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IBM Rational Functional Tester

Infineon
11th April 2006
Pedro Miguel Mendes

IFPT IT MFG DC WT

Pedro Miguel Mendes
2006.04.11
Copyright © Infineon Technologies 2005. All rights reserved.
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Table of contents
Automatic
Automatic GUI
GUI Testing
Testing –– Regression
Regression Testing
Testing
IBM
IBM Rational
Rational FT
FT –– Overview
Overview
IBM
IBM Rational
Rational FT
FT –– Main
Main Features
Features
IBM
IBM Rational FT – Demonstrations
Rational FT Demonstrations
Q&A
Q&A

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Table of contents
Automatic
Automatic GUI
GUI Testing
Regression Testing
Testing
IBM •Introduction
IBM Rational
Rational FT
FT –– Overview
Overview
•Concepts
IBM
IBM Rational
Rational FT
FT –– Main
Main Features
Features
IBM
IBM Rational
Rational FT
FT –– Demonstrations
Demonstrations
Q&A
Q&A

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Introduction
Information Systems increasing complexity

Shorter development periods:
– Closer release dates
– Rapid Application Development
– Extreme Programming
What about software quality and testing:

– Solution: Automatic Test Procedures
“The smallest change can wreak unpredictable havoc when

implications of the change are not properly understood.”
IBM

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Concepts
GUI Testing Tools
– Capture-Replay – (Script Generation based on user’s actions)
– Unit-Test
Regression Testing
– Execute test scripting against application builds and test results
comparison
Techniques for script building:
– Linear Scripts
Obtained from user actions on a given GUI
– Structured Scripts
Previous + Flow Control Options
– Data-Driven
User input data (Data Base, Spreadsheet, XML File…) is detached from
user actions (usually hard-coded)
– Keyword-Driven
User actions abstractions encapsulating long low-level scripting procedures
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Table of contents
Automatic
Automatic GUI
GUI Testing
Regression Testing
Testing
IBM •Product–Presentation
IBM Rational
Rational FT
FT – Overview
Overview
•Requirements
•Installation Guide
IBM
IBM Rational
Rational FT
FT –– Main
Main Features
Features
IBM
IBM Rational
Rational FT
Demonstrations
Q&A
Q&A

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Product Presentation – IBM Rational Functional Tester
Advanced tool for regression and functional testing for GUIs:

– Web based applications
– Microsoft® Visual Studio .net®
– Java
Automated data-driven tests
Recording function can generate Java and VB .net scripts
Integrated with other Rational tools:
– Clear Case for concurrent script development
– Rational Test Manager
Tutorials require an IBM user account (freely available)
Downloadable trial version (30 days trial license):
– http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/r/rft/?S_TACT=105AGX14&S_CMP=DWNL

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Requirements
Web Browser
Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2003 (or 2005 with 6.1.1.1 patch)
– VB .net scripting usage
.net Framework 1.1
– .net applications
– Web applications using activeX controls
– VB .net scripting usage
– http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/framework1_1/
JRE 1.3.1_02 or better
– Required for test report application
– Java scripting usage
– http://Java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

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Requirements
Technical Requirements:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/functional/sysreq/index2.html
In a standard IFPT DC machine some extra procedures are required:
– Removal of the Java default installation using NetInstall
– JRE install, downloaded directly from Sun
Ensuring during installation the association of the Java Virtual Machine to a default
Web Browser, preferably IE
When the installation completes check the Control Panel and confirm the previous
step

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Requirements
In a standard IFPT DC machine some extra procedures are required:
Add the Java lib location to the machine’s System Variables

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Installation Guide
1. As there is no CD drive, a drive letter must be mapped to the

CD Image location
(My Computer->Tools->Map Network Drive)
2. Open Windows Explorer, go to mapped network drive and
run: launchpad.exe
3. Click “Install IBM Rational® Functional Tester V6.X” and
wait for wizard to appear
4. Click next and accept terms and conditions
5. Choose target development IDE (Eclipse is included)
6. Confirm installation details and wait about 10 to 15 minutes
(machine dependent)

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Table of contents
Automatic
Automatic GUI
GUI Testing
Regression Testing
Testing
IBM •Script Recording/Playback

IBM Rational
Rational FT
FT –– Overview
Overview
•Native Objects
•Object Maps
IBM
IBM Rational
Rational FT
FT –– Main
Main Features
Features
•Verification Points
•Datapools
IBM
IBM Rational
Rational FT
Demonstrations
•GUI Element Property Extraction
•Notes
Q&A
Q&A

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Script Recording/Playback – (1/4)

Before using record feature, make sure there are just a few
processes running. Avoid having an overloaded desktop.
1. Open IBM Rational FT, either by opening Eclipse or Visual Studio.
2. Create a Functional Test Project.

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3. Click Add Script Using Recorder
4. Recorder Console should appear after assigning a name to the

script and accepting the default options.
Application launcher.
Target Test application or URL of Web Application
should be declared here.
Command Line Arguments possible
Recording Console
Event Logging
Error Logging
Pause – Resume Recording
Console is customizable

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5. When finished click Stop and the target IDE will open a file with
the generated script. IBM recommends the program to be closed
before the script recording is paused.
6. To Run Script use the IDE’s compile/execute functions
Executed Actions Log
7. Results log is shown in the default web browser

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When recording, detected components are stored in a local object
map
GUI objects are related to native properties with a associated
threshold
Generated code can be edited to add flow control
– Abstract top layer is not directly supported
During playback user should not interact with the application
Same script can be used with different builds of the same
application
– Target aplications must be added
to application configuration
manager

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Object Map - (1/2)

Object Map (OM) creates a structure that maps detected graphical
controls into IBM Rational FT native/abstract objects:
– Provide platform independent API for object manipulation
– OM sharing possible
Create New OM
Created OM
Mapped objects into script

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Object Map – (2/2)

Object Map should only contain used objects in the script
– When an OM is created in the sequence of a Record Action, it only
adds used objects to the OM
– Objects can be manually added
– GUI Controls hierarchy is preserved
– Detection parameters are editable either trough fixed parameters or
regex (Perl Standart) patterns that are similar in both scripting
languages.
– OM objects can be added
to the script

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Verification Points – (1/2)

Used to compare actual data with expected data
Check results of executed steps by analyzing GUI control’s:
– Properties (All/Single)
– Data
– Timeout Values
Automatic specification:
1. Choose object
2. Select VP type

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Verification Points – (2/2)

Verification points can also be manually specified:
– Only by code editing
– Useful when tester wants to perform the tests with its own data, which source
may be:
File
Database
Spreadsheet…
– As properties may be extracted from components and then used in manual VPs
this option is even more useful:
– IFtVerificationPoint vpManual (Java.lang.String vpName, Java.lang.Object

actual)
IFtVerificationPoint vpManual (Java.lang.String vpName, Java.lang.Object
expected, Java.lang.Object actual)
– IFtVerificationPoint vpDynamic (Java.lang.String vpName)

IFtVerificationPoint vpDynamic (Java.lang.String vpName, TestObject
objectUnderTest)

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Datapool – (1/2)
A Datapool (DP) is a test dataset, a collection of related data records
which supplies data values to the variables in a test script during test
script playback.
It is a key element to execute Data-Driven Tests.
Automatic specification (manual inserted values are made redundant):
1. Choose to Data-Drive script
2. Choose top level component that includes all the others to contain the
data (assuming many values as in a form)
3. Chose objects to data-drive
4. Insert Data

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Datapool – (2/2)
In playback mode tester can decide how many rows are to be
processed from 1 to end of datapool
DP can be created having a CSV

(Comma Separated Value) file as its
basis, which is a common export
format supported by many Database
query tools such as SQLNavigator:
– http://www.quest.com/sql_navigator/

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Native Objects
Native objects are not stored as serialized objects but as XML files
with different types of extensions.
– /resources - folder
This makes it easy to build applications to process these files.
Product package doesn’t seem to provide these files’ DTD or
schema.

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GUI Element Property Extraction

Possible to extract properties and text values from GUI components
and map them into script variables.
– control().getProperty(“propertyname")
A property VP specified with the IBM FT GUI lists all available
properties for the object.
If a kind of object takes some time to load (which is something that
happens a lot in web applications due to browsers rendering
engines), it is possible to specify component specific timeouts.
– waitForExistence(timeout_total, interval_per_try);

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Notes
It is possible to call a script from another.
Possible to pass arguments inside an object array.
– callScript(“ScriptName",argument_array_object);
Called script always has to cast abstract objects to desired type.
Notes:
– Lines of Code are almost all of type:
Guiobject.ActiontoPerform()
Objects in OM must all have different names
Although no defects have been found, product documentation suggests that
there may be some problems when testing C++ based GUIs

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Table of contents
Automatic
Automatic GUI
GUI Testing
Regression Testing
Testing
IBM •Product–Tutorial 1
IBM Rational
Rational FT
FT – Overview
Overview
•IBM – Tutorial 1
•IBM – Tutorial 2
IBM
IBM Rational
Rational FT
FT –– Main
Main Features
Features
•Web Application – MoviesDB
•Paint .net Cube
IBM
IBM Rational
Rational FT
Demonstrations
Q&A
Q&A

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Table of contents
Automatic
Automatic GUI
GUI Testing
Regression Testing
Testing
IBM •Private Objects Manipulation

IBM Rational
Rational FT
FT –– Overview
Overview
•Object Map
•Datapools
IBM
IBM Rational
Rational FT
FT –– Main
Main Features
Features
•Custom .net Controls
•(MAC GUI Framework)
IBM
IBM Rational
Rational FT
Demonstrations
•Rational Test Manager Integration
Q&A
Q&A

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References
“Técnicas para Construção de Testes Funcionais Automáticos”
– Simone Antunes Correia, Alberto Rodrigues da Silva
http://www-28.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/products/functionaltester/
http://www.rational-ug.org/
http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/ - Paint .net

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Never stop thinking

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IBM Rational Functional Tester

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IBM Rational Functional Tester

IBM Rational Functional Tester

For internal use only!

Information Systems increasing complexity

What about software quality and testing:

“The smallest change can wreak unpredictable havoc when

IBM Rational Functional Tester

For internal use only!

IBM Rational Functional Tester

Product Presentation – IBM Rational Functional Tester

Advanced tool for regression and functional testing for GUIs:

IBM Rational Functional Tester

For internal use only!

IBM Rational Functional Tester

IBM Rational Functional Tester

For internal use only!

IBM Rational Functional Tester

1. As there is no CD drive, a drive letter must be mapped to the

IBM Rational Functional Tester

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IBM •Script Recording/Playback

IBM Rational Functional Tester

Script Recording/Playback – (1/4)

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Script Recording/Playback – (2/4)

4. Recorder Console should appear after assigning a name to the

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Script Recording/Playback – (3/4)

Executed Actions Log

7. Results log is shown in the default web browser

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Script Recording/Playback – (4/4)

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Object Map - (1/2)

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Object Map – (2/2)

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Verification Points – (1/2)

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Verification Points – (2/2)

– IFtVerificationPoint vpManual (Java.lang.String vpName, Java.lang.Object

– IFtVerificationPoint vpDynamic (Java.lang.String vpName)

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DP can be created having a CSV

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GUI Element Property Extraction

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