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.

The product menu has the following options:

File menu

The File menu has the following commands:

New -- Opens the appropriate dialog box to create a new project, new file, blank solution, and a new Functional Test project. You can also record a Functional Test script and a Rational® Functional Tester empty script, and create a test object map and a test dataset. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Open -- Opens the appropriate dialog box to open a project, a project from the web, a file, and a file from the web. You can also convert a Java™ Language project to an equivalent Visual C# .NET project or convert a Visual Basic 6.0 project to an equivalent Visual Basic .NET project. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Close -- Closes the script currently displayed in the Code Editor.

Add New Item -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box that enables you to add an item to the currently selected project. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Add Existing Item -- Opens the Add Existing Item dialog box, which enables you to select individual or multiple files to add to your project. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Add Project -- Opens the appropriate dialog box that enables you to add a new project, an existing project or an existing project from the web. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Open Solution -- Opens the Open Solution dialog box, which enables you to open an existing solution (.sln) file. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Close Solution -- Closes the current solution.

Save script -- Saves your changes you made to the script currently open in the Code Editor.

Note: name As -- Opens the Save File As dialog box, which enables you to save the current file under another name and location. Note: Do not use this option to save scripts.

Advanced Save Options -- Opens the Advanced Save Options dialog box, which enables you to specify non-default language encoding options and to register your line-ending character preferences for an open file. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Save All -- Saves all scripts and files currently open.

Page Setup -- Opens the Page Setup dialog box.

Print -- Opens the Print dialog box.

Recent Files -- Opens the names of project items that you have used most recently . For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Recent Projects -- Opens the names of projects you have used most recently. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Exit -- Closes Rational® Functional Tester.

Edit menu

The Edit menu has the following options:

Undo -- Cancels the last edit you made, if possible. Some edits cannot be undone.

Redo -- Does the action of the last Undo action again.

Cut -- Deletes the selected characters and puts them on the Clipboard.

Copy -- Copies the selected characters to the Clipboard.

Paste -- Inserts at the cursor any characters that were previously cut or copied to the Clipboard.

Cycle Clipboard Ring -- Cycles through the contents of the Clipboard Ring tab. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Delete -- Removes the selected characters on the Code Editor or the selected item in the Solution Explorer.

Select All -- Selects all the characters in the currently open script or file.

Find and Replace -- Opens the appropriate dialog box to enable you to search for and substitute text in the current document or window and within multiple documents. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Go to -- Opens the Go to Line dialog box, which enables you to move to a line that you specify in the currently active script or file.

Insert File as Text -- Inserts the contents of the selected file, such as text or code, for use in your application. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Advanced -- Provides several formatting options. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Bookmarks -- Provides several options for working with bookmarks. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Outlining -- Provides several options for creating a hierarchical, outlined overview that gives you a view of the structure of your document. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

IntelliSense -- Provides an array of options that make language references easily accessible. When coding, you do not need to close the text editor to perform searches on language elements. You can preserve your context, find the information you need, and insert language elements directly into your code. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

View menu

The View menu contains Visual Studio menu items that are not applicable to Rational® Functional Tester except for the Script Explorer, Test dataset, and Solution Explorer menu items. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Script Explorer -- Starts the Script Explorer with a list of the script helper, helper base class, test dataset, verification points, and test objects for the current script.

Test dataset -- Opens the test dataset editor.

Solution Explorer -- Starts the Solution Explorer, which provides a structured view of your projects and their files and access to the commands that pertain to them. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Project menu

The Project menu has the following options:

Add Script Using Recorder -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to enter information about the new script and start recording.

Add Empty Script -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to create a script you can use to manually add Java™ code.

Add Test Object Map -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to add a new test object map to a project.

Add Test dataset -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to add a new test dataset to a project.

Add Helper Base Class -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to add a new script helper base class.

Add Windows Form -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to add a form for Windows® applications to the currently selected project. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Add Inherited Form -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to add a new form based on an existing Windows® form. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Add User Control -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to add a new class for creating a Windows® Form control using the visual designer. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Add Inherited Control -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to add a new control based on an existing Windows® Form control. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Add Component -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to add a class for creating components using the visual designer. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Add Module -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to add a file for storing groups of functions. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Add Class -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to add an empty class declaration. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Add New Item -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to add a form for Windows® applications. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Add Existing Item -- Opens the Add Existing Item dialog box, which enables you to select individual or multiple files to add to your project. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Exclude From Project -- Temporarily excludes the selected item from the project. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Show All Files -- Restores a file to the project build that you previously excluded.

Add Reference -- Opens the Add Reference dialog box, which enables you to list the various types of components and projects you can browse. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Add Web Reference -- Opens the Add Web Reference dialog box, which enables you to browse the web for existing web services and to add web references to your application. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Build menu

The Build menu contains Visual Studio menu items that are not applicable to Rational® Functional Tester. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Debug menu

The Debug menu contains Visual Studio menu items that are not applicable to Rational® Functional Tester. For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET online help.

Script menu

The Script menu has the following options:

Run -- Compiles and runs the script currently displayed in the Code Editor.

Debug -- Compiles and debugs the script currently displayed in the Code Editor.

Add Script Using Recorder -- Opens the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to enter information about the new script and start recording.

Insert Recording -- Starts recording at the cursor location in the current script, which enables you to start applications, insert verification points, and add script support functions.

Open Test Object Map -- Opens the test object map associated with the current script.

Update Script Helper -- Updates the helper file (*ScriptHelper.vb) to reflect changes made to the template for selected test asset.

Insert Test Object -- Opens the Insert a GUI Object into the Object Map wizard, which enables you to add objects to the test object map and the script.

Insert Verification Point -- Starts the Verification Point and Action Wizard, which enables you to insert a verification point in the current script at the cursor location.

Insert Data Driven Commands -- Opens the Data Drive Actions page of the dataset Population Wizard to select the objects in an application-under-test to data-drive an application.

Find Literals and Replace with dataset Reference -- Replaces literal values with a dataset reference in a test script to add realistic data to an existing test script.

Configure menu

The Configure menu has the following options:

Configure Applications for Testing -- Starts the Application Configuration Tool, which enables you to add and edit configuration information -- such as name, path, and other information that Rational® Functional Tester uses to start and run the application -- for the Java™ and HTML applications you want to test.

Enable Environments for Testing -- Opens the Enable Java™ Environments (JRE)/Web Browsers/Eclipse Platforms for Testing dialog box, which you use to enable Java environments, browsers, and Eclipse platforms and to configure them.

Tools menu

The Tools menu contains Visual Studio menu items that are not applicable to Rational® Functional Tester except for the Test Object Inspector, Synchronize Solution with Editor, and Options menu items. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Test Object Inspector -- Opens the Test Object Inspector window to dynamically view properties of selected test objects visible in the running application and displays information about those objects, such as parent hierarchy, inheritance hierarchy, test object properties, nonvalue properties, and method information.

Synchronize Solution with Editor -- Synchronizes the solution with the Code Editor.

Options -- Opens the Options dialog box, which enables you to customize Rational® Functional Tester by setting preferences for Rational® Functional Tester, Highlight, Operating System, Playback, Recorder, Development Environment, and Advanced Development Environment.

Window menu

The Window menu contains Visual Studio menu items that are not applicable to Rational® Functional Tester except for the Recent Scripts and Window menu items.

Recent Scripts -- Displays the names of scripts you have most recently used.

Windows -- Opens the Windows® dialog box, which enables you to display, close, and arrange documents that are open in editors and designers. For more information, see the Microsoft® Document Explorer Help.

Help menu

The Help menu has the following product menu items:

Dynamic Help -- Displays links to topics related to your current work in the Dynamic Help window. The links reflect the portion of the integrated development environment that currently has focus.

Contents -- Opens the table of contents in the Contents window.

Index -- Opens a list of keywords, arranged alphabetically, in the Index window.

Search -- Opens the Search window, which enables you to do locate all Library topics for a particular word or phrase

Index results -- Opens the Index Results window, which lists the topics associated with the keyword you selected in the Index window. The Index Results window opens if the keyword you selected has more than one topic associated with it.

Search results -- Opens the Search Results window, which displays the topics that include matches to the text you entered in the Search window.

Edit Filters -- Opens the Edit Help Filters window, which enables you to change edit filter definitions. For more information, see the MSDN Library Viewer online help.

Previous topic -- Navigates to the previous topic in the table of contents.

Next topic -- Navigates to the next topic in the table of contents.

Sync Contents -- Synchronizes the table of contents with the document window.

Show Start Page -- Displays the Start Page, which provides easy access to recent projects and enables you to quickly create a new project.

Check for Updates -- Checks for available Service Releases.

Technical Support -- Provides links to get support information based on the software and associated Help collections that were provided to your computer during software installation.

Help on Help -- Provides information about using the online Help collections.

About Microsoft Visual Basic .NET -- Displays information about the current version of Microsoft® Visual Basic .NET you are running.