Enable the OpenText UFT Agent extension on Microsoft Edge

OpenText Functional Testing communicates with the OpenText UFT Agent Edge Extension to test Web applications running in Microsoft Edge. This topic describes how to install and enable the extension in your Edge browser.

Prerequisite

Your browser policy must allow you to install the OpenText UFT Agent Edge Extension. Otherwise, see Enable extension installation in your browser policy.

To test applications in IE mode on Windows 11, the group policy settings for Internet Explorer on your computer must allow enabling the OpenText UFT Agent Internet Explorer extension. For details on modifying these group policy settings, see the Microsoft documentation.

Skip the steps for getting the extension class ID. The class ID for the OpenText UFT Agent Internet Explorer extension is {474264BC-9571-47C1-85B9-780F756DC9CE}.

Caution: Make sure that your company's security policies permit you to make this change.

Automatic extension installation

The version of the OpenText UFT Agent extension installed on your browser must match the version of OpenText Functional Testing you are using.

If the conditions below are met, installing or upgrading OpenText Functional Testing will automatically install or update your OpenText UFT Agent extension. Otherwise, install the extension manually.

Conditions for the OpenText UFT Agent extension to be installed and updated automatically:

You have an active Internet connection.
When you installed OpenText Functional Testing, you selected Set Chrome, Chromium Edge, Firefox options. Alternatively, you manually enabled extension installation in your browser policy.
You are using Edge version 95 or later.

Automatically enable the extension

After the extension is installed or updated automatically, you need to enable the extension manually.

If you are running automation, you may want to the whole process to be automatic. To control the extension installation in the silent installation command, set the WEB_EXTENSION_INSTALL_MODE configuration option.

The following installation modes are available:

Installation mode	Description	When to use
Default	The extension is automatically installed or updated. You need to enable the extension manually. To use this mode, do not include the option in the installation command.	If you manually open the product and browser.
Normal	The extension is automatically enabled after it is installed or updated. Note: You cannot uninstall the extension.	If your system is fully automated.
Force	The extension is automatically enabled after it is installed or updated. Note: You cannot disable or debug the extension.	If you cannot modify your content security policies.
Temporary	The extension is temporarily installed on browser sessions started by OpenText Functional Testing. The extension remains only on that browser instance, and only until it closes. See Automatically load the extension temporarily on Edge.	If you cannot install the extension from the web store.

For more details, see Set configuration options.

Manually install the extension

Manually install the OpenText UFT Agent extension as described below:

Edge version 95 and later

Active Internet connection

Install the OpenText UFT Agent extension on Edge from the OpenText UFT Agent extension page.

Edge version 95 and later

Inactive Internet connection

Install the extension manually from the OpenText Functional Testing installation folder.

In Edge, select Tools > Extensions to open the edge://extensions page.
In the Extensions page, select the Developer mode option. Additional options are displayed after you select this option.
Click the Load unpacked button.
In the Browse for Folder dialog, browse to and select the <Installdir>\Installations\Edge\v3 folder.

The OpenText UFT Agent is now displayed in the Edge extensions list.

Edge version 79-94 and earlier

Install the extension manually from the OpenText Functional Testing installation folder.

Follow the instructions for Inactive Internet connection, but use the extension from this folder:

<Installdir>\Installations\Edge\v2

Automatically load the extension temporarily on Edge

If you cannot install the Edge browser extension from the web store, you can configure OpenText Functional Testing to load the extension when recording or running your tests.

An unpacked OpenText UFT Agent extension is included in the OpenText Functional Testing installation. When an Edge browser is opened by a record or run session, this extension can be automatically loaded on the browser. The extension remains only on that browser instance, and only until it closes.

Note:

For the extension to be successfully loaded on the browser opened by the record and run session, make sure no instance of the browser is open before you start the session.
If the OpenText UFT Agent extension is already installed on your browser, but not enabled, the automatic loading does not enable the extension. For web tests to run correctly, make sure the installed extension is enabled.
If you use this option when your computer has access to the web store, the unpacked extension is removed and replaced with the extension available in the web store.

Configure this option in the Options dialog box (Tools > Options > GUI Testing > Web > Advanced > Load the OpenText UFT Agent browser extension on Edge) or using the Automation Object Model (AOM).

See the WebOptions object object in the OpenText Functional Testing Automation Object Model Reference.

Enable OpenText Functional Testing to test local HTML pages in Edge

By default, the ability to run extensions on local HTML files is deactivated in Edge.

To allow the OpenText UFT Agent to run on local HTML files:

In Edge, browse to the following URL: edge://extensions
Locate the OpenText UFT Agent for Microsoft Edge.
Click Details to view the detailed information about the extension.

Select Allow access to file URLs. Your selection is automatically saved.