HCL OneTest UI options

You use the Options page to customize various aspects of HCL OneTest™ UI, such as settings for time options, highlighting, logging, the operating system, playing back, recording, and the development environment.

To display the HCL OneTest UI Options page, from the HCL OneTest UI menu, click Tools > Options and expand Functional Test in the left pane.

To display the Functional Test ClearCase® Options page, from the HCL OneTest UI menu click Tools > Options and click Source Control

Notes:

Editing the HCL OneTest UI Options pages changes the current user profile only. It does not change settings for all users.
You can change the color settings of information in the Verification Point Editor, Verification Point Comparator, and Object Map. HCL OneTest UI changes the color of elements in the editor. You can also change the fonts for information in the .NET IDE. The colors and fonts feature is useful for enhancing the accessibility for people who have physical challenges, such as restricted mobility or limited vision. For more information, see the Colors Page.
Some HCL OneTest UI, VB.NET Scripting options and HCL OneTest UI, Java™ Scripting preferences are shared by both IDEs. For example, if you turn a preference on or off in one IDE, the same behavior occurs in the other IDE.

Setting functional test options
You use the Options dialog box to customize HCL OneTest UI in a number of different areas, such as increasing/decreasing all time options and setting options for highlighting test objects; operating system values; playback; delays; logging; playback monitor; ScriptAssure(TM); recorder; Recording Monitor; and color settings for the Verification Point Editor, Verification Point Comparator, and the Object Map Editor; and the development environment.
Fonts and colors page
You use the Fonts and Colors page to specify color settings for the Verification Point Editor, Verification Point Comparator, and the Object Map Editor. This feature is also useful for enhancing the accessibility for people who have physical challenges, such as limited vision.
Changing the verification point and object map colors
You can change the color of information displayed in the Verification Point Editor, Verification Point Comparator, and Object Map. This feature is useful for enhancing the accessibility for people with disabilities.
Changing the syntax of verification point commands
During recording, a verification point captures information about a specified GUI component, for example, its size or its position. HCL OneTest UI records a statement in the test script for each verification point.
Changing user interface fonts
You can change the font or point size of information displayed in dialog boxes for HCL OneTest UI and those that are part of the .NET IDE. For IDE dialog boxes and the Code Editor, you do this through the Environment Options.
ClearCase preferences
If you use ClearCase for source control management, you can use the ClearCase Preferences page to define settings for HCL OneTest UI integration, show ClearCase icons, show script details, save file with _keep extension, check out a file reserved, or to keep a script checked out after check in.
HCL OneTest UI General page
You use the HCL OneTest UI General page to set all product time options. These options are useful to accommodate different computer speeds.
Highlight page
You use the Highlight page to specify how you want HCL OneTest UI to emphasize test objects in applications-under-test when you select them in a test object map or in the Script Explorer. These settings also control how HCL OneTest UI highlights objects you select with the Verification Point and Action Wizard and the Insert a GUI Object into the Object Map dialog box.
Logging page
You use the Logging page to set log and comparator options, such as preventing the script launch wizard from displaying on playback, displaying the log viewer after playback, and displaying a message before overwriting an existing log. You also use this page to indicate the type of log generated.
Operating System page
You use the Operating System page to indicate the Foreground Lock Timeout setting for Windows 98/Me and Windows 2000 systems.
General Playback page
You use the General Playback page to set script playback options, such as the amount of time HCL OneTest UI looks for an object and waits before trying to find an object again. You can also elect to skip all verification points in the script.
Delays page
You use the Delays page to set delays during Functional Test script playback. These settings are useful to control the rate at which script commands are sent to the operating system.
Playback Monitor page
You use the Playback Monitor page to specify whether to display the playback monitor during playback.
ScriptAssure page--Advanced
You use the ScriptAssure(TM) Advanced page to set thresholds for recognition scores, which HCL OneTest UI uses when searching for objects during script playback.
ScriptAssure page-standard
During playback, HCL OneTest UI compares objects in the application-under-test with recognition properties in the test object map. You use the ScriptAssure(TM) Standard page to control object-matching sensitivity during playback. This feature enables you to successfully play back scripts when the application-under-test has been updated.
General Recorder page
You use the General Recorder page to indicate options for recording Functional Test scripts, such as excluding an executable from being recorded and setting the delay before recording a mouse action or a keystroke. You can also select or clear the option to open the test object map if there is a new test object in the application.
Recorder Monitor page
You use the Recorder Monitor page to change settings in the Recording monitor, such as displaying the recorder toolbar or the Recorder Monitor, including a timestamp for messages, and selecting the types of messages you want to display and their colors.
Development Environment options
You use the Development Environment page to control the behavior of the Development Environment while playing back, recording, and debugging Functional Test scripts.
Development Environment Advanced options
You use the Advanced Development Environment page to control what happens when the log type is TestManager and you cannot log into TestManager.
Playback preferences example
This topic provides an example of the interaction between settings in the Playback Preferences page.

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