Hi webies, in RFT testing a PDF application is a challenge. So in this article I'm going to explain how can we test the contents of the PDF.
Here you go!!!!!
Here you go!!!!!
How to test PDF content Using IBM Rational
Functional Tester.?
Intro
IBM® Rational®
Functional Tester supports testing of Portable Document Format (PDF) read-only
files created for Adobe Reader versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0 and 11.0. You can
test PDF files that are displayed in a browser or in the stand-alone Adobe
Reader application. A functional test script that is recorded for files that
are displayed in the stand-alone Adobe Reader application can be played back
when the file is displayed in a browser and vice-versa, provided that the
script is recorded for document controls only.
Rational Functional
Tester supports testing of PDF files by either interacting with specific
document controls or through Reader controls.
The level of
granularity that Rational Functional Tester supports depends on the way the PDF
file is designed. For example, if the entire page of a PDF file is designed to
contain one text object only, the verification point highlighter captures only
the page-level contents and does not access the content inside the page.
Prerequisites
Before you start
testing PDF files, you must set the Adobe Reader preferences and the Rational
Functional Tester script assure values.
Open
Accessibility Setup
Assistant.
Click Next on the
Accessibility Setup Assistant page.
Select Fit page as the
Default display zoom in Screen 2 of 5, and click Next.
Clear Confirm before
adding tags to documents in Screen 3 of 5, and click Next.
In Screen 4 of 5:
For Page mode setting,
select Deliver currently visible pages.
For Document mode
setting, select Deliver the entire document at once .
Click Next.
In Screen 5 of 5,
select Display PDF documents in the web browser.
Click Done.
Click Edit >
Preferences in Adobe Reader.
Click the Page Display
category and select Single Page as the Default Page Layout, and click OK.
For version 10.0 &
11, ensure that you disable protected mode before you set the preferences.
Supported USE Case
Typical business case
for the user is to validate the content on the PDF document. The content could
be a present as a link \text\table\graphic. User is interested in navigating
the various pages on the pdf document, validating the content of each page or
the entire document. User can also perform various options on the Adobe reader
it self to achieve desired results.
Note: For
RFT to interact with PDF document\Adobe reader we depend on the assisitive
technology. Some times it has been observed that the way PDF document is
designed ,controls are present as one complete control for eg a “Text Paragraph”
would be present as one complete text control and not as each Word in the
paragraph as seprate controls in which case user can do some programming in
extracting the complete text and then validating the actual field he is
interested in .
Frequently asked
questions.
1.
Which versions of pdf
are supported ?
ans)
Latest RFT 8.5 supports PDF 8/9/10/11.
2.
RFT hangs On PDF10 \11
?
ans)
Did you take care of the prerequisites to disable the protected mode.
3.
I need to validate a
text on PDF document , but RFT captures the complete paragraph?
ans)
This might be due to the fact that the complete control is present as a seprate
text control. User can make use of some programming and get the complete text
use some regular expression\subtext finding algorithm to achieve the desired
result.
4.
Can I validate the
complete page?
Ans)
Yes, user needs to perform a data verification on the complete page.
5.
Can I validate the
complete PDF document ?
Ans) Yes ,Only
document verification points are supported in the document mode setting. A
verification point can be taken after the mandatory click in the file. Any
clicks on the PDF document in document mode setting while recording are ignored
and no code is generated.
Use the Page mode setting for larger documents. 
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