What's new in RIATest 4.6.1

• Hotfix: crash in certain conditions when executing actions (was introduced in 4.6).

Older Changes

Changes from version 4.5 to 4.6:

• Added support for SkinnablePopUpContainer.
• Fixed long-standing crash bug on tooltip expression evaluation.
• Mac: Fixed crash after "Remote call timed out" error message.

Changes from version 4.4 to 4.5:

• Mac: fix encoding problems when pasting from TextWrangler.
• Update code signing to confirm to Windows UIA requirements.
• Eclipse/Flash Builder plugin bug fixes.

Changes from version 4.3 to 4.4:

• Eclipse/Flash Builder plugin Beta (see below).
• Runtime Loader for Flex SDK 3.6 and SDK 4.6 applications.
• closeBrowser no longer crashes when passed a wrong parameter type.
• CSVStream.readLine no longer crashes on incorrect file streams.
• exitProject() function now works correctly.
• Fix handling of script files which do not confirm to UTF-8 encoding.

Changes from version 4.2 to 4.3:

• RIATest License Server can now serve version 3 and 4 licenses simultaneously.
• exitProject() script function added.
• /ox and /oj command line options can be now specified simultaneously.
• Bug fixes.

Changes from version 4.1 to 4.2:

• Multiple RIATest instances can be run simultaneously on one machine.
• Spark DataGrid support added.
• Code completion improvements.
• System event simulation on Flex objects now works correctly on multi-monitor systems.
• Ability to find a descendant of SysLocator (getDescendant function).
• New script functions added (getTypeName, toPrintableString, hasOwnProperty, getProcessId, getWindow, getLastBrowser).
• Bug fixes.

Changes from version 4.0 to 4.1:

• Flex 4.5 support.
• JUnit style reporting. See command line option /oj.
• New project option to enable/disable Windows UI Automation per project.
• Bug fixes.

Changes from version 3.8.1 to 4.0:

General

• Windows UI Automation now available.
• Image-based component automation.
• Bitmap checkpoints (Image verification).
• OS-level keyboard and mouse event emulation [Windows only].

IDE

• Callstack view.
• Watch view.
• Object Inspector view [Windows only].
• Image Repository view.
• Find in Files.
• Additional debugging control (Step Over, Step Out, Run To Cursor, Set Position To Cursor).

RIAScript Language

• SysLocator to represent Windows UI objects.
• XML and XMLList objects.
• Flex object to group Flex-related top-level functions.
• UI object properties are now settable.
• 'for-in' statement.
• 'continue' statement.
• Locator multiple-match fetching (getMultipleMatches function).
• Extra location capabilites (getAutomationChildren function, automationParent property).
• getBounds function returns global coordinates of the object.
• exitScript function.
• Print stack trace on errors.

Agent

• Object Inspector for secondary AIR windows.
• Configurable locator behavior (setLocatorOption function).
• Multiple connections with same application ID now supported.
• User-defined Flex Global Exception handler function (registerErrorHandler function).

Older Changes

Changes from version 3.8 to 3.8.1:

• Fix re-throw bug (was not working).
• Fix crash of exec() function on certain regular expressions.
• closeBrowser now cancels the waiting for Agent connection initiated by previous openBrowser call.
  

Changes from version 3.7 to 3.8:

• Date.getTimezoneOffset() bug fixed (was working wrong on Mac).
• Added keyPress event support to SparkListBase.
• Fixed: "break" from "switch" had no effect if placed inside a brace block.
• Fixed: it was impossible to set breakpoints after some statements.
• Fixed: crashed in certain cases when a file open in editor was modified outsite RIATest.

Changes from version 3.6 to 3.7:

• Project workspace is now saved anytime the project is saved.
• Added support for text input related events for SparkComboBox.
• Fixed incorrect ordering of parameters in calltips for certain functions.
• Fixed CSVStream.writeLine bug.

Changes from version 3.5 to 3.6:

• Methods of GUI objects can be now called without declaring them in class information file.
• Fixed crash on include statement trying to access unreadable files.

Changes from version 3.4 to 3.5:

• Spark ItemRenderer support.
• Drag/drop support for Spark List.
• Spark ButtonBarBase and TabBar support.
• Fixed: breakpoints could not be set on some assignment expressions and the following lines.
• Fixed syntax error message on incorrect assignment expressions.

Changes from version 3.3 to 3.4:

• Flex 4 Spark components support.
• Process.read() now correctly returns data even if the process is already terminated.
• Fixed crash on editor selection scrolling out of view.
• Fixed crash on Mac when adding new group.
• Fixed HTML report date/time output for empty scripts.
• Fixed code completion bug.

Changes from version 3.2 to 3.3:

• Flex SDK 3.5 support added.
• Windows 7 support added.
• Fixed startup crash on invalid classinfo XML files.

Changes from version 3.1 to 3.2:

• Improved documentation.
• TabNavigator itemClick recording fixed.
• Fixed crash on Process constructor if argument contained % character.
• Fixed crash on empty RegExp to string conversion.
• License Server Monitor now correctly accepts floating license keys (was bug in 3.1)
• Other bug fixes.

Changes from version 3.0 to 3.1:

• Fixed Flex 4 AIR secondary window support bug.
• Fixed IE8 operation when RIATest was launched by a Windows service.
• Fixed RIATest Agent startup bug for certain applications.
• Fixed crashes caused by background syntax checker on certain errors.
• Detect stack overflow if infinite recursion happens on certain built-in functions.
• Correct masks in file selection dialogs on Mac.

Changes from version 2.4 to 3.0:

General

• Mac OS X version now available.
• Flex 4 Spark components preliminary support.
• Test results converter utility rtxml2html.

IDE

• Code Completion.
• Background Syntax Check.
• Test results visualization reports.
• Recording options (automationName/id, minimal/verbose).
• Developer productivity mode (always accept connections).

RIAScript Language

• try/catch/finally statements.
• Customizable error handling via setErrorMode function.
• FileStream object (low-level file operations).
• CSVStream object (CSV file reading and writting).
• Ability to call JavaScript functions via externalCall function.
• Ability to access project options via getProjectOptions function.
• Ability to delay execution via setExecutionDelay function.
• assert/verify functions now accept optional error message to print.

Agent

• Component icons are shown in hierarchy inspector.
• Connect button now available when not connected.
• Ability to specify classinfo from delegate class.
• Separate Runtime Loader now available for each Flex SDK version 3.0-3.4, 4.0.

Older Changes

Changes from version 2.3 to 2.4:

• Flex 4 Halo applications are now supported.
• Fixed runtime error with Flex 3.3 and Flex 3.4 applications.
• RIATestAgent.swc is now linking externally to all libraries.

Changes from version 2.2 to 2.3:

• Fixed Process.read() bug (sometimes returned garbage).
• Fixed Agent toolbar styles for custom skinned applications.
• Fixed project desktop restoring bug (incorrect operation with .rtw files).
• Fixed Number.toString() bug.
• Fixed IDE crash on externally modified file reload.
• Execution now properly finishes when running a project without "Close browser on test complete" option from command line.
• Label-less TabNavigator now supported.

Changes from version 2.1 to 2.2:

• Fixed bug with double Agent toolbars appearing if a popup was created in the preinitialize event of application.
• Fixed URL expansion when using local RIATest Loader.

Changes from version 2.0 to 2.1:

• switch statement parsing bug fixed.
• Locator compose operator -> bug fixed (was modifying left argument).
• Vista/IE7 browser is now closing normally at the end of execution.
• RIATest Loader now works with IE7.
• RIATest Loader now works with applicaitons compiled with Flex SDK 3.2.
• New command line option /rf to specify a file listing enabled/disabled state of scripts.
• Command line option /l now correctly processes custom commands which include url to launch.
• Exit code 6 now returned as expected on agent connection time out.
• Installer adds riatest.exe to Windows Firewall exceptions to avoid warning message when launching applications.
• DateField keyboard and text selection events are now correctly replayed.
• Date type properties are now natively transfered from Flex application to RIATest.
• Added new <results> node to XML results file.

Changes from version 1.6 to 2.0:

General

• Object can be now located using any property or combination of properties.
• Locators now accept RegExp for pattern matching against property values.
• Ability to have full manual control on browser opening and shutdown (openBrowser/closeBrowser global functions).
• Any property of component can be now retrieved, including complex types (e.g. ArrayCollection, etc.).
• Can automate context (right-click) menu.
• Ability to pass external project global parameters when running from command line and use them from within test script.
• Tabular Data support.

IDE

• Capability to run single or multiple scripts or groups instead of the whole project.
• Breakpoints.
• Code Edit and Continue.
• Capability to output test results in XML format.
• Option to disable current line animation when running.
• Option to open new script files in existing editor window when running.
• External project global parameters definition window.
• Editor bookmarks.
• Messages view filters.

RIAScript Language

• New 'switch' statement.
• New Date Object.
• New Math Object.
• New RegExp Object.
• New UIDUtil Object.

Agent

• Object Inspector now also shows object hirerachy.
• Option to show all properties of objects in Object Inspector.
• Inspection performance is improved.
• Agent window can be moved and resized even when inspecting.

Changes from version 1.5 to 1.6:

• Fix Agent toolbar in some AIR Applications (toolbar was not visible in WindowedApplication with unspecified widht and height).
• itemClick events on charts are now recorded and executed properly.

Changes from version 1.0 to 1.5:

• Custom components are now fully supported. Read details here.
• Multiple simultaneous SWF applications can now connect and be automated by RIATest.
• Flex 2 support added (RIATestAgent2.swc Agent for Flex 2 applications provided).
• New RIAScript Process class to control external processes.
• 'Exec Command' project launch option added (useful for AIR applications).
• Batch execution time limit (command line -t option) and error number limit (command line -e option) features.
• Improved automatic synchronization (now synchronizes on the event's related objects too).
• Environment variable RIATEST is registered during installation and points to the installation directory.
• The RIATest Agent Toolbar is now hidden when running.
• Runtime Loader is now marked by the installer as Globally Trusted to avoid security related problems.
• Empty FormItem labels no longer result in a crash and are inspected properly (workaround Flex SDK bug).
• Non-List (e.g. DataGrid) dropDownFactory for the ComboBox selection change event is now recorded properly (workaround Flex SDK bug).
• RIATest now runs on Windows 2000.
• Bug fixes.