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IBM Rational Functional Tester Version 8.2.0.2 iFix01

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Abstract

This document desribes how to download and install IBM Rational Functional Tester Version 8.2.0.2 iFix01.

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IBM Rational Functional Tester 8.2.0.2 iFix01 includes defect fixes to previous versions of Rational Functional Tester.

Information Center for Rational Functional Tester version 8.2.0.2.

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 7019698: List of domains supported for functional testing.

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 1.4.1.
  • 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 8.2.0.2 iFix01

You can install Rational Functional Tester, Version 8.2.0.2 iFix01 in two ways:

  • Using IBM Installation Manager
If IBM Rational Functional Tester, Version 8.2 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 8.2.0.2 iFix01 interim fix 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\rft8202.update.disk1\disk1\.
    4. Use the Update Packages wizard of the Installation Manager to proceed with the update.

Installing .NET 2010 Scripting

Prerequisite
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 is installed with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2010. However, to use Rational Functional Tester with the Visual Studio .NET 2010 Integrated Development Environment, you must also install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0 or 3.5.

When you install Rational Functional Tester 8.2.0.2 iFix01 for Visual Basic .NET 2010, select .NET 2010 Scripting on the Features page and proceed with the installation.

During the installation, Rational Functional Tester .NET help is installed automatically.

During the installation, to install Rational Functional Tester .NET help, The Visual Studio Help Library Manager is displayed. In the Help Library Manager, click Add in the RFT row and then click Update. The Rational Functional Tester .NET help is added as local help to Visual Studio 2010.

Note: If you do not install Rational Functional Tester .NET help while installing Rational Functional Tester 8.2.0.2 using the Help Library Manager, you can install it later.

To install Rational Functional Tester 8.2.0.2 .NET help
  1. Open the Visual Studio Help Library Manager.
  2. Select the Install help from disk option.
  3. Click Browse and select the helpcontentsetup.msha file that is available by default in the Rational Functional Tester installation directory\IBM\SDP\FunctionalTester\vsnet\MSDNHelp\VS2010 directory. The help manifest files for other translations are found within the locale folders available in the VS2010 directory.
  4. Select RFT and click Update.
The Rational Functional Tester .NET help is installed as local help for Visual Studio 2010.

Note: To view the Rational Functional Tester .NET Scripting help in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE, you must enable the local help option in the Help Library Manager.

Tip: To view the complete table of contents of the installed local help in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE, install the Visual Studio Help Keyword Index plug-in that is available from the Microsoft website. Alternatively,you can upgrade to Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 to view help in the Microsoft Help Viewer.

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.

For more information, 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:

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Problems Solved

This release contains fixes for the following APARs:

APARsDescription
PM39796Verification Point failures and exceptions do not trigger ARM failures in ITCAM.
PK94070Rational Functional Tester: Unable to find and click on button offscreen with ObjectNotFound Exception.
PM29949Rational Functional Tester does not scroll into the Dojo combobox object, and clicks elsewhere.
PM31644Rational Functional Tester 8.2 and 8.2.0.1: HTML buttons from a collapsible section are not recognized during recording.
PM34221Rational Functional Tester: The Textbox field takes 2 -3 seconds to enter a character during playback.
PM13582Pasting data from the clipboard to a HTML text field in .NET Scripting takes more than 2 minutes.
PM24680Rational Functional Tester: A .NET application under test (AUT) which uses Impersonation freezes during recording and playback.
PM28983When recording on a HTML page that has embedded <applet>, the Wrapped exception is thrown on the recording monitor.
PM32615Rational Functional Tester 8.2: On playback, a right click on a third party control, crashed the AUT
PM37123Rational Functional Tester 8.2.0.1 : A DatapoolException occurs, such as CRFCN0478E: There is no exist variable name "valname" in a datapool.
PM37450Rational Functional Tester :8.1.1.2: "License Key check failed for plugin com.ibm.rational.test.ft.clientbase"
PM37458Rational Functional Tester 8.2.0.1 : The Object Inspector shows the .enabled property incorrectly
PM37552Rational Functional Tester 8.2.0.1 : Manual Verification Point fails with Boolean values.
PM37950'document.setAjaxTrace(true)' causes a crash in Internet Explorer 8 compatibility view browser mode.
PM39487The '&' symbol is stripped from the text property of a menu item incorrectly.
PM40135Rational Functional Tester 8.2.0.2 : The string PROP_WORKINGDIRECTORY = "startapp_working_direcotry" is misspelled.
PM40144Rational Functional Tester 8.2.0.2 recording does not create a Verification Point or retrieve controls on an embedded browser.
PM40272The SWT Tree expand operation fails to show up the children of the tree node.
PM41630Rational Functional Tester 8.2.0.2 : dojoRoot is missing under C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP\FunctionalTester.

For a list of resolved APARs for Rational Functional Tester versions 8.0.x up to 8.1.1.3, see, APAR list of Rational Functional Tester Version 8 releases.
For a list of resolved APARs for Rational Functional Tester versions 8.2 and later, see, APAR list of Rational Functional Tester Version 8.2 and later releases.

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Problems (APARS) fixed
PM39796;PK94070;PM29949;PM31644;PM34221;PM13582;PM24680;PM28983;PM32615;PM37123;PM37450;PM37458;PM37552;PM37950;PM39487;PM40135;PM40144;PM40272;PM41630

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Modified date:
20 July 2018

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