Welcome
Reference Guide
This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
Reference information for the Visual Studio IDE
Options dialog
You use the Options dialog to customize Test 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

Release Notes
This document includes information about the new features introduced, features deprecated or removed, defects fixed, and known issues identified in this version of HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI). You can also find the installation and upgrade instructions along with the contact information of HCL Customer Support.
System Requirements
This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) 2024.06 (11.0.2).
Getting Started Guide
This guide provides an overview of HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI). You can find the task flows to get you started with Test UI. This guide is intended for new users.
Tutorials
You can learn to start using Test UI by reviewing the information in the Tutorials for the UI Test perspective and Functional Test perspective.
Samples
You can find the sample project that you can use with HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) to test the functionality of an application.
Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
Test Execution Specialist Guide
This guide describes how to automate the playback of the tests by using different methods such as Docker, IBM Cloud Private, Jenkins and so on. The test results can be pushed to HCL DevOps Test Virtualization Control Panel (Test Virtualization Control Panel).
Test Manager Guide
This guide describes how to keep track of the performance of the application by evaluating the test results. Following topics cover how you can work with the test results.
Troubleshooting
This guide describes how to analyze and resolve some of the common problems that you might encounter while you work with HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
Reference Guide
This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI).
- Reference information for the UI Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn all the reference or additional information about the UI Test perspective.
- Reference information for the Functional Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn all the reference or additional information about the Functional Test perspective.
- Reference information for the Visual Studio IDE
  - VB.NET scripting command-line interface
    Some of the actions that can be performed from the HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) graphical user interface can also be performed from the VB.NET Scripting Edition command line.
  - Test application domain support
    HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) is an object-oriented automated testing tool that tests Java™, HTML, .NET, Windows®, SAP, and Siebel applications.
  - Add New Item dialog
    You use the Add New Item dialog to add a script, an empty script, a test object map, or a test dataset to the currently selected project.
  - dataset Literal Substitution dialog
    You can use the dataset Literal Substitution dialog to find or replace literal values in a test script with a dataset reference (an associated dataset). You can set the options in this dialog to find and replace all, number, string, or boolean literals in a script with a dataset reference.
  - 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.
  - Menus
    This topic describes the product menu as it appears in Visual Basic when you have HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) installed. Menus and menu items on your machine might be different, depending on the version of Visual Studio .NET that is installed, the installation options selected, and what is open in Visual Studio.
  - Functional Test project properties page
    Use this page to change your default script helper base class.
  - Functional Test script properties page
    Use this page to change your script helper base class, test dataset, or dataset iteration for an individual script.
  - Toolbar
    This topic describes all the buttons and controls on the HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) toolbar.
  - Options dialog
    You use the Options dialog to customize Test 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
- Java API reference
  You can find the links to view the following API reference guides of HCL DevOps Test UI:
All Guides (PDF)
You can find the link to view or download the content of the release notes, system requirements, and persona guides of HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) as a PDF file.
Security Considerations
You can take certain actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls.
Notices
This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

Options dialog

You use the Options dialog to customize Test 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

The Options dialog has the following tabs. Click the tab name below for information about how to use that tab.

General Test UI: Increases or decreases all Test UI time options.
Highlight: Specifies how to emphasize test objects when you select them in applications-under-test. You can specify color, width, speed, and time.
Operating System: Sets values that are operating system dependent.
Playback: Sets Functional Test script playback options.
Delays: Sets delays during Functional Test script playback. These settings are useful to slow down the rate at which script commands are sent to the operating system.
Logging: Use to indicate log viewing and Comparator options.
Monitor: Use to specify whether to display the playback monitor during playback.
ScriptAssure(TM): Use the Standard Options page to control object-matching sensitivity during play back. You can use the Advanced Options page to set thresholds for recognition scores, which Functional Test uses when searching for objects during script playback.
Recorder: Use to indicate options for recording Functional Test scripts.
Monitor: Use to change colors without going to the Recording Monitor. Monitor page buttons reflect the current settings in the Recording Monitor.
UI Color: Use to specify color settings for the Verification Point Editor, Verification Point Comparator, and the Object Map Editor.
Development Environment: Use to control the behavior of the Development Environment while playing back, recording, and debugging Functional Test scripts.
Advanced: Use to control warning messages when the TestManager log cannot be used.

To open: Click Tools > Options and in the left pane, expand Functional Test.

Related Topics:

Setting Test UI Options

About Test UI Options