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Starting Applications

Adding Features to GUI Scripts

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The following steps list the basic information you need to know to start an
application:
1. Do one of the following:

If recording, click the Display GUI Insert Toolbar button on the GUI
Record toolbar.

If editing, position the pointer in the script and click the Display GUI Insert

Toolbar button on the Standard toolbar.

2. Do one of the following:

To start most applications, click the Start Application button. You can
specify that you want the application to start under Rational Purify,
Quantify, or PureCoverage during playback. (For more information, see
the next section, Starting Applications Under the Rational Diagnostic Tools.)

To start a Java application that you want to start under Quantify or
PureCoverage during playback, click the Start Java Application button.
(For more information, see the next section, Starting Applications Under the
Rational Diagnostic Tools.)

To start an HTML application, click the Start Browser button. If you are
creating a script to be used on cross-browser testing, record the script in
Netscape and play back in Internet Explorer. (For more information, see
Using the Start Browser Toolbar Button on page 14-4.)

NOTE: To successfully test the objects in Oracle Forms, HTML, Java, Delphi,
C++, and Visual Basic 4.0 applications, enable the applications before you start
recording your scripts. For information, see Enabling IDE Applications for Testing on
page 2-4.