VS 2003 prerequisite CD missing - error Not able to Install

lately i faced this issue where i do not had VS 2003 prerequisite CD and after downloading
en_vs.net_2003_enarch_full.exe from MSDN (i have a legal license to download ) i was constantly getting this
error wher it said pre requisite not met
i google and try to look for pre requisite and answer was there are basically 3 prerequisite

to obtain .NET 1.1:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=262d25e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3&displaylang=en

.NET Framework 1.1 SP1:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=A8F5654F-088E-40B2-BBDB-A83353618B38

J# 1.1 redistributional package:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E3CF70A9-84CA-4FEA-9E7D-7D674D2C7CA1&displaylang=en

 
Alas i had all 3 of them on my System (Control panel will tell u ) but still i couldnt get through
then i come through a tech note from MS which suggested that
for such problems
the solution is to
Locate till the SetUp.exe
and Use this Switch to Run setup.exe

"setup.exe /NO_BSLN_CHECK"




And Magic !!!!
my VS 2003 started installing 


i did put some effort in understanding what BSLN switch actually does but couldnt get a very good ad shareable answer 
if you know please do share 




So the first thing came in my mind was to share this trick 

Connecting RFT And RQM andworking as a Single product

Here I am writing first time about what I work upon.

Read http://startattechnologystop.blogspot.com/2011/01/top-ten-reasons-for-why-you-should-use.html  to know what RFT (Rational Functional Tester) is and read http://qualitymanager.wordpress.com/  to know about another great product from IBM Rational. Now here is where I come in to picture. My responsibility at IBM Rational is to get these two products working together as one product so I basically work on integration of RFT – RQM

     If you care to read the first blog link given at starting of my blog you would know RFT as a product has wide coverage on Domain , Application for Automation testing and the second blog is about the Testing management which seems to be pain at the wrong place for innumerable number of companies and most discussed topic inside companies.

How to test what to test and how fast and effective testing can be.

  Now consider you shave started automating your Application with the RFT and you have learned to manage your test as well with RQM now the challenge is to arrange automated tests as RQM is more focused on Manual testing. Here is where RFT Adapter comes in to picture.

 Adapter allows you to keep your tests at a Shared location/Locally and arrange the Tests at RQM GUI side and you can plan and Run your tests at RQM side and see it running (if you wish to ) at the side where RFT is installed.if I sound Greek and Latin let me take you through one complete cycle of running a RFT Script  from RQM .

if you allow me, I am going to assume that you know how to record a Script at RFT if not?? even better - no worries here is how you can do that

Download the trial version of product from www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/r/rft/ and the help which will get install with it will take you through the step by step process of recording. Else go through “pubbuilder site RFT IBM “ and you will get loads of video which will illustrate and take you through the process.

And you can get RQM Trial version from http://jazz.net/

And there you are ready with a combination which can help you using your resources

Optimally and give your testing a coverage which you had only though about but never have been able to achieveJ

What is Adapter ??

It’s a small tool which help you to connect two most amazing product from rational labs and enable you to use them as a single product

What does it looks like ??

So here is how Architecture wise it works

PS that this is very very basic presentation of what Adapter can actually do .

  So this is where I stop for this blog in my next blog I will take you through the one complete execution of a RFT Script from RQM side