QFS Newsletter 2017-08-09 QF-Test 4.1.5 Released

Dear QF-Test users and interested parties,

QF-Test 4.1.5 is now available for download.

Topics of this edition of our newsletter:

1. QF-Test Version 4.1.5 Released

2. Next QF-Test Training Dates and Special Webinar

3. No summer recess at QFS

4. Release Notes for QF-Test Version 4.1.5

With best regards,

Your QFS Team

P.S.: Some examples of customers time savings due to automation with QF-Test: Test automation and return on investment

1. QF-Test Version 4.1.5 Released

Download-Link for QF-Test 4.1.5

This version mainly fixes a number of bugs and updates the embedded Selenium framework for use with the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox.

The detailed list of differences between QF-Test version 4.1.4 to 4.1.5 can be found in the Release Notes in section 4 of this newsletter or online.

2. Next QF-Test Training Dates and Special Webinar

Training at QFS

We recommend to participate in our face-to-face training QF-Test training at QFS.

Date	Language
November 28 - 30, 2017	German

Training via Webinar

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

Date	Language
August 28 - 31, 2017	English (German version November 6 - 9, 2017)

Special Webinar

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.

Date	Content
September 19, 2017 (German version one day before)	Access the inaccessible: How to handle complex custom components in QF‑Test? (time by arrangement)

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

3. No summer recess at QFS

The summer months at QFS aren’t boring, a lot is happening. QFS participated in the project “world of work at first hand” and really successfully in the event “city cycling” at Geretsried as shown at company events 2017. We had a wonderful time during our summer event where we rode camels and slept in an oriental tent.

4. Release Notes for QF-Test Version 4.1.5

New Features:

The embedded Chromedriver was updated to version 2.31 (version 2.30 for Linux; with support up to Chrome version 60), and Mozilla Geckodriver to version 0.18 which includes support for Firefox 54 and higher.

Bugs Fixed:

A race condition in the load testing demo suite has been fixed.
The code completion window for scripts was accidentally showing up in the run-log.
The procedure qfs.utils.files.readExcelFile in the qfs.qft standard library now correctly handles Excel files containing empty rows.
A Groovy GString returned from a resolver method is now converted correctly to a Java string for further processing.
A regression in the performance of component recognition based on qfs:label has been fixed and performance of Swing tests has improved in general.
When executing manual tests based on the suite ManualTestRunner.qft the size and location of ManualStepDialog windows is now preserved.
A modal JavaFX dialog that got opened during replay of a WINDOW_CLOSING event could lead to a DeadlockTimeoutException.
The editable check was missing for JavaFX ComboBoxes.
Support for the JavaFX SplitMenuButton has been improved so that clicks on the main button and the arrow button are recorded differently.
Creating many JxBrowser instances could lead to a memory leak.
Waiting twice for the same web page to load did not fail as expected in case the page was not refreshed in between.
Playback of a selection event on a list in Firefox with QF-Driver mode now triggers a change event only in case the list selection really changes.