Robot FAQ’s

T-Plan Robot Enterprise uses two types of license:

Development – design, develop and debug projects using the Robot Enterprise application.
Execution – execution only licenses can be pooled to allow multiple concurrent executions across different projects and System Under Test’s (SUT’s).

All of T-Plan Robot licenses can be used on any platform to automate any environment. Windows, Mac, Desktop, Web, Mobile, iOS, Android – mix and match as you please.

Trials are offered with file based licenses which are sent via email. They offer provision for both the development and execution of test scripts through the T-Plan Robot UI and/or CLI. These are installed locally, along with Robot, or on a centrally accessible shared network directory.
The trial licenses are fully functional and restricted only by time. When the trial period expires, whilst you do not lose any work that you have done, you will be unable to run any aspect of T-Plan Robot. When you purchase the product the product will resume and you can continue your work.

No. Production environment licenses are centrally managed through our License Server. This offers per seat concurrent access to T-Plan Robot across your entire organisation, with minimal fuss. The License Server provisions both Development and Execution access on a first come, first served basis.

No. You must purchase at least one Development license in order to design and develop your test projects, prior to being able to execute them.

During a valid support and maintenance contract you have full access to all product updates. Beta and minor point releases, through to major feature releases are all included.
If you have any problems or questions, or simply want some advice, you can communicate with our support team through phone, email, or web chat on any of the website pages.

T-Plan Robot Enterprise is provided as a paid for licensed product.
For further details of features included in the different releases please see the Versions Comparison table.

The Development License is not named to an individual, and not tied to a particular computer, i.e. the license is floating, not node locked.

For an example purchase of 5 Development Licenses, this only allows 5 users to use T-Plan Robot Enterprise at any given time, even if there are 10 computers that have T-Plan Robot Enterprise installed on them.
In a multi user scenario the 5 development licenses are used by each user in turn, when they become available on the network. E.g. All other users will have to wait their turn on the network to use the 5 licenses. I.e. Only 5 license can be used at any one time.

Similarly a purchase of 5 Execution Licenses, only allows 5 connections to the System Under Test (SUT) at any one time.

Should you have any further questions regarding pricing, or the license, please contact our Sales department through the T-Plan Contacts page.
Please select the following links for more information on the Software License Agreement and the Product Support & Maintenance Contract.

Our software is offered as a FREE 2 week trial. Extensions to this timeframe are available on request. Please contact us for more information.

Many existing features and improvements were actually suggested by active users who provided feedback. The T-Plan Robot community for us means the network of our lovely customers, and essentially these users who use the tool, and give us feedback. Whether it is a bug report, feature suggestion or recommendation on the web (support@t-plan.com, contact details), or web chat on any of the website pages, we aim to address your wants and needs. We look forward to welcoming you to our family!

If you would like to provide feedback of any nature please contact us on the web (support@t-plan.com, contact details) or web chat to us on any of the website pages.

If you would like to know more about our Products or Services, then please contact us at sales@t-plan.com, leave your contact details, or contact you local representative.

Check out our Plugins page. Listed here are plugins which were developed by us. We will also link plugins provided by our community.

No. The path to the plugin JAR file or class path gets saved to the user plugin configuration XML file. The Plugin Manager will load it dynamically upon the application start. If you however move the tool into another folder, you need to either add the plugin JAR to the Java class path or plug it in again.

No. So called “built-in plugins” represent core classes from the product JAR binaries and they cannot be uninstalled. They can be however disabled through installation of a plugin which implements the same functionality.

Refer to the T-Plan Robot Plugin Framework document. It is linked to the Java code documentation.

Follow the steps in the localization guide. If you want us to endorse your translated message file, send us an email at support@t-plan.com and we will link it after a review, to our download site.

Follow steps described in the Plugin Framework manual. If you wish to make the plugin public to the community, email us at support@t-plan.com and we will link it after a review, to our download site.

Just copy it to the folder where you installed the tool to. It will pick it up after restart and make it available in the Language drop down of the Login Dialog.

The most commonly used verification methods are:

• Image recognition [read more]
• Text recognition [read more]

Advanced image detection algorithms allow Robot scripts to verify whether an item is present on the visible display, or not, within fractions of a second. Dynamic wait times mean no unnecessary delays to your execution.

Through OCR or image based text recognition T-Plan Robot can identify text displayed on the screen and make it available for you to use thereafter. This feature can be used to verify that a particular word or phrase is present or simply to log what text is being displayed.

Yes!

Numerous environments can be automated, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Desktop applications, Web applications, Flash, Flex, HTML5 and many more.

Mobile phones and tablets are also supported for Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

For more information please see our summary page.

Yes.

Our advanced recorder makes the task of scripting a quick and simple job. Simply connect to your target environment, activate the recorder and perform your desired actions. Once complete, review the generated script actions and amend them if necessary before re-executing it.

Generating scripts and actions through the recorder makes automation accessible to those with even the most modest experience.

For more information please see our Script Recorder page.

Automation scripts can currently be created in both of the following formats:

• “TPR”
• Java

The TPR format is T-Plans proprietary scripting language. Following a basic principle of “<command> <parameter>” while using simple English command names, such as Click, Swipe, Type, Log, Screenshot, etc, means that this is a very intuitive and easy to follow language.

An example of a TPR script is as follows:

Click image template=Browser
Type “I love T-Plan Robot”
Click image template=Search
Screenshot “SearchResults.png”
Press Alt+f4
Log “Test Completed.”

Java formatted scripts can be generated and edited within Robot using the same features and functionality as standard TPR scripts. Alternatively Java scripts can be created and edited in 3rd party Java editors such as NetBeans and Eclipse.

Finally TPR scripts can be exported into Java format if needed however both formats can call and reference scripts of the other format.