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Rational Functional Tester Fix Pack 3 (8.5.1.3) for 8.5.1

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Abstract

IBM Rational Functional Tester 8.5.1.3 has been made generally available and contains fixes to version 8.5.1 including all predecessor fix packs.

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Table of Contents
Sections Description

The Change history section provides an overview on what is new in this release with a description of any new functions or enhancements when applicable.

The How critical is this fix section provides information related to the impact of this release to allow you to assess how your environment may be affected.

The Prerequisites section provides important information to review prior to the installation of this release.

The Download package section provides the direct link to obtain the download package for installation in your environment.

The Installation instructions section provides the installation instructions necessary to apply this release into your environment.

The Known side effects section contains a link to the known problems (open defects) identified at the time of this release.

Supporting Documentation
Document Description

Click to review the detailed system requirements information for a complete list of hardware requirements, supported operating systems, prerequisites and optional supported software, with component-level details and operating system restrictions.

IBM Knowledge Center provides an entry point to product documentation. You can view, browse, and search online information related to the product.

Click to review a complete list of the defects (APARs) resolved in this release including a list of resolved defects for the entire version family.

Find technical developer content and resources.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites include:

Version of IBM Installation Manager required: IBM Installation Manager 1.7 or later.

Installation Instructions

Review the installation page in the IBM Knowledge Center for details.

Follow any of the paths listed below to upgrade to Rational Functional Tester 8.5.1.3:

  • 8.5 > 8.5.1.3
  • 8.5.1 > 8.5.1.3
  • 8.5.1.1 > 8.5.1.3
  • 8.5.1.2 > 8.5.1.3

To install Rational Functional Tester silently, review Installing and upgrading Rational Functional Tester silently page in the IBM Knowledge Center.

Additional considerations

Installing Rational Functional Tester 8.5.1.3 .NET 2010 help

If you have installed Rational Functional Tester 8.5.1.3 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 .NET Integration, you must install Rational Functional Tester Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 .NET help manually.

  1. Open Rational Functional Tester, click Help and then click Manage Help Settings. This opens the Visual Studio Help Library Manager.

  2. Select the Install content from disk option.

  3. Click Browse and select the helpcontentsetup.msha file that is available by default in the Rational Functional Tester installation directory\IBM\SDP\FunctionalTester\vsnet\MSDNHelp\VS2010 directory. The help manifest files for other translations are found within the locale folders available in the VS2010 directory. Click Next.

  4. Select RFT and click Add. The Update button is enabled.

  5. Click Update. You are prompted to confirm the installation.

  6. Click Yes. The Rational Functional Tester .NET help is installed as local help for Visual Studio 2010.

Note: To view the Rational Functional Tester .NET Scripting help in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE, you must enable the local help option in the Help Library Manager.

Tip: To view the complete table of contents of the installed local help in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE, install the Visual Studio Help Keyword Index plug-in that is available from the Microsoft website. Alternatively, you can upgrade to Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 to view help in the Microsoft Help Viewer.

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The following sections provide detailed information related to this release.

Click the FC link below to obtain the release from Fix Central.


How critical is this fix?

Impact Assessment
Impact Description

This is a maintenance release. It contains fixes for client-reported and internally found defects.

Review Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Rational Functional Tester due to IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Version 1.6 and IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Version 1.7 for information on the vulnerabilities associated with Rational Functional Tester 8.5.1.3 and the related remediation.

Test Results

Definitions

Regression: An error in the Maintenance Delivery Vehicle (MDV) that produces incorrect or unexpected behavior causing a supported feature to stop functioning as designed.
This includes:

  • Coding errors that cause a regression
  • Documentation or packaging problems that cause a regression
  • Errors reported in a new function delivered in a MDV that cause a regression

Incomplete: An error in the MDV has not regressed, but does not work as designed.
This includes:

  • Fixed APARs which did not solve the original problem but did not break anything new
  • APARs reporting documentation errors, such as readme errors, that cause problems applying an MDV but do not lead to a regression


Notes:
  • Regression and incomplete APARs are considered fix-in-error or MDV-in-error
  • Definitions above apply only to valid APARs that result in product fixes (APARs returned as working-as-designed are not assessed for being fix-in-error)
  • Issues in major releases due to new functionality do not apply in this definition

There are no known regressions to report.

Problems Solved

Defects resolved

Click the Fix List link in the table of contents above to review a list of the problems solved in this release.

Known Side Effects

Review the following list of known issues and open defects:

There are no known issues report.

Review the Release Notes for additional information on known limitations and workarounds.

Open defects

Review the following list of open defects for Rational Functional Tester on the IBM Support Portal.

Review technote 1461170: Open APARs for Rational products available on the Web for information on how to configure your MyNotifications subscription account and subscribe to the APARs you are interested in following.

Change History

What's new

Support for Internet Explorer 11 including Flex applications.

Support for JRE 1.7 Update 51.

Click the link in the Download Options column:

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Problems (APARS) fixed
PI20724;PI12253;PI19467;PI19758;PI20123;PI20148;PI20272;PI20281;PI20405;PI20466;PM77402;PM87907;PM89978;PM92387;PM94501;PM96340;PM95957;PM96028;PM96033;PM96207;PM92455;PI04690;PM98459;PM96207;PI06051;PM95632;PM92998;PI07501;PI06060;PM98549;PI07485;PI07003;PM93276;PI07030;PI05209;PM94364;PM96366;PM91358;PI06223;PI05880;PI05649;PM99726;PI09846;PI07493;PI06052;PM91085;PI05745;PI08764;PI08261;PI08821;PI09129;PI08791;PI09636;PI09212;PI10367;PI10356

Document Information

Modified date:
29 September 2018

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