Setting up the Environment
By now you should have decided for one of the supported configurations
and you should have identified your and client system. Let's set up
the
test environment on your computer(s) now. If you are going to use the
tool for static image testing, you only have to perform the steps
described in the Client System Installation paragraph.
SUT Installation
- Install a
server on the SUT. See the
VNC chapter of the
Release Notes for a list of tested products and platform specific
instructions. We recommend
UltraVNC for a Windows SUT and
TightVNC or
RealVNC for other systems.
- Start the VNC serverand optionally use a VNC viewer (usually bundled with the server) to
make sure it is accessible. On
MS
Windows open the server configuration panel (usually located in
the system tray) and select the
'Poll
full
screen' option; it resolves often experienced refresh
problems. On
Unix/Linux one
typically starts the server through the
vncserver
command
from the command line.
Client System Installation
- Make sure that
Java 1.6
or higher is installed on your machine and its binaries are on
the system path. To test it open a command prompt (Windows) or a
terminal (Unix/Linux) and run "
java -version"
. If the
system reports an unknown command or the version reported is lower than
1.6, install or upgrade your Java. For more instructions and
troubleshooting refer to the
Release Notes document.
Though there are more Java producers, we recommend you to download
Java
from Oracle Inc. (formerly distributed by Sun Microsystems). There
are two distributions,
Java Runtime
Environment
(JRE) and
Java Development
Kit (JDK). JDK is basically a JRE with
development libraries and tools (such as compiler). T-Plan Robot
Enterprise will run with either one. If you however plan on writing
Java test scripts, you have to
install
JDK. The tool will otherwise
refuse to compile and execute Java source code. Be aware that on most
systems installation of JDK doesn't make it the default interpret of
Java programs and additional configuration steps are required, such as
putting the JDK's
bin/
folder onto the system path. Refer
to the first chapter of
Release
Notes for instructions.
- Download T-Plan Robot Enterprise and install it.
If your hosting system is
MS Windows,
you
may use the package with Windows Installer (
Enterprise
version only). It manages the installation
through the Windows framework, creates an item in the Start menu and
registers T-Plan Robot Enterprise as default application for test
scripts with the
.tpr
file extension.
For Mac OS there is a .dmg package to allow a copy into the applications directory.
For other environments (Linux etc.) the tool is also distributed as a platform independent ZIP package. There's no installer and one just unzips it to a folder on the hard drive.
- Start the tool either from the Windows Start menu ( Programs->T-Plan->Robot)
or
using a command specified in the
Startup chapter
of Release Notes. It will ask you to provide path to the license key
file which you should have received together with the product ( Enterprise
version only). Then restart the tool. If the installation and
configuration has completed successfully, the
Login Dialog will display.
Should you experience any failures or unexpected behaviour, review the
Troubleshooting chapter of Release Notes for most common errors.
- Connect Robot to your VNC
server.
If your SUT is Windows, the address is typically <server>:5900.
On Unix/Linux the default port is occupied by the default system
desktop and VNC servers take up the first free higher port
(<server>:5901). On a successful login the tool should
display the server desktop.
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