This article is a part of the series “Self Learning Tutorials on IBM - Rational Functional Tester ”

1. RFT Tutorial - 2: How do we use an anchor to locate a particular object using RFT?
This short tutorial describes a method of using an anchor to locate a particular object in
RFT.
Use of an anchor is useful in pin pointing a test object, which normally RFT finds it difficult to
differentiate between two similar objects during playback.
This happens usually when two browsers or instances of the same application are open
simultaneously. We can identify the browser and the instances of the application by using a
TestObject reference.
Running more than one instance of an application simultaneously during playback will result in
ambiguity about the target of commands like object() or click().
To solve this problem, we can use "ProcessTestObject" when we call the "startApp" command as
described below.
ProcessTestObject pto1 = startApp("ApplicationOne");
ProcessTestObject pto2 = startApp("ApplicationTwo");
object(pto1, DEFAULT).click();
In the above example, the "ProcessTestObject" functions as an anchor to locate the desired
application.
Tutorial by :
http://www.softwaretestinggenius.com