Dear QF-Test users and interested parties,

QF-Test 4.1.2 is now available for download.

Topics of this edition of our newsletter:

1. QF-Test Version 4.1.2 Released

2. Next QF-Test Training Dates and Special Webinars

3. QFS at the OOP Conference in Munich

4. Release Notes for QF-Test Version 4.1.2

We wish you a successful, healthy and peaceful New Year,

Your QFS Team

PS. In Germany two companies are looking for employees with QF-test knowledge. In India, a QF-Test user is interested in a career move. You can find details on our career page

1. QF-Test Version 4.1.2 Released

Download-Link for QF-Test 4.1.2

Besides bug-fixes this version also introduces a number of new features, among them updated support for Eclipse/SWT based on the recently release Eclipse version 4.6 SR2.

The detailed list of differences between QF-Test version 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 can be found in the Release Notes in section 4 in this newsletter or online.

Users with a valid QF-Test license of 4.1 can directly update to QF-Test version 4.1.2.
Licenses for QF-Test 4.0 are also still valid for the interim period until 2017-02-28.

2. Next QF-Test Training Dates and Special Webinars

Training via Webinar

You can save travel time and expenses by participating in one of our open trainings via web seminar:

 

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Feb 27 - March 02, 2017  English (German version two weeks before)

Training at QFS

If you prefer face-to-face training, we recommend  to participate in our QF-Test training at QFS.

 

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March 14-16, 2017 

German (only)

Special webinars

Martin Moser continues his popular special webinars. A special webinar session lasts about 1.5 hours and costs 125 EUR (net) per participant. Reserve your seat via webinar@remove-this.qfs.de or +49 8171 38648-10.

 

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January 24, 2017 
(German version one day before)

Component recognition for Java - Optimization with resolvers and generic components (time by arrangement)

Component recognition for Web and AJAX applications - optimization via CustomWebResolver (time by arrangement)

 

Announcement: On April 25, 2017 Martin Moser will repeat the webinar about the release of QF-Test 4.1 because of high demand.

And of course you can always book training or consulting individually for you and your company or on site.

3. QFS at the OOP Conference in Munich

In the end of January 2017 the OOP conference (Object oriented programming) will again take place in Munich. Software quality has now also reached the heart of this developer conference: For the first time the German Testing Board is going to be a gold sponsor.

From 2017-01-31 to 2017-02-02 Martin Moser and other QFS colleagues will present the latest version of QF-Test at the QFS stand. We are looking forward to your visit! You can also make an appointment in advance for a demo or specific questions.

4. Release Notes for QF-Test Version 4.1.2

New Features:

  • Support for Eclipse/SWT 4.6 "Neon" has been updated for Eclipse version 4.6 SR2.
    Note: The mechanism for auto-scaling SWT-based UIs on high-DPI monitors is still deactivated by default when the SWT plugin is instrumented by QF-Test. The property to re-enable it has been renamed to swt.autoScale in SWT version 4.6 SR2.
  • Resolvers are a panacea for all kinds of component recognition problems. To make them easier to write QF-Test 4.1 introduced an updated resolvers module which is now implemented by a rewrite of section 41.1 which makes resolvers more accessible than ever.
  • The names of all registered resolvers can now be retrieved by calling the method resolvers.listNames().
  • When performing automatic re-run of nodes, the beginning of an attempt is now logged as both a message and an annotation. The doctags for automatic re-run have been extended to enable catching a specific exception and to suppress log messages. See section 16.3 for further information.
  • The 'QF-Test ID' of a 'Test-case' or 'Test-set' node can now be retrieved at test execution time via ${qftest:testcase.id} or ${qftest:testset.id}.
  • It is now possible to transform 'Check items' into 'Check selectable items' nodes and vice versa.
  • If the value for the command line argument -usercfg <file> or -systemcfg <file> points to a directory, the configuration file is now read from or created within the specified directory.
  • When editing options QF-Test now shows a warning in case a configuration file cannot be written.

Bugs Fixed:

  • QF-Test now logs a warning in case the engine of a component retrieved by calling rc.getComponent in an 'SUT script' node does not match the engine executing the script. Starting with the medium upgrade QF-Test 4.2 this will cause an exception. Trying to pass a component of the wrong GUI engine to rc.overrideElement leads to an exception right away.
  • When editing the details of a node and closing the test-suite without confirming the edit first, the changes were discarded.
  • In case a resolver fails with an exception, other registered resolvers are executed anyway, like they were in QF-Test 4.0.
  • QF-Test now removes temporary files created by WebDriver implementations.
  • Cells in custom Table components with non-standard cell ordering are addressed correctly now. 
  • QF-Test could cause a deadlock in Eclipse/SWT applications with multiple Display instances.
  • When fetching the geometry of items in a web application the values for the parent component were retrieved instead.
  • For web applications leading and trailing whitespace is now removed from names returned from NameResolvers.
  • Automatic scrolling for image checks on items was broken in web applications.