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This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for IBM® Rational® Functional Tester.
Recording and playback support

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.
- 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.

Recording and playback support

The recording and playback support section specifies the software that IBM® Rational® Functional Tester supports to record and play back tests.

Contents

Eclipse runtime environment


Supported software	Version	Functional Test perspective		Notes
Supported software	Version	Record	Playback	Notes
Eclipse	4.7 to 4.8			Deprecated in 10.5.0.
	4.17			Supported on Windows and Linux.
	4.19
	4.21 to 4.23
	4.26

Java SDK


Supported software	Version	Functional Test perspective		Notes
Supported software	Version	Record	Playback	Notes
IBM Java	8			To test applications based on IBM Java.
Oracle Java	8			To test applications based on Oracle Java.
	11
	17
OpenJDK	8			To test applications based on OpenJDK.
	11
	17

Product Specific or Mixed Content


Supported software	Version	Perspective				Notes
		Functional Test		UI Test
		Record	Playback	Record	Playback
Adobe Flex SDK	4.5					Deprecated in 10.2.0.
Adobe Reader	XI
HTML Version	4					Also supported for the playback of mobile tests.
HTML Version	5					Also supported for the playback of mobile tests.
Microsoft Visual Basic	6					In the UI Test perspective, this is supported by the Windows Test type.
SAP GUI	7.6					Deprecated in 10.2.3.
SAP GUI	7.7					To record and play back tests of SAP applications built with the SAP GUI client.
Power Builder	12.6					Support for functional tests is deprecated in 10.5.0. In the UI Test perspective, this is supported by the Windows Test type.
Power Builder	2017
.Net applications	4.6.1					Support for functional tests is deprecated in 10.5.0. In the UI Test perspective, this is supported by the Windows Test type.

Terminal emulation


Supported software	Version	Functional Test perspective		Notes
Supported software	Version	Record	Playback	Notes
zSeries	3270			Supported via the terminal emulator application packaged with the product.
iSeries	5250

Web browsers


Supported software	Version	Perspective				Notes
		Functional Test		UI Test
		Record	Playback	Record	Playback
Apple Safari	15					Supports the playback of mobile tests on iOS devices. Apple Safari support on desktop includes device modes.
Apple Safari	16
Google Chrome	101 to 103					Supports the playback of mobile tests on Android devices. Deprecated in 10.5.2.
Google Chrome	104 to 111					Supports the playback of mobile tests on Android devices. Google Chrome browser support on desktop includes device modes.
Microsoft Edge	101 to 103					Deprecated in 10.5.1.
Microsoft Edge	104 to 110
Microsoft Internet Explorer	11					Deprecated from 10.2.0.
Mozilla Firefox	100 to 102					Deprecated in 10.5.2.
Mozilla Firefox	103 to 110
Mozilla Firefox ESR	91					Supported inside the product container image.
Mozilla Firefox ESR	102
Opera	83 and 85					Deprecated in 10.5.1.
	89 and 90
	92 to 96

Mobile applications


Apllication type	UI Test perspective		Notes
Apllication type	Record	Playback	Notes
Native Apps
Hybrid Apps
Web Apps			For Web Apps, recording is supported on desktop browsers in the device mode.