IBM Rational Functional Tester Version 7.0 Release Notes

GI11-6749-00

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1.0 About this release
2.0 Installation information
3.0 Known limitations
   3.1 Time Delayed Selection of MenuItem and Context menu items not possible in SAP
   3.2 Playback fails while selecting context menu items on toolbar controls in SAP
   3.3 Functional Tester 7.0 does not support Eclipse 2.1 as the Application Under Test
   3.4 Functional Tester hangs arbitrarily on IBM JRE 1.4 on Linux
   3.5 Incorrect error appears when you check in a file that is checked out as reserved from ClearCase on Linux
   3.6 Recording against SAP toolbar buttons is not supported
   3.7 Functional Tester does not support testing SAP graphics and application controls
   3.8 Playback for some AWT controls does not work on Linux when the AUT runs on Sun JRE 1.5
   3.9 Functional Tester does not support multi-tab documents in Firefox
   3.10 Functional Tester does not provide Firefox support on Linux platform
   3.11 Limitations of ActiveX controls on Siebel
4.0 Known problems and workarounds
5.0 IBM Rational Software Support
6.0 Notices and trademarks

1.0 About this release

This release of IBM® Rational® Functional Tester V7.0 includes the following new features:

You must buy additional licenses to work on SAP and Siebel extensions. For details, please visit  How to buy software.

Additional updates about limitations and problems can be found in the form of individual technotes in the Support knowledge base at http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/. As problems are discovered and resolved, the IBM Rational Support team updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find solutions or workarounds to problems.

The latest version of this document is available at http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v7/rft/70/docs/readme/readme.html.

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2.0 Installation information

For information about installing Rational Functional Tester, installation prerequisites, installing from a command line, and using a local repository on an HTTP server, see the installation instructions at: http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v7/rft/70/docs/install_instruction/install.html  

You can view the Installation Guide from the installation launchpad and in the documents directory of the first product CD.

Hardware requirements

Software requirements

3.0 Known limitations

3.1 Time Delayed Selection of MenuItem and Context menu items not possible in SAP

3.2 Playback fails while selecting context menu items on toolbar controls in SAP

Playback fails while selecting context menu items from the selection variant toolbar button on some transaction pages. Selecting any item on the context menu generates the selectContextMenutItem script with arguments. These arguments are dynamically generated by SAP for each session against which Functional Tester is recording. So for the playback to work correctly,  you need to play back in the same session in which recording is done. Playback fails if you record in one session and play back later in a different session. The problem will not get fixed unless SAP fixes it in their scripting framework.

3.3 Functional Tester 7.0 does not support Eclipse 2.1 as the Application Under Test

IBM Rational Functional Tester V7.0 does not recognize any objects on Eclipse 2.1 as the Application Under Test.

3.4 Functional Tester hangs arbitrarily on IBM JRE 1.4 on Linux

Certain modules on Linux ®, such as Gamin/FAM (File alteration monitoring library) may incorrectly do signal handling and cause Eclipse and Eclipse-based applications to hang arbitrarily on IBM JRE 1.4. This may cause Functional Tester to hang on IBM JRE 1.4.

3.5 Incorrect error appears when you check in a file that is checked out as reserved from ClearCase on Linux

On Linux, when you check in a file that is checked out as reserved, an incorrect error message appears, indicating that there were problems checking the files into ClearCase and that the checkin did not finish because Functional Tester could not merge the object map. The error message should actually indicate that the file was checked out as reserved.

3.6 Recording against SAP toolbar buttons is not supported

Rational Functional Tester does not support recording against SAP toolbar buttons such as Generate a ShortCut and Customizing of Local Layout, and its popup window.

3.7 Functional Tester does not support testing SAP graphics and application controls

Functional Tester does not support testing SAP graphics controls such as GuiCtrlBarChart, GuiCtrlNetChart, GuiCtrlChart, GuiCtrlColorSelector, and GuiCtrlWebViewers. It also does not support testing application controls such as APO Grid.

3.8 Playback for some AWT controls does not work on Linux when the AUT runs on Sun JRE 1.5

On Linux, playback on the following AWT controls does not work if the application under test (AUT) is on Sun JRE 1.5:

This happens because Sun JRE 1.5 has libXt statically linked to the JVM.

3.9 Functional Tester does not support multi-tab documents in Firefox

Currently, Functional Tester does not support testing multi-tab documents in a single Firefox browser window. Functional Tester considers only the document in the first tab of the Firefox browser for testing. 

3.10 Functional Tester does not provide Firefox support on Linux platform

On Linux, Functional Tester does not provide support for testing HTML applications using Mozilla Firefox.

Currently, Functional Tester only provides Firefox support on Windows. 

3.11 Limitations of ActiveX controls on Siebel

While recording on some ActiveX controls like ISSGanttChartControl, ISSCoCalCustomCtrl, and sysMonthCal32calendar control in the Siebel domain, Siebel Test Automation (STA) framework does not emit the events for the actions that you perform on them. These actions are recorded as Win actions with raw coordinates with respect to the ActiveX controls.

4.0 Known problems and workarounds

These release notes include release-specific information, such as problems and workarounds that were not available until after the product documentation was finalized.

5.0 IBM Rational Software Support

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For contact information and guidelines or reference materials that you will need when you require support, read the IBM Software Support Handbook.

For FAQs, lists of know problems and fixes, and other support information, visit the IBM Rational Software Support Web site.

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