Masthead, toolbars, and context menu
You can access most of the common activities in recording, developing and interactively replaying scripts using:
- The masthead, available at the top of the Development window
- The toolbars, available below the masthead in the Development window
- The context menu, available by selecting a step and right-clicking
Masthead
This section describes the menus and buttons in the TruClient masthead.
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Search. Find steps, functions, and transactions in your TruClient scripts that match the text string specified. For more information, see Search bar. Go To. Goes to a specific step number. |
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General Settings. Opens the General Settings dialog box. For details, see Configure TruClient general settings. |
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General Menu. Use to change the TruClient Standalone interface language, access the TruClient Help Center, and learn more about your version of TruClient. |
Toolbars
The toolbars differ slightly depending on the TruClient edition you are using, and when working in TruClient Coded mode. The below toolbar is from TruClient Standalone in model mode:
User interface elements are described below:
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Upper toolbar | |
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Save/Export. Determines the way scripts and files are saved, exported, and imported, between the TruClient Editions. For details, see Manage scripts in TruClient standalone. |
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Script Level. Filters the steps that are visible and replayed in the script.
For details, see Modify and view script and step levels. |
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Action list. Displays the actions (a set of steps) created for each segment of your business process. For details, see What is an action? |
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Manage Action. Opens the Manage Actions dialog box, enabling you to add, delete, and rearrange the order of actions. For details, see Actions tab. |
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Opens the TruClient Steps box, enabling you to add steps to a TruClient script. For details, see Steps box. This button is not available during recording or replay, nor in the UFT Mobile tab in a TruClient Native Mobile script. |
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Record. Starts recording the script. Additionally, you can use the arrow to specify whether to record before, into, or after the selected step. For details, see Record a TruClient script.
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Replay/Resume. Replays (or resumes replay of) the script. Additionally, you can use the arrow to specify whether to play the selected step only, or to run the script step by step. Running the script step by step pauses the replay after each step. For details, see Replay a script. |
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Stop. Stops recording or replaying the script. |
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Toggle Breakpoint. Toggles breakpoints on the selected step. For details, see Insert toggle breakpoints. |
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Undo/Redo. Reverses your last action, or restores your original change. |
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Convert to Code. Opens the Coded Conversion Settings dialog box, enabling you to convert the script to code. For details, see Convert TruClient actions and functions to code. |
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Transaction Editor. Opens the Transaction Editor, enabling you to define new transactions and modify existing ones. For details, see Insert transactions.
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Event Handler Editor. Opens the Event Handler Editor box. For details, see Event handlers. |
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Parameters. Set parameter values. For details, see Use parameters to vary arguments. Note: Available in TruClient standalone only. For details on how to add parameters to scripts in TruClient in VuGen, see VuGen Parameters in the VuGen Help. |
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Snapshot Viewer. The snapshot viewer displays the snapshot in the right pane and adds the following elements:
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Context menu
Select a step and right-click to display the context menu.
See also: