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This section contains the tutorials which explains the main features of HCL OneTest™ UI.
Tutorials for testing in the Functional Test perspective
You can use the tutorials to get started with testing in the Functional Test perspective in Rational® Functional Tester.
Test Adobe Flex application
This tutorial walks you through the steps to enable your Adobe Flex application, and test the enabled Flex application from a local test computer using HCL OneTest™ UI. The steps are based on the roles that Flex developers and testers perform.
Module 1: Enable the Flex application for testing
In this module, you learn how to enable the Flex application for functional testing by compiling the Flex 2.0 application with functional testing agent (rft.swc) and Flex automation framework libraries.
Lesson 2: Configure the Flex application
In this lesson, you use the Flex user interface to setup the configuration parameters for the Flex application.

Rational® Functional Tester
- Release Notes
  This document contains information about what's new, installation instructions, known problems in and contact information of IBM Customer Support.
- System Requirements
  This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for HCL OneTest™ UI.
- Getting Started Guide
  This guide provides an overview of Rational® Functional Tester. You can find the task flows to get you started with Rational Functional Tester. This guide is intended for new users.
- Tutorials
  This section contains the tutorials which explains the main features of HCL OneTest™ UI.
  - Tutorials for testing in the UI Test perspective
    You can use the tutorials to get started with testing in the UI Test perspective in Rational® Functional Tester.
  - Tutorials for testing in the Functional Test perspective
    You can use the tutorials to get started with testing in the Functional Test perspective in Rational® Functional Tester.
    - Get started with functional testing using simplified scripts
      This tutorial introduces you to simplified test scripts and the application visuals and helps you get started with HCL OneTest™ UI for testing applications. It uses a sample Java™ application that is installed with the product for functional testing.
    - Create a functional test using Java scripts
      This HCL OneTest™ UI tutorial walks you through the major use cases for creating and playing back functional tests that use Java scripts. This comprehensive tutorial uses a sample Java™ application that is installed with the product.
    - Perform a data-driven functional test using Java scripts
      In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a data-driven functional test using the HCL OneTest™ UI data-driven test wizard.
    - Test Adobe Flex application
      This tutorial walks you through the steps to enable your Adobe Flex application, and test the enabled Flex application from a local test computer using HCL OneTest™ UI. The steps are based on the roles that Flex developers and testers perform.
      - Introduction: Test Adobe Flex application
        In this tutorial, you will learn how to enable a Flex application for functional testing and test the enabled Flex application using HCL OneTest™ UI.
      - Module 1: Enable the Flex application for testing
        In this module, you learn how to enable the Flex application for functional testing by compiling the Flex 2.0 application with functional testing agent (rft.swc) and Flex automation framework libraries.
        Lesson 1: Set up the development environment
        In this lesson, you set up the development environment for enabling the Flex application for functional testing.
        Lesson 2: Configure the Flex application
        In this lesson, you use the Flex user interface to setup the configuration parameters for the Flex application.
      - Module 2: Test the Flex application
        In this module, you learn how to test the functionality of the enabled Flex application that is provided by the developer.
      - Summary: Test Adobe Flex application
        This tutorial has shown you how to enable a Flex application for functional testing, and test the enabled Flex application using HCL OneTest™ UI.
    - Test GEF applications
      The movies in this tutorial show you how to use HCL OneTest™ UI to test applications that are based on the Graphical Editing Framework (GEF). It also shows how HCL OneTest UI works with GEF objects.
    - Extend Rational® Functional Tester capabilities using Proxy SDK
      The movies in this tutorial show you how to extend the Rational® Functional Tester proxies using the proxy SDK.
- Samples
  This section describes about the sample project which can be used with HCL OneTest™ UI to test the functionality of an application.
- Administrator Guide
  This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ UI software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
- 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.
- Test Execution Specialist Guide
  This guide describes how to automate the playback of the tests by using different methods such as Docker, IBM Cloud Private, Jenkins and so on. The test results can be pushed to HCL Quality Server.
- Test Manager Guide
  This guide describes how to keep track of the performance of the application by evaluating the test results. Following topics cover how you can work with the test results.
- Troubleshooting
  This guide describes how to analyze and resolve some of the common problems that you might encounter while you work with HCL OneTest™ UI.
- Reference Guide
  This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about HCL OneTest™ UI.
- All Guides (PDF)
  You can find the link to view or download the content of the release notes, system requirements, and persona guides of IBM® Rational® Functional Tester as a PDF file.
- Security Considerations
  You can take certain actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls.
- Notices
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Lesson 2: Configure the Flex application

In this lesson, you use the Flex user interface to setup the configuration parameters for the Flex application.

About this task

To configure the Flex application:

Procedure

Click Configure > Configure Applications for Testing.
Click Add in the Application Configuration Tool window.
Select Flex Application, and click Next.
Select Configure Flex application setup, and click Next.
Click Local Application.
Specify the Flex application parameters:
1. Select the required Flex version from Flex SDKs list.
2. Select Compile-time from the Enablement type list.
3. Click Browse to select the Flex application in .as or .mxml format.
4. Select Dependency Files check box, if required.
5. Click Add and browse to the dependency files.
6. Select Additional Libraries check box.
7. Click Add and browse to the libraries.
8. Click Browse and select the SWF target location.
9. Select the Generate HTML Page checkbox, and click Finish.

Results

The selected Flex application and its detailed information is displayed in the Application Configuration Tool window. Pass the generated HTML page to the tester to test the HTML page using HCL OneTest™ UI.