Installing the product in Visual Studio IDE

To integrate Rational® Functional Tester with the Microsoft Visual Studio and start using Rational® Functional Tester in the Visual Studio environment, you must first install Rational® Functional Tester by using the stand-alone installer.

Before you begin

  • You must be an administrator.
    Note: If you are a non-admin user, you must have the credentials of an administrator to start the installation by using the Run as Administrator option.
  • You must have installed the appropriate version of Visual Studio with which you want to integrate Rational® Functional Tester.

  • Verified the software and hardware requirements. See System Requirements.

    Note: Integration of Rational® Functional Tester with Microsoft Visual Studio might not be successful if the mandatory prerequisite software and hardware are not installed, or if Microsoft Visual Studio is not installed properly. For more information, refer to Unable to install HCL OneTest™ UI Extension for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, 2017 & 2019

About this task

You must install the 64-bit installer on the Windows 64-bit operating system. You cannot update, modify, or roll back the product by using the stand-alone installer.

Procedure

  1. Download the product installer from the HCL® License & Delivery portal.

    You must download the appropriate product variant, version, and architecture based on your requirements.

  2. Right-click the .exe file and select Run as Administrator.

    The GUI window is launched.

  3. On the Introduction window, read through the details, and click Next.
  4. Read the license agreement carefully, select the I accept check box and then click Next.
  5. Browse the location or directory where you want to install the product and click Next.
    Note: You must select a different directory if the default directory is not empty. The default location for the 64-bit installer is C:\Program Files\HCL.
  6. Select the version of the Visual Studio with which you want to integrate the product, and then click Next.
  7. Read through the installation details and click Install.
  8. Click Done after the installation is complete.

Results

You have installed the product on your computer.

What to do next

You must enter the license key when you open the product. See Managing Licenses.

To start using the Visual Studio Integration feature, open the Visual Studio application and click File > New > Functional Test Project. The connector window opens within the Visual Studio and you can access the Rational® Functional Tester environment.