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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ 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.
Installation
You can find information about the installation of HCL OneTest™ UI.
Installation by using the stand-alone installer
This guide intended for an administrator and describes how to install the product by using stand-alone installer on different operating systems.
Installation on Windows systems
You can find information about installing the product software on Windows system by using the stand-alone installer.
Installing in Visual Studio IDE
To integrate HCL OneTest™ UI with the Microsoft Visual Studio and start using HCL OneTest UI in the Visual Studio environment, you must first install HCL OneTest UI by using the stand-alone installer.
Deploying the help content of Functional Tester in Visual Studio IDE
When you install HCL OneTest™ UI in Visual Studio IDE, the help content of Functional Tester also gets installed. You must then deploy this help content in Microsoft Help Viewer to access it from the Help menu of Visual Studio IDE.

Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ 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.
- Installation
  You can find information about the installation of HCL OneTest™ UI.
  - Installation requirements
    This section details hardware, software, and user privilege requirements that must be met in order to successfully install and run HCL OneTest™ UI.
  - Installing the product using Installation Manager
    In this section, you will learn the pre-installation, installation, and post-installation tasks to install the product by using Installation Manager.
  - Installation by using the stand-alone installer
    This guide intended for an administrator and describes how to install the product by using stand-alone installer on different operating systems.
    - Installation on Windows systems
      You can find information about installing the product software on Windows system by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Installing in the GUI mode on Windows systems
        You can get started with the desktop client on Windows system after installing the product in the GUI mode by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Creating a properties file on Windows systems
        To install the product in the silent mode, you must first create a properties file that contains the data required to install the product. Alternatively, you can generate the properties file by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Installing in the silent mode on Windows systems
        To get started with the desktop client, you can install the product on Windows system by using the silent mode installation method.
      - Installing in Visual Studio IDE
        To integrate HCL OneTest™ UI with the Microsoft Visual Studio and start using HCL OneTest UI in the Visual Studio environment, you must first install HCL OneTest UI by using the stand-alone installer.
        Deploying the help content of Functional Tester in Visual Studio IDE
        When you install HCL OneTest™ UI in Visual Studio IDE, the help content of Functional Tester also gets installed. You must then deploy this help content in Microsoft Help Viewer to access it from the Help menu of Visual Studio IDE.
      - Changing the language of the product on Windows systems
        When you want to use the product in a different language other than the display language of your computer, then you can change the language of the product by using the command-line interface.
    - Installation on Linux systems
      You can find information about installing the product software on Linux by using the stand-alone installer.
    - Installation of HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent by using the stand-alone installer
      To get started with HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent, you must install the product on Windows system or Linux or macOS by using the stand-alone installer.
    - Installation on macOS systems
      You can find information about installing the product software on macOS by using the stand-alone installer.
  - Uninstallation by using the stand-alone installer
    When you no longer require the product, you can use the stand-alone installer to uninstall the products that you have installed.
  - About upgrading and migrating
    When you want to use the enhanced functionality of HCL OneTest™ UI, you must upgrade to the latest version of the product software.
- License management
  Licensing for HCL OneTest™ UI is administered through HCL Software License & Download portal. This portal is a FlexNet-based web application that helps to manage software entitlements and licenses.
- Starting HCL OneTest™ UI from the command line
  You can start HCL OneTest™ UI from the desktop environment or a command-line interface.
- Software configuration management
  You can integrateHCL OneTest™ UI with the software configuration management systems to maintain an auditable and repeatable history of your organization's test assets.
- Integrations in UI Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Web UI Test perspective.
- Integrations in Functional Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Functional Test perspective.

Deploying the help content of Functional Tester in Visual Studio IDE

When you install HCL OneTest™ UI in Visual Studio IDE, the help content of Functional Tester also gets installed. You must then deploy this help content in Microsoft Help Viewer to access it from the Help menu of Visual Studio IDE.

Before you begin

You must have installed the following software:

HCL OneTest™ UI in Visual Studio IDE. See Installing in Visual Studio IDE.
Microsoft Help Viewer. Refer to Microsoft Help Viewer Installation.

About this task

After you deploy the help content of Functional Tester in Visual Studio IDE, you can refer to the following content:

Details about HCL OneTest™ UI proxy SDK
Details about the product and functional testing
Functional Tester API reference
Functional Tester Proxy SDK API reference

Procedure

Open Visual Studio.
Click Help > Add and Remove Help Content.
The Help Viewer dialog is displayed.
Select the Disk option in the installation source.
Click to select the source location of the help content.
The Open dialog is displayed.
Go to <install_directory>\FunctionalTester\vsnet\MSDNHelp.
For example, the help content can be located in C:\Program Files\HCL\HCLOneTest\FunctionalTester\vsnet\MSDNHelp.
Select the helpcontentsetup.msha file, and then click Open.
The the help content of Functional Tester is displayed.
Close the Help Viewer dialog.

Results

You have deployed the help content of Functional Tester to display in Visual Studio IDE.

What to do next

You can view the deployed help content by clicking Help > View Help in Visual Studio IDE.