| Platform |
One of the following operating systems must
be installed:
Supported operating systems in 32-bit mode
Note: Rational Functional
Tester provides support for testing applications on a computer that
has Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) setup on Microsoft Windows XP
, Microsoft Windows Vista operating system and Microsoft Windows 7. For more information, see the
technote. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21416816
Supported operating systems
in 64-bit mode- Microsoft Windows XP, SP2 Professional
- Microsoft Windows Vista 64 Business, Ultimate
and Enterprise
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Standard
Edition
- Microsoft Windows 7, SP1 Ultimate, Enterprise
and Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Standard
Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Enterprise
Edition SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2008 Server R2, SP1
Standard Edition
Note: Rational Functional Tester provides
limited support for testing applications on 64-bit mode. You can test Windows, .NET 64-bit applications,
Internet Explorer 64-bit and Java applications in the 64-bit Windows operating system. You
can also test all the supported 32-bit applications that run in 32-bit
mode in the 64-bit Windows operating
system. For more information, see the product release notes and the tech. notes in the Support site.
The
listed operating systems support all of the languages that are supported
by Rational Functional Tester.
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| Others |
- Microsoft .NET Framework
2.0, 3.0 or 3.5 for recording functional test scripts on any Windows applications
- Microsoft Visual Studio.NET
2003, Standard Edition or Professional Edition, with VB.NET Project
support for .NET 2003 scripting.
- Microsoft Visual Studio.NET
2005, Standard Edition or Professional Edition, with VB.NET Project
support for .NET 2005 scripting .
- Microsoft Visual Studio.NET
2010 Professional Edition, with VB.NET Project support for .NET 2010
scripting.
Note: Microsoft Visual
Studio .NET 2010 is installed with Microsoft .NET
Framework 4.0. To use Rational Functional Tester with
the Visual Studio .NET 2010 Integrated Development Environment, you
must also install Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0, 3.0 or 3.5.
- For Windows: To use the .NET Scripting feature, you must copy
msvcp71.dll into the System32 directory (C:\Windows\System32), if
it is not already available. You can copy the msvcp71.dll file from
any other Windows operating system such as Windows XP or download
it from Internet.
- For Linux:
- If you are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Update 4 and later, to install Rational Functional Tester using IBM® Installation Manager,
you must disable SELinux. You can disable SELinux either temporarily
or permanently. See Troubleshooting functional tests
- The GNU Image Manipulation Program Toolkit (GTK+), Version 2.2.1
to 2.20
- Libraries:
- libXp.so.6 must be available in the computer
in the /usr/lib directory. If it is not available
on the computer, you must install the appropriate libxp-1.rpm package
for i386 or i586 that contains this library and make sure that it
is available in the /usr/lib directory.
- libstdc++.so.5 must be available in the computer
in the /usr/lib directory. If it is not available
on the computer, you must install the appropriate compat-libstdc++-5.0.7-121.1.i586.rpm package
and make sure that the libstdc++.so.5 library
is available in the /usr/lib directory.
For information about supported browsers, see HTML support.
For information
about supported Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions, see Java support.
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| Extending an existing Eclipse IDE |
To install Rational Functional Tester into
an existing eclipse, you require: - Eclipse 3.6.2
- For Windows: IBM 32-bit SDK for Windows, Java 2
Technology Edition, Version 6 or Sun Java 2
Standard Edition 6
- For Linux: IBM 32-bit SDK for Linux on Intel architecture, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version
6 or Sun Java 2 Standard Edition
6
Important: To enable users who do not have Administrator
privileges to work with Rational Functional Tester on
a Windows Vista system or
Windows 7, do not install Eclipse inside the Program Files directory
(C:\Program Files\).
For information, see Install into an existing Eclipse instance
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| Virtualization software |
The following virtualization software is
supported: - Citrix Presentation Manager Version 4 or 4.5, running on Windows Server 2003 Standard
Edition or Windows Server
2003 Professional Edition
- Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server
2008
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| Licensing server |
- Releases of Rational Functional Tester version
8.2: IBM Rational Common License Server 8.1.1.
- Rational Functional Tester version
8.2.1 release onwards: IBM Rational Common License Server
8.1.2.
For more information see, Rational Common License Server information center.
Note: - The license validation also happens during the functional test
script playback. If you are using floating or token licenses, ensure
that the required licenses to work with Rational Functional Tester is
available.
- Releases of Rational Functional Tester version
8.2 does not support Rational Licensing
Server 7.1.x. You must migrate to Rational Common
Licensing server version 8.1.1. For information, see Migrating to Rational Common
Licensing
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