You can automate the testing of a host application by recording
a script that connects to, and interacts with a host system. The session is
recorded as a set of commands and can be played back at a later time. This
allows you to automate the navigation to specific screens.
To record a host connection script:
- Log in and interact with the host when you create a host connection
script.
- In the window where you want to perform a test, on the Recording
Monitor toolbar, click the Verification Point and Action Wizard
icon.
- Drag the object finder
over the host terminal (a thick red line outlines the selected terminal
or field). You can use the selector to select the entire terminal or any of
the fields in the terminal session, and click Next.
- Select the verification values to perform using Data
Verification Point tab of the Perform an Action page.
- Select the required data values and properties:
- All field properties: Checks host field attributes
such as text, highlight, underline, blink, start or end of row or column.
- All field values: Checks text values on the
current host screen by field.
- Non-static field values: Checks text values
on the current host screen by fields that cannot be modified.
- Operator information area state: Checks the
OIA status.
- Select All field properties from the list
if you are checking host field attributes. Provide a verification point name,
and click Next. The Verification Point
Data page lists all the host fields from the current host screen. The fields are named Field_row_col_text, where
row is the starting row of the field, col is the starting column of the field
and text is the text found in the field.
- Optional: Clear the check box of the field for which
you do not want to perform a host-attributes check. By default all host field
attributes (except the host field names) are selected by this verification
point. If you do not want to test all host field attributes, double-click
the item in the list, and clear the attributes in the Test Data
Element list.
Note: Avoid checking the name attribute
of the host field in the verification point. This attribute might cause problems
during script play back.
- Log off, and click the Disconnect
icon after
creating the verification points.
- Click the Stop Recording
icon on the recording monitor
toolbar. This stops the recording monitor and generates
the script.