Toolbar

This topic describes all the buttons and controls on the Rational® Functional Tester toolbar.

The product toolbar has the following buttons and controls:

Note: This topic describes the Rational® Functional Tester menu as it appears in Visual Basic when you have Rational® Functional Tester installed. Menus and menu options on your machine might be different depending on the version of Visual Studio .NET you have installed, the installation options you have selected, and what is open in Visual Studio.

New Project buttonNew Project -- Displays the appropriate dialog box that enables you to create a new project or solution. Click View New Project button menu to select New Project or New Blank Solution. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Add New Item button Add New Item -- Displays the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to add an item to the currently selected project. Click View Add New Item button menu to display the list of items to create. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Open File button Open File -- Displays the Open File dialog box, which enables you to open an existing file from disk. You can also use this dialog box to open an already opened file using different language encoding options. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Save script button Save script -- Saves any changes you made to the script currently displayed in the Code Editor.

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

Cut button Cut -- Deletes the highlighted characters and puts them on the Clipboard.

Copy button Copy -- Copies the highlighted characters to the Clipboard.

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

Undo button Undo -- Cancels the last edits you made, if possible. Some edits cannot be undone. Click Down-arrow to display the list of actions to undo.

Redo button Redo -- Re-executes the last action that was undone by the Undo button or the user. Click Down-arrow to display the list of actions to redo.

Navigate Backward button Navigate Backward -- Enables you to navigate through the open windows in the environment as well as the selection and cursor history within files. Click View Navigate Backward button menu to list open windows. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Navigate Forward button Navigate Forward -- Enables you to navigate through the open windows in the environment as well as the selection and cursor history within files. Click View Navigate Forward button menu to list open windows. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Start button Start -- Runs the build process, loads the debugger, and opens the browser to view the content. Launches the current script and displays the Debug perspective, which provides information as the script debugs. For information, see Debugging Scripts.

Solution Configurations button Solution Configurations -- Displays the available solution build configurations. You can also access the Configuration Manager from this drop-down list. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Find in Files button Find in Files -- Displays the Find in Files dialog box, which enables you to search within various files and review search results in report format. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Find button Find -- Displays up to the last 16 search items entered.

Solution Explorer Solution Explorer -- Displays the Solution Explorer, which provides with an organized view of your projects and their files as well as access to the commands that pertain to them. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Properties Window Properties Window -- Displays the Properties window, which you can use to view and change the design-time properties and events of selected objects that are located in editors and designers. You can also use the Properties window to edit and view file, project, and solution properties. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Object Browser Object Browser -- Displays the Object Browser, which enables you to browse, filter, and search for components that you might want to use in your projects. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Toolbox button Toolbox -- Displays a variety of items (such as .NET components, COM components, HTML objects, code fragments, and text) for use in Visual Studio projects. The tabs and items available from the Toolbox change, depending on the designer or editor currently in use. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Class View Class View -- Displays the Class View, which provides a programmatic view of symbols in your code, for example, namespaces, classes, methods, and functions. Click Down-Arrow to list other IDE components to display. Use the See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Toolbar Options Toolbar Options -- Enables you to display/hide toolbars on the IDE. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Create a Functional Test project Create a Functional Test project -- Displays the New Project dialog box, which enables you to create a new Functional Test project.

New Folder New Folder -- Creates a new folder in the Solution Explorer.

Create an Empty Functional Test Script Create an Empty Functional Test Script -- Displays the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to create an empty script you can use to add code.

Create a Test dataset Create a Test dataset -- Displays the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to Creating a dataset.

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

Toolbar Options Toolbar Options -- Enables you to display/hide toolbars on the IDE. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Record a Functional Test Script Record a Functional Test Script -- Displays the Add New Item dialog box, which enables you to enter information about the new script and start recording.

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

Toolbar Options button Toolbar Options -- Enables you to display/hide toolbars on the IDE. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Run Functional Test Script button Run Functional Test Script -- Plays back the Functional Test script currently displayed in the Code Editor. For information see Running Scripts from Rational® Functional Tester.

Debug Functional Test Script button Debug Functional Test Script -- Launches the current script and displays the Debug perspective, which provides information as the script debugs. For information, see Debugging Scripts.

Toolbar Options button Toolbar Options -- Enables you to display/hide toolbars on the IDE. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

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

Enable Environments for Testing button Enable Environments for Testing -- Displays the Enable Java Environments (JRE)/Web Browsers/Eclipse Platforms for Testing dialog box, which you use to enable Java environments, configure applications, and browsers to configure your JREs and browsers.

Open Test Object Inspector button Open Test Object Inspector -- Displays the Test Object Inspector tool, which enables you to display test object information, such as parent hierarchy, inheritance hierarchy, test object properties, nonvalue properties, and method information.

Synchronize Solution with Editor button Synchronize Solution with Editor -- Scrolls in the tree hierarchy to the name of the script currently displayed in the Code Editor.

Toolbar Options button Toolbar Options -- Enables you to display/hide toolbars on the IDE. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Insert Test Object into Active Functional Test Script button Insert Test Object into Active Functional Test Script -- Displays the Select an Object dialog box, which enables you to select test objects to add to the test object map and a script.

Insert Verification Point into Active Functional Test Script button Insert Verification Point into Active Functional Test Script -- Displays the Select an Object page of the Verification Point and Action wizard, which enables you to select an object in your application you want to perform a test on. For information, see Inserting a Verification Point from the Script Explorer.

Insert Data Driven Commands into Active Functional Test Script button Insert Data Driven Commands into Active Functional Test Script -- Displays the Data Drive Actions page of the dataset Population Wizard, which enables you to select the objects in an application-under-test to data-drive an application.

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

Toolbar Options button Toolbar Options -- Enables you to display/hide toolbars on the IDE. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Display an object Member List based on the current Language button Display an object Member List based on the current Language -- Displays a list of valid member variables or functions for the appropriate class, struct, union or namespace, Selecting from the list inserts the member into your code. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Display Parameter Info based on the current language button Display Parameter Info based on the current language -- Displays a list of information about the number, names, and types of parameters required by a function, template, or attribute. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Display Quick Info based on the current language button Display Quick Info based on the current language -- Displays the complete declaration for any identifier in your code when the mouse cursor hovers over an identifier. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Display Word Completion based on the current language button Display Word Completion based on the current language -- Once you enter enough characters to uniquely identify an object or keyword, provides the rest of the word. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Decrease Indent button Decrease Indent -- Removes one level of indent for one or more paragraphs.

Increase Indent button Increase Indent -- Indents the selected paragraph by one indent unit.

Comment out the selected lines button Comment out the selected lines -- adds a single quote marker or the keyword REM to the selected line to indicate that the line is a comment and should not be processed.

Uncomment the selected lines button Uncomment the selected lines -- Removes the single quote marker or the keyword REM from the selected line.

Toggle an unnamed bookmark on the current line button Toggle an unnamed bookmark on the current line -- Adds a temporary bookmark to the selected line. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Move the caret to the next unnamed bookmark button Move the caret to the next unnamed bookmark -- Returns to the next temporary bookmark. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Move the caret to the previous unnamed bookmark button Move the caret to the previous unnamed bookmark -- Returns to the previous temporary bookmark. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Clear all unnamed bookmarks in the current document button Clear all unnamed bookmarks in the current document -- Removes temporary bookmarks in a document. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.

Toolbar Options button Toolbar Options -- Enables you to display/hide toolbars on the IDE. See Visual Studio .NET online help for more information.