Release notes for IBM® Rational® Functional Tester

This document contains information about what's new, installation instructions, known problems in and contact information of HCL Customer Support.

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Description

IBM® Rational® Functional Tester is a GUI test automation tool that is used to accelerate the functional and regression testing. It provides a flexible environment to test the desktop and web applications very efficiently. It is used to test a wide range of applications such as HTML5-based web applications built on modern frameworks which include Angular, React and Vue.js in the latest versions of the world’s popular browsers, both on the desktop and mobile devices. Rational® Functional Tester is available in two integrated development environments (IDE): Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The Eclipse integration supports both Java and simplified (non-programming) method of scripting while the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET integration supports Microsoft Visual Basic .NET scripting language. See Product overview.

What's new

  • Install Rational® Functional Tester in the Visual Studio IDE by using the stand-alone installer

    You can now install Rational® Functional Tester by using the stand-alone installer in the Visual Studio IDE, and then integrate Rational® Functional Tester with Visual Studio to use the product in the Visual Studio IDE. See Installing the product in Visual Studio IDE.

  • Enhancements to application configuration for tests

    • You can now modify or substitute the details of the Android, iOS, and desktop applications along with the web applications. For example, you can substitute values for the Working Directory field in the configured application which might take multiple values based on the directory path of the agent computer on which you run tests.
    • You can synchronize these changes made to the configured applications from the test suites in the workbench to the primary application and other tests.
    See Synchronizing changes of the configured applications.

  • Support to test SAP 7.60 for Windows

    You can now record and play back SAP tests for SAP GUI for Windows 7.60.

  • Support to set browser profiles from the Browser tab

    You can now set the browser profiles for browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, and Opera, which are used to run Web UI tests, from the Browser tab under the Preferences menu. See Clearing cache, cookies, and history of browsers.

  • Support to clear the browser data in the Opera browser

    You can now clear the cache, cookies, and history of the Opera browser before the test is played back on Windows, Linux, and macOS computers. See Clearing cache, cookies, and history of browsers.

  • Enhancements to address the browser incompatibilities
    The browser and driver compatibility issues can now be resolved either from your computer or through an agent computer by using browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or Opera while you play back the following tests:
  • Enhancements to Unified reports

    You can now export the unified report to the JUnit format. See Exporting unified reports.

  • Enhancements in testing the Windows desktop applications : Tech Preview

    • You can now test Add-ins that are integrated with the Microsoft office applications such as MS Access, MS Word, MS Outlook, and MS Powerpoint. See Testing Windows desktop applications.

    • You can now play back on the list controls that needs a scroll action in an effective and faster manner. See Playing back a Windows test.

Installing the product

For installation instructions, see Installing software.

Note: You cannot upgrade to the latest version of the product. You must uninstall the existing version of the product before installing the latest version of the product.

Known issues

You can find information about the known issues identified in this release of HCL OneTest™ UI.

Product Download document Knowledge base

Rational® Functional Tester

Release document

Knowledge articles

Known problems are documented in the download document and in the form of individual tech notes in the Support Knowledge Base. See the Support Knowledge Base.

The knowledge base is continually updated as issues are discovered and resolved. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to issues.

Contacting HCL support

  • For technical assistance, contact HCL Customer Support.
  • Before you contact HCL support, gather the background information that you will need to describe your problem. When describing a problem to HCL support specialist, be as specific as possible and include all relevant background information so that the specialist can help you solve the problem efficiently. To save time, know the answers to these questions:
    • What software versions were you running when the problem occurred?
    • Do you have logs, traces, or messages that are related to the problem?
    • Can you reproduce the problem? If so, what steps do you take to reproduce it?
    • Is there a workaround for the problem? If so, be prepared to describe the workaround.