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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 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.

Rational® Functional Tester
- Release Notes
  This document contains information about new features, system requirements, and known limitations in 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.
      - 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.
        Lesson 1: Assign trust designations
        In this lesson, you assign trust designations to enable the file to be trusted.
        Lesson 2: Security settings for Flex 4.0 applications
        In this lesson, you specify security settings for Flex 4.0 applications.
        Lesson 3: Test enabled Flex application from a local test computer
        In this lesson, you test the functionality of the enabled Flex application that is embedded in an HTML wrapper on a local computer.
      - 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
  Typically, a user with the administrator role is responsible for certain tasks including installation, configuration, and integration of the product. This guide lists all such topics.
- Test Author guide
  As a test author, you are responsible to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
- Test Execution Specialist guide
  A test executor automates 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
  As a test manager, you can 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
  While working with HCL OneTest™ UI, you might encounter some problems that you can easily troubleshoot. The topics in this section address some of these problems.
- Reference
  Use these additional topics to gain more knowledge about the product.
- 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
  This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

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.

This module is intended for testers and describes the steps for testing the enabled Flex application using HCL OneTest™ UI.

Learning objectives

After you complete the lessons in this module you will understand how to do the following tasks:

Set up the testing environment
Test the enabled Flex application from a local test computer

Time required

This module takes approximately 15 minutes to complete.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, verify that the following software is installed:

HCL OneTest™ UI 8.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0 or 8.0
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX control version 9.0.28.0 or later