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10/06/15

T-Plan Robot Enterprise 4.0.2 Menu And Tool Bar Reference

The table below lists available menu items and toolbar buttons available in the main T-Plan Robot Enterprise GUI window.
Menu Menu Item Keyboard
Shortcut
Icon
Description
File New Project Ctrl+Shift+N
Create a new project.
Open Project
Ctrl+Shift+O
Open an existing project.
Reopen Project


Reopen one of the previously opened projects.
Close Project


Close the current project.
New Test Script Ctrl+N* New Test Script Open a new 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 Test Script 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 Test Script 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 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.
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 Other

Close all editors except for the active one.
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.
Delete Test Script
Delete Delete the script in the active editor.
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.
Edit Undo Ctrl+Z
Undo Undo the last edit in the active editor.
Redo Ctrl+Y Redo Redo the last edit in the active editor.
Cut Ctrl+X Cut Cut selected text to the clipboard.
Copy Ctrl+C Copy Copy selected text to the clipboard.
Paste Ctrl+V Paste 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.
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.
Code Templates

Code Templates Open the Code Template Editor window.
Preferences
Preferences Open the Preferences window.
Script Record
Ctrl+Alt+R*
Right Alt
Right Ctrl
Record
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.
To exit the recording mode in the Local Desktop connection press the right Alt or Control key.
Component Capture
Component Capture
              Icon Open the Component Capture tool to create a script action on top of a component image, color or text recognized through OCR (since v2.2).
Pinch/zoom
Pinch/zoom Icon Perform the pinch or zoom gesture on the connected device (since 3.5).
Screenshot Command
Ctrl+Alt+S* Screenshot Command
Display the Screenshot Command window which allows you to construct a Screenshot command and insert it into the active editor.
Compareto Command
Ctrl+Alt+C* Compareto Window
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* Waitfor Command
Display the Waitfor Command window which allows you to construct a Waitfor command and insert it into the active editor.
Image Doctor Records

Image Doctor
              Records Display the Image Doctor Records window which shows the records of failed image comparisons.
Compile
F9

Compile script in the active editor.
Execute F5 Run Execute/pause/resume the current schedule or the script in the active editor.
Execute Selection Shift+F5 Run Selection Execute/pause/resume commands selected in the active editor. See the editor Execute Selection feature.
Stop Ctrl+F2 Stop Stop the schedule or script execution.
Enable Image Doctor

Image Doctor
              Records Enable or disable the Image Doctor which allows to resolve failed image comparisons without having to stop the script executions.
Enable Image Doctor Warning

Image Doctor
              Records Enable or disable displaying of the Image Doctor Warning window in the automation mode (when Robot was started with the -r/--run CLI option). This menu item is present in the menu only in the automation mode. The option may be alternatively updated in the Image Doctor screen of the Preferences window.
Step-by-step execution

Step-by-step Flag 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
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.
Show Execution Animations


Enable or disable animations showing mouse, keyboard and image comparison actions on the desktop view during a script execution.
Disable Output

Disable all script execution outputs. When selected all Screenshot, Report and Log commands or their counterpart Java methods 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 4.0.2 CLI Options for more info.
Schedule

Scheduler Open the Scheduler tool. It allows to create test suites (called "schedules") which define sequences of one or more test scripts to be executed within a single Robot process.
Desktop 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.
Read Only Mode
Read Only Mode This flag allows to switch the desktop viewer to read-only mode. See the desktop viewer help topic for more.
Display Workflow When Connected


Show (on) or hide (off) the workflow panel when a desktop is connected.
Desktop Preferences

Preferences Short cut to the Desktop Viewer panel of the Preferences window.
Tools Keyboard Tool
Ctrl+K

Display the Keyboard Tool window.
Take a Screenshot
Ctrl+T

Display the Take a Screenshot window which allows to save the desktop image or its part to a file.
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.
Import T-Plan Script

Component
              Capture Icon 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.
Export Results To T-Plan

Component Capture Icon 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

Component Capture Icon 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 Icon Result Manager keeps track of results produced by test scripts since the application start and allows their viewing, editing and saving.
Export Script Comments
Comment
              Icon Export Script Comments window allows to process comments present in the main script body and export them to a file.
CLI Wizard

CLI Wizard Icon Create a CLI command which will start Robot and execute the selected test script (since 3.2). The command may be then stored to a batch file (Windows) or a shell script (Linux/Unix) and called from third party schedulers to execute the script automatically.
Character Capture
Character
              Capture Icon Character Capture Wizard window allows to create, view and maintain character image collections.
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


Log Viewer window manages the T-Plan Robot Enterprise application logs.
Help Topics F1
Help Contents Display contents of the T-Plan Robot Enterprise Online Help.