inserted in the test object map
PM82803Functional Tester Extension Custom Function Help does not appear correctly
PM06547Controls embedded in HTML are mapped as children of Html.HtmlBrowser
PM15720Rational Functional Tester playback fails with Object not Found exception on a dynamic object
PM20215SAPEdit Control identifies as SAPCombobox during playback
PM19471Rational Functional Tester version 8112 : Cannot record command window on Microsoft Windows version 7 in a 32-bit mode
PM19075Rational Functional Tester version 8.1 script changes upper case to lower case of German and French characters at playback
PM19721Microsoft Visual Studio 2005: Creating utility class displays a 'java.lang.NullPointerException' error.
PM20395'Spy Heap is Locked' error is displayed during playback in a Win32 application
PM15313Compile from command line does not work as test object classes are missing from the compile classpath.
PM19181Playing back a Java tree fails after Rational Functional Tester 8.1.1.1 upgrade
PM12783'CRFCN0718E: Script1.testMain had an unhandled error: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError' is displayed while trying to playback a script in Rational Functional Tester version 8.1.1 after it is upgraded from Rational Functional Tester version 8.0
PM19378Rational Functional Tester version 8.1.1: Verification point comparator does not launch when the script name is in Korean
PK85046Rational Functional Tester help: Cannot connect to the site when the path (URL) has Japanese characters

For details on the list of resolved APARs for the 8.x series, see, APAR list of Rational Functional Tester Version 8 releases

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Modified date:
20 July 2018

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