Hosting Robot/Applications on a Terminal Server

Hosting Robot/Applications on a Terminal Server
Robot supports the following Terminal Server environments:
Citrix MetaFrame (WIN2K)/Citrix MetaFrame client
Microsoft Terminal Server (WIN2K)/Microsoft Terminal Server client
Windows 2000 Server
Windows Terminal Server (Windows NT4)
The server hosts both the application under test and Robot. Robot runs on the client as a terminal server session. Rational Robot supports GUI script recording and playback on the server or from the client. The TestManager Log Viewer edition can be run from the server or from the client.

Robot requires floating licenses for terminal servers.
Starting Robot and Its Components

Before you start using Robot, you need to have:
Rational Robot installed. For information, see the Rational Desktop Products

Installation Guide.
A Rational project. For information, see the Rational Suite Administrators Guide.
Logging On When you log onto Robot or one of its components, you provide your user ID and password, which are assigned by your administrator. You also specify the project to log onto.

To log on:
From Start > Programs > Rational product name, start Rational Robot or
one of its components to open the Rational Login dialog box.
Type your user ID and password.
If you do not know these, see your administrator.Select a project. To change
projects later, exit all Robot components and log on again.
(Projects are created in the Rational Administrator.)
Displays the location of the selected project.

Opening Other Rational Products and Components
Once you are logged onto a Robot component, you can start other products and components from either:

Some components also start automatically when you perform certain functions in another component.

Tasks You Can Perform with Robot and Its Components
The following table lists the tasks to perform, which components to use, and where to find more information: