Use the recording feature of IBM® Rational® Functional Tester,
to record actions on the test applications. The actions on the test
applications are generated in the form of a simplified test script
when you stop recording. The generated simplified test script is displayed
in the simplified Script editor in Rational Functional Tester.
You can also view the corresponding Java™ code
of the recorded test script in the Java script
editor.
About this task
To create a simplified test script:
Procedure
- Click .
- On the Record a Functional Test Script page,
select the project to which the script must be associated. Type a
name for the script.
- Optional: Select Add the script
to Source Control to put the script under source control.
- Click Next.
- Optional: On the Select Script Assets page,
modify the test object map, helper superclass, and test datapool if
you do not want to use the default settings.
- Click Finish to start recording. The Recording Monitor opens and the recording
starts.
- In the Recording Monitor toolbar,
click Start Application(
) to start your
test application.
- Perform any action in the test application. The
recording monitor displays the actions that you perform as English
statements.
- Optional: You can record verification points
or data-drive your test script using the tools available in the Recording
Monitor toolbar while recording the script.
- Optional: To insert statements to call another
script, specify log information, timer or comments during recording,
click Insert Script Support Commands in the Recording
Monitor toolbar.
- Click Stop recording (
) when you finish recording. A simplified
test script is generated and displayed in the simplified Script editor.