GUI Reference
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T-Plan Robot Enterprise
2.3.5 Doc
Collection GUI Reference |
11/07/12 |
| Menu | Menu Item | Keyboard Shortcut |
Toolbar Icon | Description |
| File | New Test Script | Ctrl+N* |  |
Open
a
new
empty
script editor (untitled). The
content type is by default set to the proprietary test script language.
Should you want to convert the editor to a Java class, save it to a
file with .java extension. |
| Open Test Script | Ctrl+O* |  |
Open an existing test script in a new editor. | |
| Reopen Test Script | |
Reopen a test script. T-Plan Robot Enterprise maintains a list of max. 10 previously opened scripts which are saved in the user preferences. This menu provides a quick way to reopen them. | ||
| Save Test Script | Ctrl+S* |  |
Save content of the active editor. If the script is untitled, a file browser gets displayed and user has to specify a file name to save the script to. | |
| Save Test Script As | |
Save content of the active editor under a different name. A file browser gets displayed and user has to specify a file name to save the script to. | ||
| Save All |  |
Save all open modified scripts. A file browser gets displayed for each untitled script and user has to specify a file name to save the script to. | ||
| Export To Java |
Ctrl+J |
Export
test
script
in
the
active
editor
to
Java
code.
This
will open a new
editor with a complete Java class which has the same functionality as
the original test script. A window with preferences is displayed before
the conversion takes place to allow customization of the output Java
code. This functionality is available only if the active editor
contains a test script in the scripting language and the menu item is
disabled for other contents. |
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| Close Test Script | Ctrl+W* | |
Close the active editor. If the content is modified, a warning message gets displayed with options to save/discard the changes or to cancel the operation. | |
| Close All | |
Close all editors. A warning message gets displayed for each modified editor with options to save/discard the changes or to cancel the operation. | ||
| Connect Desktop | |
Connect to a desktop. The Login Window gets displayed and user can connect to another server. Once the authentication succeeds and the remote desktop image is received, T-Plan Robot Enterprise displays the server desktop in the desktop viewer. | ||
| Disconnect Desktop | |
Disconnect from the currently connected desktop. | ||
| Reconnect Desktop | |
Reconnect a desktop. T-Plan Robot Enterprise maintains a list of max. 10 previously connected servers which are saved to the user preferences. This menu item provides a quick way to reconnect them. Passwords are not saved and must be specified each time through the Login Window. | ||
| Exit | |
Close
the
application
and
exit.
Any
connection
to
a
desktop
is
shut down. A
warning message gets displayed for each
modified editor with options to save/discard the changes or to cancel
the operation. If a script is being executed, a warning is also
displayed with options to stop the execution(s) or cancel the shut down
operation. |
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| Edit | Undo | Ctrl+Z |
 |
Undo the last edit in the active editor. |
| Redo | Ctrl+Y |  |
Redo the last edit in the active editor. | |
| Cut | Ctrl+X |  |
Cut selected text to the clipboard. | |
| Copy | Ctrl+C |  |
Copy selected text to the clipboard. | |
| Paste | Ctrl+V |  |
Paste content of the clipboard into the active editor. | |
| Select All | Ctrl+A | |
Select all text in the active editor. | |
| Comment
Out/Uncomment |
Ctrl+/ |
Comment out or uncomment the
current code line or selected text |
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| Find/Replace |
Ctrl+F |
Find and alternatively replace a string in the active editor. | ||
| Go
To
Line |
Ctrl+G |
Go to a
line specified by a number in the active editor. |
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| Preferences |  |
Open the Preferences window. | ||
| Script | Record |
Ctrl+Alt+R* |  |
Start/Stop
recording of the actions performed in the desktop viewer into the
active
editor. See the Script Recording page for
more information on this feature. |
| Screenshot
Command |
Ctrl+Alt+S* |  |
Display
the Screenshot Command window which
allows
you to construct a Screenshot
command and insert it into the active editor. |
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| Compareto
Command |
Ctrl+Alt+C* |  |
Display the Compareto Command window which allows you to construct a Compareto command and insert it into the active editor. | |
| Waitfor
Command |
Ctrl+Alt+F* |  |
Display the Waitfor Command window which allows you to construct a Waitfor command and insert it into the active editor. | |
| Compile |
Compile
script in the active editor. |
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| Execute | F9* |  |
Execute script in the active editor. | |
| Execute Selection | Shift+F9* |  |
Execute commands selected in the active editor. See the editor Execute Selection feature. | |
| Pause | Alt+P* |  |
Pause script execution. If a script is being executed, this menu item/toolbar button pauses the execution. If a script is already paused, selection of this item resumes execution. This item also gets automatically selected when execution reaches a breakpoint. | |
| Stop | Ctrl+F2* |  |
Stop script execution. | |
| Step-by-step
execution |
 |
Step by Step Execution flag. If this flag is selected, the script execution is paused after every line. See also the Execute Selection chapter of the Script Editor page. | ||
| Follow Execution Trace |  |
This is a flag specifying whether to follow the currently executed line in script editor. When a script is being executed, T-Plan Robot Enterprise switches among editors and scrolls the view to show the executed line. Deselecting of this menu item/toolbar button switches this feature off. Also when you switch open editors manually or start to edit a file during a script execution, this flag gets automatically deselected. | ||
| Read
Only
Mode |
 |
This flag
allows to switch the desktop viewer to read-only mode. See the desktop
viewer help topic for more. |
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| Disable Output |
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Disable
output. When selected, all Screenshot and Report commands will be
executed successfuly but they will not produce any files. This button
has the same functionality as the --nooutput CLI option.
See the T-Plan Robot Enterprise 2.3.5
CLI Options for more
info. |
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| Tools | ||||
| Key Browser | Ctrl+K |
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Display the Key Browser window. It shows a list of all key names supported by the Press command. | |
| Take a
Screenshot |
Ctrl+T |
Display the Take a Screenshot window which allows to save the desktop image or its part to a file. | ||
| Display Tool
Panel |
Show/hide
the
tool panel which is situated on the
top left above the editors. |
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| Plugins | Display the Plugin Manager Window supporting plugin listing, installation, uninstallation, enabling and disabling as well as discovery of plugins available in a JAR file or Java class path. | |||
| Component Capture |
 |
Cut image of a component (button, field, text, ...) from the current desktop image and generate the necessary script code (since v2.2). | ||
| Import T-Plan Script |
 |
Import T-Plan Script
window 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. |
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| Export Results To
T-Plan |
 |
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. | ||
| License Key Manager |
 |
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 and it is also availabe through this 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. | |||
| Result Manager |  |
Result Manager keeps track of results produced by test scripts since the application start and allows their viewing, editing and saving. | ||
| Export Script Comments |  |
Export Script Comments window allows to process comments present in the main script body and export them to a file. | ||
| Help | About | |
Display the About Window. It contains the T-Plan Robot Enterprise version (including the build number), copyright info, license text and system properties of the current Java environment. | |
| Log Viewer |
Display
the Log Viewer. It allows to view the
application logs. |
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| Help Topics | F1 |
 |
Display contents of the T-Plan Robot Enterprise Online Help. | |
| - | - |  |
Contextual help. This action is available only on the toolbar. Select the button and then click on any GUI component to open its help. |