RFT :Memory Exception every time we open the RFT

Try the below mentioned procedures:

1. Close RFT and make sure there are no multiple Javaw.exe processes in the task manager.

2. Go to Start > Run > %temp% . Clear all the temp contents

3. Go to the Workspace directory and delete the .metadata folder.

4. set a clean initialization of RFT by adding the -clean switch in the shortcut Properties of Java Scripting. Go to Start > All Programs> IBM Software Delivery Platform > IBM Rational Functional Tester > Right Click on Java Scripting> Properties, append the target with -clean as below:

"C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP\eclipse.exe" -clean -product com.ibm.rational.rft.product.ide

5. Increase Spy Heap Memory - Add a DWORD in registry to increase the SPYheapSize following

The default SpyHeapSize is 1048576. This value can be increased  by adding a DWORD value named SpyHeapSize to the registry and set its value to 2097152 decimal:

1.            Open the Windows Registry Editor by going to Start > Run and typing in regedit.

2.            Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Rational Software\Rational Test\8]

3.            Create a new DWORD value named SpyHeapSize and set its value data to 2097152 (or 200000 hexadecimal)

The key can also be added by creating a .reg file with the contents below and execute it.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Rational Software\Rational Test\8]

"SpyHeapSize"=dword:00200000

6. Increase JVM heap size in the eclipse.ini file located under D:\Program Files\IBM\SDP\ (for example 2044)

    -Xmx2044m (Default value would be -Xmx1024m, make sure that your machine has enough memory to increase the JVM heap size)

7. Restart the machine and launch RFT and Turn off Simplified Scripting in RFT, Goto Windows > Preferences > Functional Test > Simplified Scripting and turn off Simplified Scripting.

Hope this will be Helpful.

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Sourabh Jain