Installation guide
This section includes instructions for installing UFT Developer 2021 on the different supported environments, as well as post-installation and uninstall procedures.
This guide covers UFT Developer versions 2021 through 24.2. Any version-specific changes are indicated where relevant.
Prerequisites
System requirements |
Ensure that your computer meets all system requirements listed in the UFT Developer Support Matrix. |
Required permissions |
Ensure that you have the required permissions on the computer. See Required permissions. |
Before installing UFT Developer |
Perform all of the following:
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IDEs |
If you intend to use UFT Developer from within your IDEs (UFT Developer plugin), make sure your IDEs are already installed. The UFT Developer plugin is currently available for Visual Studio (Windows only), Eclipse, Spring Tool Suite, JBoss Developer Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, and Android Studio. Visual Studio 2022 The plugin for Visual Studio 2022 is not included in the UFT One 2023 installation packages. For details on adding this plugin for UFT Developer if you installed from a UFT One 2023 installation package, see Visual Studio 2022. Eclipse Kepler/Luna users: To use the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers or Eclipse Standard editions with the UFT Developer plugin, you must deploy the Google Gson plugin to your Eclipse folder:
For more details, see the UFT Developer Support Matrix. |
AI-based testing |
To use UFT Developer's AI capabilities, make sure you have the following installed before you install UFT Developer:
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Enterprise deployment
When installing UFT Developer in an enterprise business model across many computers in a network or company, note the following:
Administrative permissions |
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User Account Control (UAC) (Windows only) |
You can install UFT Developer with User Account Control (UAC) turned on or off. |
Silent installation
(Windows and Linux only) |
You can install UFT Developer silently, including prerequisite software if needed, on a local or remote computer. For details, see: Windows: Silent installation Linux: Silent installation |
Required permissions
Make sure the required permissions are defined on your UFT Developer computer.
Note: Read/write permissions to these folders must also enable permission to any subfolders.
If not, the system administrator must grant administrative permissions to the subfolders contained in these folders.
Help improve UFT Developer
You can help us improve the quality, reliability, and performance of UFT Developer by participating in the UFT Developer improvement program. The data you provide helps us understand which improvements matter most.
When you join the program, UFT Developer collects anonymous information about your software and hardware configuration, and about how you use UFT Developer.
UFT Developer does not collect the following:
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Your name, address, or any other personally identifiable information
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Specific information about your environment, servers, or applications
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The code from any of your scripts
Note: Participating in this program does not degrade the performance of your software, and does not add you to contact lists for any sales offers.
How do I join or leave the program?
During installation
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If you use the installation wizard, select or clear this check box on the license agreement screen: Participate in the UFT Developer improvement program.
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If you install silently on Windows or Linux machines, you can opt out of this program by using the relevant command option. See the silent installation details in Install UFT Developer for Windows or Install UFT Developer for Linux.
After installation
You can also join or leave the improvement program from within UFT Developer.
In the runtime engine settings, select or clear the option: I want to help! Collect anonymous feature usage data. For details, see Customize UFT Developer runtime engine settings or Configure the grid's runtime engine settings.
See also: