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Reference Guide
This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about Rational® Functional Tester.
Reference information for the Visual Studio IDE
Functional Test script properties page
Use this page to change your script helper base class, test dataset, or dataset iteration for an individual script.

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.

Functional Test script properties page

Use this page to change your script helper base class, test dataset, or dataset iteration for an individual script.

Rational® Functional Tester uses a default helper base class for all the scripts you create in a project. This base class is listed in the Functional Test Project Properties Page. You can use a different base class for an individual script by changing it in this Script Properties Page.

By default, all Functional Test scripts extend the RationalTestScript class and inherit a number of methods (such as callScript). You can create your own helper base class, which can add additional methods or override the methods from RationalTestScript. Use this properties page to change the default helper base class for the selected script.

Test Object Map -- Displays either Private to indicate that the script test object map is private or the name of the shared test object map.

Helper Base Class -- Enter the fully qualified class name of your custom helper base class in this field. Note that your helper base class must extend RationalTestScript.

If you change your base class and want to reset it to RationalTestScript, you can either type RationalTestScript in the Helper Base Class field or clear the field. Leaving this field blank resets the script so that it uses RationalTestScript.

Test dataset -- Click Browse to change the dataset associated with a script.

dataset Record Selection Order -- Specifies how a test script accesses records in its associated dataset when you play back the test script. Click the dataset Record Selection Order arrow to change the test dataset iterator.

Types of dataset iterators:

Sequential -- Makes a test script access records in the dataset in the order that they appear in the dataset. This is the default dataset iterator.

Random -- Makes a test script access records in the dataset randomly. A random iterator accesses every record in the dataset once.

To open: In the Solution Explorer, select a script, right-click, and click Properties.

Related Topics:

About Changing the Default Script Helper Base Class

Changing the dataset Iterator

Changing the Default Script Helper Base Class for a Project

Changing the Default Script Helper Base Class for a Script

Select Helper Superclass/Select a Script Helper Base Class Dialog Box