Overview:
Opkey Mainframe Recorder is a Recorder utility which helps you in the automation of a Mainframe application. This Mainframe Recorder allows you to record all actions performed on the mainframe and create a Test Case or Function Library in an effortless manner. The created Test case or Function Library can be further customized as per the requirement.
Need of Opkey Mainframe Recorder:
Automation of Mainframe applications is a challenging task as these applications behave in a different way. Here, we are discussing about the Mainframe Rumba Display. Rumba display provides a console platform where you can perform tasks, connect/disconnect with the server, and do more.The existing recorder utilities are not capable of recording actions performed on the Rumba Mainframe Display.
The Opkey’s Mainframe Recorder is now capable of recording actions from mainframe applications and create a test case.
It comes with the Opkey Smart Recorder package. For installing Opkey Mainframe Recorder, please refer to Installing Opkey Smart Recorder. Once, it has installed on your machine, its icon will be visible on the desktop as shown below:


Opkey Smart Recorder is a complete recorder package which works as a Web, Mobile, Desktop Recorder as well as Mainframe Recorder. You need to choose the mode (Selected or Any) on which you want to perform the recording.
Getting started with Opkey Mainframe Recorder:
To start recording on the Mainframe application (like Rumba) by using Opkey Mainframe Recorder, you need to follow the below given steps:
Recording Test Steps through Mainframe Application Recorder:

Note: If you are using the Mainframe Recorder on a new machine where the Mainframe Recorder is not installed, JNLP file gets downloaded. You need to save the downloaded JNLP file and launch it and further you will be redirected to install it first and then launch it to start recording.



(A) Selected Application mode:
In this mode, you can perform the recording process on a selected application. Provide full path (without Quotation marks) of the .exe file of the application to be recorded. (Here, Rumba application). Paste the Rumba mainframe Application location path (without Quotation marks) at the specified location.




Once, Spy mode of recording session is finished, go back to the Record mode. When the recording process gets completed, click on the Save & Close button to save the recorded objects and close the recording session.


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