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IBM Rational SoftwareDevelopment Conference 2006

IBM(R) Rational(R) Robot Tips andTechniques

Prathiba Rangappa, Kamala ParvathanathanIBM Rational IBM RationalPrathiba.r@in.ibm.com kparvath@in.ibm.com

IBM Rational Software Development Conference 2006

Agenda

Beginner level

Intermediate level

Advanced level

Tip 1: Stopping Playback – Rational Robot You can stop playback any time you needYou can stop playback any time you need

F11 key stops playback at any timeF11 key stops playback at any time

Registry SettingRegistry SettingHKEY_CURRENT_USERHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SoftwareSoftware\\Rational SoftwareRational Software\\

RationalRational TestTest\\88\\RobotRobot\\PlaybackPlayback

Add Add HotkeyStopHotkeyStopUse DWORD type and decimal values in slide notesUse DWORD type and decimal values in slide notes

Tip 2: Pausing Playback – Rational Robot You can pause playback any time you need

F12 key pauses playback at any time

Registry Setting

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rational Software\

Rational Test\8\Playback

Add HotkeyPause

Use DWORD type and decimal values in slide notes

Tip 3: Escape The Insanity!

Press ESC to stop object properties capture

Select individual items

ESCESCESC

Tip 4: Show Your True Colors

Customize editor colors

Easier to read and easier to identify editing errors

Tip 5: Interacting With ScriptsTip 5: Interacting With Scripts

You can stop your scripts and display or enter values while the script plays back via message windows

The script will not continue until tester acknowledges!

Alert the tester that they need to act using Beep

Message Box toOutput Messages

Password Box forHidden User Input

Input Box for UserInput

Tip 6: Log Messages To The Console Write yourself status messages while your script runs

Messages persist after script run

Tip 7: Writing Messages To The Test Log

Use the SQALogMessage command

Can report information in test log like calculated results and variable contents

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Tip 8: Suspending Log Output

Control what does and what does not get written to the Test Log

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Tip 9: You Have Mail Online User Group

Independent Mail List

http://www.dundee.net/sqa/

File Archive on Yahoo!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RationalUsers/

IBM developerWorks

www.ibm.com/developerWorks

Message Board

Utilities, code

Articles, tutorials

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Tip 10: Dealing with Long Lines

Open “C:\DATA\UserInfo.TXT” for Input as #1

Do While Not EOF(1)

Input #1, FirstName, LastName, HomePhone, OfficePhone, …

Code…Code…Code…

Do While Not EOF(1)

Input #1, FirstName, LastName, HomePhone, OfficePhone, …

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Tip 10: Dealing with Long Lines

Do While Not EOF(1)

Input #1, FirstName, _

LastName, _

HomePhone, _

OfficePhone, _

City, _

State, _

ZipCode

Do While Not EOF(1)

Input #1, FirstName, _

LastName, _

HomePhone, _

OfficePhone, _

City, _

State, _

ZipCode

Line continuation character _Allows long commands _to be split across _multiple lines

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Tip 11: HELP ME!

Press F1 on any SQABasic keyword to get context sensitive help

SQABasic keywords are always in Blue

F1F1F1

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Tip 12: Ahhh, Just Skip It! Problem:Need to skip over portions of script

Solution #1:•Use Auto-comment

•CTRL M & U

Problem:Need to skip over portions of script

Solution #1:•Use Auto-comment

•CTRL M & U

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Tip 12: Ahhh, Just Skip It!

Notes:• Colon (:) on label• Label left justified

Solution #2:Use Goto Label

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Tip 12: Ahhh, Just Skip It! Problem:Need to skip over portions of script

Solution #3:If you just want to stop at a certain point…

•Click on line where you want to stop

•Use Go Until Cursor• F6 key

Solution #3:If you just want to stop at a certain point…

•Click on line where you want to stop

•Use Go Until Cursor• F6 key

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Tip 13: Check This One Out

Record

Edit & Playback

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Tip 14 – Just Hangin’ Around Robot hovers over objects

without clicking!

Turn on/off with CTRL-SHIFT-P

Length of time before

“MousePause”is recorded

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Agenda

Beginner level

Intermediate level

Advanced level

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Tip 15 – Clip and Save

Robot has read/write access to the Windows Clipboard text

Copy info to the Clipboard during recording and use it in your scripts

Set info to the Clipboard in one script for use in another

Clipboard.GetText

Clipboard.SetText

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Tip 16: Public Property

All of the properties available from an Object Properties VP are accessible programmatically

SQAGetProperty

Will return the value of a property

SQASetProperty

Will set the value of a property

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Record

Edit & Playback

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Note: Must specify “Type”

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Problem:Actions on MSFlexGrid and other grid controls recorded as Generic Object

Solution:Re-code to useSQASetPropertySQAGetProperty

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Tip 17: Name That Name

Problem:

The trick with SQAGetProperty and SQASetProperty is to specify the correct recognition string

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Tip 17: Name That Name

Solution:

Use SQAGetChildren

Lists recognition strings for all objects on screen

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Tip 18 - Go Go Gadget Inspector

Inspects objects

Capture recognition strings

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Tip 19: What A Drag

Drag and Drop across windows is impossible with Robot Recorder All Robot actions are based on top left corner of context window. It

can’t “see” outside the current context window.

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Tip 19: What A Drag

Solution:

Use Win32 API

GetCursorPos

Get the current cursor position

Mouse_Event

Perform mouse actions

SetCursorPos

Set the cursor position

Method:Find source and target cursor

(x,y) coordinatesGo to starting coordinatesClick down on mouseGo to ending coordinatesRelease mouse

Method:Find source and target cursor

(x,y) coordinatesGo to starting coordinatesClick down on mouseGo to ending coordinatesRelease mouse

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Tip 20: Take Off From The Command Line

You can launch Robot from the command line

Can use Windows Scheduler to launch Robot at a certain time

Command line syntax is in the Robot Help

Not the SQA Basic Help!

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Tip 20: Take Off From The Command Line

Enclose any item with spaces “in quotes”

If no password is necessary, don’t specify password item

Project field is full path to *.RSP file

Build & Log Folder must exist

Log File does not need to exist

Easiest to copy code to batch file for execution

rtrobo.exe [scriptname] [/user userid] [/password password] [/project full path and full projectname] [/play] [/purify] [/quantify] [/coverage][/build build] [/logfolder foldername] [/log logname] [/nolog] [/close]

rtrobo.exertrobo.exe [[scriptnamescriptname] [/user ] [/user useriduserid] [/password password] ] [/password password] [/project full path and full [/project full path and full projectnameprojectname] [/play] [/purify] ] [/play] [/purify] [/quantify] [/coverage][/build build] [/[/quantify] [/coverage][/build build] [/logfolderlogfolder foldernamefoldername] ] [/log [/log lognamelogname] [/] [/nolognolog] [/close] ] [/close]

Format:Format:Format:

rtrobo.exe "Tip 04-Interacting With Scripts" /user admin /project "C:\Rational Tips 2002\Tips Repository\Rational Tips 2002.rsp"/play /build "Build 1" /logfolder "Default" /log MyLog /close

rtrobo.exertrobo.exe "Tip 04"Tip 04--Interacting With Scripts"Interacting With Scripts" /user /user adminadmin /project /project "C:"C:\\Rational Tips 2002Rational Tips 2002\\Tips RepositoryTips Repository\\Rational Tips 2002.rsp"Rational Tips 2002.rsp"/play /build /play /build "Build 1""Build 1" //logfolderlogfolder "Default""Default" /log /log MyLogMyLog /close /close

Sample:Sample:Sample:

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Tip 21 – I Could Tell You……but then I Would Have to Kill You

Problem:

Passwords captured during recording are readable in the script

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Or is it a problem???

SR4 automatically encrypts passwords!

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Or is it a problem???

SR4 automatically encrypts passwords!

Disclaimers:

No decrypt capability

That’s kinda the point, isn’t it?

No external encrypt capability

No ability to turn it off

Only supports HTML, C++ Win32 & MFC

No VB, .NET WinForms, or Java

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Tip 22: I May Still Need to Kill You

Problem:So what about VB, Java, .NET,

Solutions:PasswordBox function

See Tip 4: Interacting with Scripts

Low Level Recording

Encrypt the password externally

…or a little razzle-dazzle!

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Tip 22: I May Still Need to Kill YouStep 1: Record

normally

Step 2: Open any HTML form and enter the

same password

Step 3: Continue recording

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Tip 22: I May Still Need to Kill YouStep 1: Record

normally

Step 3: Continue recording

Step 2: Open any HTML form and enter the

same password

Step 4: Delete the InputKeysand any extra

context commands

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Agenda

Beginner level

Intermediate level

Advanced level

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What’s in your toolbox?

Application Services: COM & API

Software components that provide services to other applications

Many sources

Windows components

3rd Party Applications

Homegrown

Stand Alone Utilities

Executables that provide additional functionality to Robot

Often created by Robot users or available as general utilities

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Tip 23: Office Integration

Leverage services of office automation solutions

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

… oh yeah, and Lotus Notes

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Tip 23: Office Integration

Capture screen-shots to Word

Spell Check your application with Word

Read from and Write to Excel

Receive and Send Email with Outlook…

… oh yeah, and Lotus Notes

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Tip 24: Distributing the Workload

Single point of control for configuration testsUtilize multiple computers in parallel

Single reporting pointEnforce configuration choices, implement dependencies, and much more…

Test Station

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Tip 25: Pass the Note

Problem:

Scripts running on multiple computers are in independent process spaces

How can you communicate between them?

TestManager Suites provide Shared Variables, but SQABasic doesn’t support them

Shared Variables are only integers

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Tip 25: Pass the Note

Solution:

Use Java script to “expose” shared variable to Robot scripts

Shared integer variable acts as semaphore

More complex data passed in files or database

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Tip 25: Pass the NoteHow’d he do that? Declare SV in Java

import com.rational.test.tss.*;

public class SharedVar extends com.rational.test.tss.TestScript {

// Extend the SharedVarInfo class.public static class SharedVarConfig extends SharedVarInfo {

public SharedVarConfig() {String sv[] = { "CharState" };setSharedVarNames(sv);

// Main test routine that will be executed by TestManager.public void testMain(String[] args) {

// Do absolutely nothing!}

SharedVar.java:

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Tip 25: Pass the NoteHow’d he do that? Synchronize library in Robot

Set TSSSync = CreateObject("TestScriptServices.TSSSync")ResponseState = 0

Initialize:

ResponseState = ResponseState + 1Result = TSSSync.SharedVarAssign ("CharState", ResponseState)

Signal an Event (i.e. Merlin is done talking):

Result = TSSSync.SharedVarWait("CharState", _ResponseState + 1, _ResponseState + 1, _0, _-1)

ResponseState = ResponseState + 1

Wait For Event (i.e. Wait for Peedy to finish talking):

GLOBAL ResponseState As Integer ‘ Local image of SVGLOBAL TSSSync As Object ‘ Services Object

Declarations:

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What’s in your toolbox?

Application Services: COM & API

Software components that provide services to other applications

Many sources

Windows components

3rd Party Applications

Homegrown

Stand Alone Utilities

Executables that provide additional functionality to Robot

Often created by Robot users or available as general utilities

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Tip 26: Find the Needle…

Problem

Long scripts and especially libraries are difficult to navigate

Solution

Use the Robot Code Browser!

Quickly navigate through Robot code

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Tip 27: Can You See the Difference?

Problem:

Robot’s native image comparator gives pass / fail

Solution:

Use Image Comparator utility to set tolerance

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Tip 28: Get a Move On

Problem:

Manually moving scripts is tedious

Create new script in target project,

Copy all script files (rec, vp, sbh, sbl, rtxml*)

Not to mention it is unsupported!

Solution:

Use Robot Asset Import

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