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This guide describes how to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
Testing in the UI Test perspective
When you develop web applications, Windows-based applications, or mobile applications, you can use IBM® Rational® Functional Tester to create functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use Rational Functional Tester to run the tests before you can view the test results.
Testing Windows desktop applications
You can configure the Windows applications to record and play back tests on the Windows desktop applications. You can also test the Windows applications on dual monitors when you extend the display of your computer to a secondary monitor.
Configuring a Windows application
In Rational® Functional Tester, you can test the native Windows desktop applications. To test the Windows applications, you must first configure the Windows applications in the common web interface.

Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
- Testing in the UI Test perspective
  When you develop web applications, Windows-based applications, or mobile applications, you can use IBM® Rational® Functional Tester to create functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use Rational Functional Tester to run the tests before you can view the test results.
  - Testing web applications
    You can test web applications in Rational® Functional Tester by using the industry-standard browsers such as Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. You can record Web UI tests and then play back the tests to evaluate the test results. You can also test the web applications on dual monitors when you extend the display of your computer to a secondary monitor.
  - Testing mobile applications
    You can test the Android or iOS mobile applications by recording and playing back mobile tests on Android devices or emulators, iOS mobile devices or simulators by using Rational® Functional Tester.
  - Testing Windows desktop applications
    You can configure the Windows applications to record and play back tests on the Windows desktop applications. You can also test the Windows applications on dual monitors when you extend the display of your computer to a secondary monitor.
    - Prerequisites for testing Windows desktop applications
      You can find information about the prerequisite conditions that you must satisfy before you can test Windows desktop applications.
    - Configuring a Windows application
      In Rational® Functional Tester, you can test the native Windows desktop applications. To test the Windows applications, you must first configure the Windows applications in the common web interface.
    - Recording a Windows test
      You can record a Windows test to capture the actions that you perform on Windows desktop applications and on the Add-ins in Microsoft Office applications. The actions are captured as test steps in Windows tests.
    - Editing a Windows test
      You can edit the test by using the test editor. You can edit a Windows test by modifying the test steps, adding verification points, and so on.
  - Recording SAP tests
    When you record a test, the test creation wizard records your interactions with the SAP server, generates a test from the recording, and opens the test for editing. You can record tests from the SAP GUI. You can also record SAP batch input tests that can be used to produce a heavy load on the server while minimizing the processing requirements for virtual testers.
  - Working with Selenium or Appium tests
    You can manage your Selenium or Appium Java™ tests from the UI Test perspective, where you can import and modify the tests, add them to compound tests, and run them. You can also create new Appium Java tests from the Perfecto perspective on Windows™ and Mac OS, add the tests to compound tests, and run them. Perfecto is not currently supported on Linux®.
  - Compound tests
    You can create compound tests to help you organize smaller tests into scenarios that can then be run end-to-end. You can combine tests from different extensions to achieve end-to-end flow.
  - Accelerated Functional Tests
    When you create Web UI, mobile, or Windows tests, you can use the Accelerated Functional Test (AFT) feature in Rational® Functional Tester to distribute test effort during the play back of the recorded tests.
  - Working with keywords
    In Rational® Functional Tester, you can record and then associate Test Workbench tests with the keywords that are created in IBM® Rational Quality Manager. The keywords are used in manual tests in Rational Quality Manager. When you run a manual test that contains a keyword associated with a Rational Test Workbench test, the Test Workbench test is run on the workstation where the adapter has been started.
- Testing in the Functional Test perspective
  When you develop Java, HTML, or Terminal-based applications, you can use IBM® Rational® Functional Tester to create traditional functional tests for these applications. You must first record the tests and then use Rational Functional Tester to run the tests before you can view the test results.
- Extending the UI Test perspective with custom code
  You can use custom code to extend the default Web UI testing capabilities. You can write custom Java™ code and call the code from the test. You can also specify that results from the tests that are affected by your custom code to be included in reports.
- Extending the Functional Test perspective
  You can use custom code to extend the default functional testing capabilities. You can write custom code and call the code from the test. You can also specify that results from the tests that are affected by your custom code to be included in reports.
- Experimental Features
  Rational® Functional Tester contains a set of pre-releases that enable you to test various experimental features. These experimental features, while still in progress, are introduced early in the release to seek your feedback on its overall functionality and performance. You can play around with these capabilities before they are made available and supported as a general feature in an upcoming release.

Configuring a Windows application

In Rational® Functional Tester, you can test the native Windows desktop applications. To test the Windows applications, you must first configure the Windows applications in the common web interface.

About this task

After you configure the Windows application in the common web interface, you can use the Windows application anytime later to record Windows tests.

Procedure

Go to the Web UI Test perspective.
Click the Application Configuration icon on the toolbar.

A browser window opens and the Application Configuration page is displayed. The page displays the list of all applications that you configured in Rational® Functional Tester.
Click Add and select Desktop.

The Desktop Application dialog box is displayed.
Select one of the following types of the Windows desktop application that you want to configure:
- EXE: Click EXE to configure classic Windows desktop applications.
- UWP: Click UWP to configure Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications.
Enter the following detail based on the type of the Windows application:
- Exe path: Enter the path that contains the .exe file of the classic Windows application on your computer.
- Application ID: Enter the application id of the Windows application. For example, if you want to configure alarm app, you must enter Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App.
  Note: To get the id of the Windows application, you must run the Windows application, and then click Properties to copy the application id.
Enter a name for the Windows application in the Name field.
Enter the version number for the Windows application in the Version field.
Enter details about the Windows application in the Description field.
Click Advanced Options to enter more details about the Windows application.

Results

You have successfully configured a Windows application.

What to do next

You can record tests on the configured Windows application. See, Recording a Windows test.