Configure UFT with Terminal Emulator (PCOMM) – User friendly Tech help

Scenario: – How we can configure UFT to recognize Mainframe objects using Terminal Emulator?
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Perquisites:- 
n1.Terminal Emulator add in is already installed.
n2.PComm(IBM personal Communication) is also installed, which is our Terminal Emulator in this example.

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Note:- Do check the supported version of Terminal Emulator in UFT version.
nSolution:- 
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nStep1:-Check the Terminal Emulator addin from the addin Manager.
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Step2:-Create New GUI Test in UFT. (Else Terminal Emulator setting won’t be visible in Options of UFT).
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nStep3:- Tools –Options-GUI Test – Terminal Emulator.
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nNote:- Here we can configure other terminal emulators depending upon the requirements or the emulator already used by manual or dev teams in the organization.
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Step4:-Configure the settings – Click on Validate.
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nNote: – Incase OK is not shown; this means we are facing some issues like PCOMM session is not opened.
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nStep5:-We can further configure the settings of PComm with UFT(like changing HLLAPI settings).
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Step6:-Verify that UFT can recognize Terminal Emulator objects.
nObject spy on Terminal Emulator and check that objects are showing the hierarchy of TeWindow-TeScreen-TeField (TE means Terminal Emulator in UFT terms)
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Note:-For more detailed reference, please read the help manual of UFT(Help-Unified Functional Testing help -Contents – Add-ins Guide for GUI Testing)

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