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Rational Robot FAQ

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How to insert a timer while recording or editing a script?

  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. Click the Start Timer button on the GUI Insert toolbar.
  3. Type a timer name (40 characters maximum) and click OK. If you start more than one timer, make sure you give each timer a different name.
  4. Perform the timed activity.
  5. Immediately after performing the timed activity, click the Stop Timer button on the GUI Insert toolbar.
  6. Select a timer name from the list of timers you started and click OK.

Playing Back a Script that Includes Timers
1. Click Tools > GUI Playback Options.
2. In the Playback tab, clear Acknowledge results.
This prevents a pass/fail result message box from appearing for each verification point. You can still view the results in the log after playback.
3. In the Playback tab, set the Delay between commands value to 0. This removes any extra Robot timing delays from the performance measurement. If you need a delay before a single command, click Insert > Delay and type a delay value.
4. Click OK.

How to insert a log message into a script during recording or editing?
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. Click the Write to Log button on the GUI Insert toolbar.
After playback, you can view logs and messages using TestManager.

How to Choose Network Recording?

  1. Click Tools Tools Tools Tools > Session Record Options Session Record Options Session Record Options Session Record Options.
  2. Click the Method Method Method Method tab, and click Network recording Network recording Network recording Network recording.
  3. Optionally, click the Method:Network Method:Network Method:Network Method:Network tab, and select the client/server pair that you will record. The default is to record all of the network traffic to and from your computer.
  4. Optionally, click the Generator Filtering Generator Filtering Generator Filtering Generator Filtering tab to specify the network protocols to include in the script that Robot generates.

How to Choose Proxy Recording

  1. Click Tools Tools Tools Tools > Session Record Options Session Record Options Session Record Options Session Record Options.
  2. Click the Method Method Method Method tab, and click Proxy Proxy Proxy Proxy recording.
  3. Click the Method:Proxy Method:Proxy Method:Proxy Method:Proxy tab to:
    . Create a proxy computer.
    . Identify client/server pairs that will communicate through the proxy.

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Rational Robot FAQ