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11/07/12

T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 GUI Overview

T-Plan Robot Enterprise Graphical User Interface (GUI) is based on Java Swing and is platform independent. It consists of the main application window and a set of child windows (dialogs).

Login Window
  1. Menu and Tool Bar provide structured access to most of the application functionality.
    Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Menu And Tool Bar Reference
  2. Tool Panel is a tabbed pane allowing quick access to often used minor features working with functionality of the script editor, desktop viewer and/or the underlying desktop client.
    Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Tool Panel
  3. Script Editor is designed to enable easy script editing and execution. It provides a wide range of features, from scripting language syntax highlighting and GUI assisted composure of automation code to abilities to execute just the selected piece of code and to set up execution break points.
    Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Script Editor
  4. Desktop Viewer displays desktop of the system under test (SUT). When the tool is not connected or it works with the local desktop, the viewer displays an HTML document with links to documentation and other web resources.
    Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Desktop Viewer
  5. Status Bar is used by all components to display status messages, desktop update rectangle and mouse coordinates.
    Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Status Bar



A catalog of child windows ordered by their appearance in the menu/tool bar follows:

Login Window
Login Window allows to connect to a desktop. It displays as the very first window when the application gets started without any connection options. The window is also reachable through the File->Connect Desktop and under certain conditions also File->Reconnect Desktop menu items.

Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Login Window
Search & Replace
Find/Replace is a very simple window allowing to search and eventually replace strings in the active script editor. It may be opened through the Edit->Find/Replace menu item or the corresponding tool bar button.
Go To Line Window
Go To Line allows to jump to a particular line number in the active script editor. It is available through the Edit->Go To Line menu item.
Preferences Window
Preferences Window enables to edit application wide configuration parameters and customize T-Plan Robot Enterprise behavior. It has a form of a tree where each tree node represents a topic and/or a particular component. A panel with available configuration parameters is displayed on the right when the tree node gets selected. The window may be started through the Edit->Preferences menu item or the corresponding tool bar button. Many components also provide quick links to their configuration tree node through a context (pop up) menu.

Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Preferences Window
Screenshot Command Window
Screeenshot Command window provides a comfortable way of creating an instance of the Screenshot command in the active editor. It may be started through the Script->Screenshot Command menu item or the corresponding tool bar button. It is also possible to open the window through the context menu (right mouse click) of an already existing Screenshot command in the active editor.

Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Screenshot Command Window
CompareTo Command Window
CompareTo Command window provides a comfortable way of creating an instance of the CompareTo command in the active editor. It may be started through the Script->CompareTo Command menu item or the corresponding tool bar button. It is also possible to open the window through the context menu (right mouse click) of an already existing CompareTo command in the active editor.

Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 CompareTo Command Window
WaitFor Command Window
WaitFor Command window provides a comfortable way of creating an instance of the WaitFor command in the active editor. It may be started through the Script->WaitFor Command menu item or the corresponding tool bar button. It is also possible to open the window through the context menu (right mouse click) of an already existing WaitFor command in the active editor.

Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 WaitFor Command Window
Key Browser
Key Browser displays a list of keyboard keys supported by automated testing scripts. It may be started through the Tools->Key Browser menu item.

Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Key Browser
Take A Screenshot Window
Take A Screenshot window allows to save image of the current desktop or its rectangular part to a file. It is accessible through the Tools->Take A Screenshot menu item.

Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Take A Screenshot
Plugin Manager Window
Plugin Manager allows to install, enable, disable and uninstall plugins. To open it select the Tools->Plugins menu item.

Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Plugin Manager Window
Component Capture Window
Component Capture component offers a comfortable way of creating a template image directly from the desktop viewer and generating of a predefined action into the active script editor.

Help Topic:  T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Component Capture
Import T-Plan Script Window
Import T-Plan Script creates an automated script template based on a script entity in the T-Plan database. The window is part of integration with T-Plan Professional 7.0. To open it select the Tools->Import T-Plan Script menu item.

Help Topic: T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Integration Reference
Import T-Plan Script Window Export Results To T-Plan exports results from automated testing to the T-Plan database. The window is part of integration with T-Plan Professional 7.0. To open it select the Tools->Export Results To T-Plan menu item.

Help Topic: T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Integration Reference
License Key Manager Window
License Key Manager is a simple window allowing to add or remove license keys. It displays automatically on startup when no valid license is installed. It is also available through the Tools->License Key Manager menu item. Role of license keys is described in the T-Plan Robot Enterprise Release Notes.
Update & Upgrade Update & Upgrade window exposes T-Plan Robot Enterprise releases from the T-Plan release server and allows to download new software versions and/or upgrade the current installation. To open it select the Tools->Update & Upgrade menu item.

Help Topic: T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Update & Upgrade
Result Manager
Result Manager keeps track of results produced by test scripts since the application start and allows their viewing, editing and saving. It displays automatically when a manually executed script in GUI mode finishes and produces a set of results. It is also available through the Tools->Result Manager. The window may be also displayed in CLI mode when the -m/--resultmanager CLI option is specified.

Help Topic: T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Result Manager
Comment Exporter
Export Script Comments window allows to process comments present in the main script body and export them to a file.

Help Topic: T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Comment Exporter
About Window
The About Window is available through Help->About and displays the copyright and license text as well as system properties (configuration) of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

The Log Viewer window (Help->Log Viewer) allows to view the application logs stored in the local OS temporary folder.

Help Topic: T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Log Viewer
Help Window
Help Window displays content of the help topics bundled inside the T-Plan Robot Enterprise binaries. User can also select to open the help document in a web browser instead. The help content is available either through the Help->Help Topics menu item or the "Open Help" and "Contextual Help" tool bar buttons. Many components also provide quick links to their help topics.
Template Image Editor Template Image Editor allows to edit template images employed for image comparison. The window is available from any GUI component involved in image comparison, such as the CompareTo, Screenshot and Waitfor match/mismatch windows.

Help Topic:
T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5 Template Image Editor