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Rational® Functional Tester
Reference Guide
This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about Rational® Functional Tester.
Reference information for the Visual Studio IDE
Development Environment options
You use the Development Environment page to control the behavior of the Development Environment while playing back, recording, and debugging Functional Test scripts.

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 IBM® Rational® Functional Tester.
- 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
  You can learn to start using Rational® Functional Tester by reviewing the information in the Tutorials for the UI Test perspective and Functional Test perspective.
- Samples
  You can find the sample project that you can use with Rational® Functional Tester to test the functionality of an application.
- Administrator Guide
  This guide describes how to install IBM® Rational® Functional Tester 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 Rational® Test Control Panel.
- 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 Rational® Functional Tester.
- Reference Guide
  This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about Rational® Functional Tester.
  - Reference information for the UI Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn all the reference or additional information about the Web UI Test perspective.
  - Reference information for the Functional Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn all the reference or additional information about the Functional Test perspective.
  - Reference information for the Visual Studio IDE
    - VB.NET scripting command-line interface
      Some of the actions that can be performed from the Rational® Functional Tester graphical user interface can also be performed from the VB.NET Scripting Edition command line.
    - Test application domain support
      Rational® Functional Tester is an object-oriented automated testing tool that tests Java™, HTML, .NET, Windows®, SAP, and Siebel applications.
    - Add New Item dialog box
      You use the Add New Item dialog box to add a script, an empty script, a test object map, or a test dataset to the currently selected project.
    - dataset Literal Substitution dialog box
      You can use the dataset Literal Substitution dialog box to find or replace literal values in a test script with a dataset reference (an associated dataset). You can set the options in this dialog box to find and replace all, number, string, or boolean literals in a script with a dataset reference.
    - Development Environment options
      You use the Development Environment page to control the behavior of the Development Environment while playing back, recording, and debugging Functional Test scripts.
    - Menus
      This topic describes the product menu as it appears in Visual Basic when you have Rational® Functional Tester installed. Menus and menu items on your machine might be different, depending on the version of Visual Studio .NET that is installed, the installation options selected, and what is open in Visual Studio.
    - Functional Test project properties page
      Use this page to change your default script helper base class.
    - Functional Test script properties page
      Use this page to change your script helper base class, test dataset, or dataset iteration for an individual script.
    - Toolbar
      This topic describes all the buttons and controls on the Rational® Functional Tester toolbar.
    - Options dialog box
      You use the Options dialog box to customize Rational® Functional Tester in a number of different areas, such as increasing/decreasing all time options and setting options for highlighting test objects; operating system values; playback; delays; logging; playback monitor; ScriptAssure(TM); recorder; Recording Monitor; and color settings for the Verification Point Editor, Verification Point Comparator, and the Object Map Editor; and the development environment
  - Java API reference
    You can find the links to view the following API reference guides of IBM® Rational® Functional Tester:
- 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.

Development Environment options

You use the Development Environment page to control the behavior of the Development Environment while playing back, recording, and debugging Functional Test scripts.

The Development Environment page has the following controls:

Development Environment state during run

Controls the Development Environment display while playing back scripts.

Minimized: Reduces the Development Environment to a button on the task bar during playback.
Minimized and restored on playback termination (Default): Reduces the Development Environment to a button on the task bar during playback and restores it when playback finishes.
Hidden: Hides the Development Environment during playback and restores it when playback finishes.
Leave in current state: Does not change the Development Environment during playback.

Development Environment state during recording

Controls the Development Environment display while recording scripts.

Minimized: Reduces the Development Environment to a button on the task bar during recording.
Minimized and restored when recording finished (Default): Reduces the Development Environment to a button on the task bar during recording and restores it after recording stops.
Hidden: Hides the Development Environment during recording and restores it after recording stops.
Leave in current state: Does not change the Development Environment during recording.

Development Environment state during debug

Controls the Development Environment display while debugging scripts.

Minimized: Reduces the Development Environment to a button on the task bar during debugging.
Minimized and restored on playback termination: Reduces the Development Environment to a button on the task bar during debugging and restores it after debugging stops.
Hidden: Hides the Development Environment during debugging and restores it after debugging stops.
Leave in current state (Default): Does not change the Development Environment during debugging.

Restore Defaults

Restores the default values on this page.

Apply

Saves your changes without closing the dialog box.

To open: Click Tools > Options. In the left pane, expand Functional Test and click Development Environment or General.

Related Topics:

Advanced Development Environment Options

Setting Functional Test Options

About Functional Test Options