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By Anish Pillai Anish Pillai Posted under QTP Basic Stuff

QTP Terminal Emulator(TE) Add-In Configuration For Hummingbird Host Explorer

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Terminal Emulators and QTP

A Terminal Emulator is a program that allows a computer to access legacy applications running on Mainframe computers. These are various Terminal Emulator applications such as Hummingbird HostExplorer, Attachmate EXTRA!, NetManage RUMBA etc that allow a system to access the applications running on Mainframe machines.
QuickTest Professional provides a Terminal Emulator (TE) Add-in that allows users to use a Terminal Emulator to access and automate Mainframe Applications. The first step to start mainframe application automation using QTP is to configure the TE Add-in with a Terminal Emulator. This article talks about how QTP Terminal Emulator Add-in can be configured for Hummingbird Host Explorer.Note: Users would need QTP Terminal Emulator Add-in License as well as Hummingbird Host Explorer with any Mainframe Application access for TE Add-in configuration.

QTP Terminal Emulators(TE) Add-in Installation

 

Steps to Install QTP Terminal Emulator(TE) add-in:
1) Open QTP setup.exe and select QuickTest Professional Setup 
QuickTest Professional Setup
2. From the available add-ins, click TE Add-in drop down and select the option – ‘Entire feature will be installed on local hard drive’.
TE Add-in

3. Follow the Setup Procedure to complete the installation. Once TE Add-in is installed successfully, open QTP. Verify that Terminal Emulators Add-in is displayed in Add-in Manager window. Terminal Emulators Add-in is now successfully installed. Select Terminal Emulators option from the Add-in Manager window. Click OK.

QuickTest Professional – Add-in Manager
Configuring Host Explorer Session to use with QTP

Steps to configure host explorer so as to make it work with QTP.

1. Open Hummingbird Neighborhood.

Hummingbird Neighborhood

2. Open Default 3270.

Default 3270
3. If Host Explorer Dialog Box is displayed, click on Cancel button. Select File->New Session. Enter a suitable Profile Name and click on Properties button.
Default 3270 – New Profile
4. Select TN3270 under Connection node. Click on Add New Host Icon. Enter Host Name and TCP Port. Click on OK button.
Default 3270 – Add New Host

5. Select General under Security node. Select the applicable Security Option.

Session Profile

6. Select API under Terminal Node. Select Session short name as “A”.

Session Short Name

7. Click OK and close the Default 3270 window. The new Session will be displayed in the Hummingbird Neighborhood window.

Hummingbird HostExplorer
8. Open the newly created Host Explorer session. Verify that it is connected properly and the session short name “A” is displayed in the title bar of the window.
Mainframe Application Login Screen
QTP Terminal Emulators(TE) Add-in Configuration

Steps to configure Hummingbird Host Explorer in QTP: 

1. Open QTP and Select Tools->Options from the Menu Bar.

Terminal Emulator Add-in Configuration
2. From the Options window that is displayed, select Terminal Emulator Tab.
Terminal Emulator Add-in Configuration
3. Click on Open Wizard button to create a new Terminal Emulator configuration.
Terminal Emulator Configuration Wizard
4. Terminal Emulator Configuration Wizard window is displayed. Click on Next button.
5. Specify Wizard Operation window is displayed. Select ‘Configure a new user-defined setting’ radio button. Select option ‘Hummingbird’ from Vendor Drop Down. Give any suitable name in Emulator field.
Terminal Emulator Configuration Wizard
6. Click Next button. Emulator Setup window is displayed.
Terminal Emulator Configuration Wizard

7. Open the Host Explorer Session having Session Short Name “A”.

Session Short Name “A” is displayed in the title bar of the window. Here: A – ForQTP.HEP
8. After verifying that the Host Explorer Window has Session Short Name “A”, click Next button in the Emulator Setup window. Configure HLLAPI Properties window is displayed.
Configure HLLAPI Properties
9. Click on the (…) button next to ‘HLLAPI dll path:’ field and select the following path –
C:Program FilesHummingbirdConnectivity13.00HostExplorerehllap32.dll
HLLAPI dll Location
10. Enter “HLLAPI32” in HLLAPI function name and select Auto-Detect in HLLAPI format field. Click on Next button.
Configuring HLLAPI Properties

 

11. HLLAPI Configuration Test window is displayed.
HLLAPI Configuration Test

12. Verify that the text shown in HLLAPI Configuration Test window matches the text in the Host Explorer window.

13. Click Next button in HLLAPI Configuration Test window. Configure Emulator Classes window is displayed.
Configuring Emulator Classes

 
14. Configuring the Emulator Screen – Select Host Explorer Window first and select Configure Emulator Classes window over it.

Configuring Emulator Classes
a) Main window class: Click on the Hand Icon Button next to ‘Main window class’ field. The mouse pointer icon changes to hand icon. Click the title bar of the Host Explorer Window. Verify that the ‘Main window class’ field contains the value “HostExplorer”.
b) Text window class: Click on the Hand“HEDR”.
c) Toolbar class: Click on the Hand Icon Button next to ‘Toolbar class’ field. The mouse pointer icon changes to hand icon. Click anywhere on the icons in the toolbar in Host Explorer Window. Verify that the ‘Toolbar class’ field contains the value “AfxWnd80s”.
d) Status bar class: Click on the Hand Icon Button next to ‘Status bar class’ field. The mouse pointer icon changes to hand icon. Click anywhere in the Status bar in Host Explorer Window. Verify that the ‘Status bar class’ field contains the value “msctls_statusbar32″
15. After all the fields are configured, the Configure Emulator Classes window will look like this:
Configure Emulator Classes
16. Click on Next button. Complete the Terminal Emulator Configuration Wizard window is displayed. If required, save the Terminal Emulator Settings and click on Finish button.
TE Add-in Configuration Wizard
17. After clicking on Finish button, QTP gets hanged. Go to Task Manager and kill QTP.exe process. Also close the Host Explorer Session.
18. Open QTP again selecting the Terminal Emulators Add-in. Open the Host Explorer window with having Session Shot Name “A”. Select Object Spy from QTP and spy on any field to verify that the objects are identified correctly.
Checking Terminal Emulator Application with Object Spy

 

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  • chandu

    Hi

    Thank you very much for this interesting and useful article, I tried configuring the same with Attach mate Extra but I didn't see where to select API and to name it as A in the Attachmate Extra settings. Could you please help me in that case too.

    Also once all the settings are done, can we start recording what ever done in Mainframe session or there are any limitations?

    • Anish10110

      Hi Chandu,

      I haven't really worked on Attachmate Extra but this is what i found when I searched QTP help. Please check these settings and see if this works.

      1) Load EXTRA!.
      2) In EXTRA!, select Options > Global Preferences. The Global Preferences dialog box opens.
      3) Click the Advanced tab.
      4) In the HLLAPI shortname list, select the uppercase letter A as the Short Name.
      5) Click the browse button, browse to and select your session profile, and click OK.
      6) Save the profile.

      <strong>To get the complete details about Attachmate Extra settings, check out the help file in your system @ <QTP Installation Folder> -> Help -> TEUsersGuide.chm</strong> Hope this helps.

  • Raju

    Hi Anish – really nice article.

    • Anish10110

      Thank you Raju.. 🙂

      • Haritha

        Hi Friends,

        I am using Terminal Emulator in my project. Can any one help me how to verify which TE am i using? Like Hummingbird HostExplorer, Attachmate EXTRA!, NetManage RUMBA etc? Where can i see that.

        Thanks

  • Rohit

    Hello Everyone,

    I'm doing a POC on Terminal Emulator. Can anyone please help me out with reading the data on the TE.

    Thanks,
    Rohit

  • Craig

    Thank you, Anish. This article gave me enough instruction that I could integrate QTP with AVIVA. The main difference was using IBM as the vendor in the new user-defined setting field. At least now it shows that I have have a connection. Next step is to learn how to make the calls to send in entries and read the screen. Thank you for you helfpul article!

  • Craig

    That last line of my previous post should read, "Thank you for your helpful article!"

  • Madhu Suthanan

    Yeah Super Anish!!!

    It was really helpful, can you please mention that whether any changes/modifications is required for UFT 12 and higher versions

  • Altaf

    i am trying to close the window by sendkey. But i dont know what is the send to select "Alt-F" to select the "file" Option. can anyone help me to sort this problem or how i can close this window ?

    Thank You!

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