nexial-core 1.5 (2018-09-03)

Release 1.5

2018-09-03

General

• upgraded to nexial-seeknow 1.1. Supports reading text pane with two gray variants of background colors.
• supports replacing multiple (empty), (blank), (tab) and (eol) with the appropriate values in the parameter. For example, (blank)(blank)(blank) will now be replaced as ` ` (3 spaces).
• nexial-variable-update.cmd|sh: Added new command line option (-p) to preview variable updates. It won’t update variables just showcase which variables will be updated.
• nexial-variable-update.cmd|sh: fixed wrong verbiage for option -p.
• nexial-script-update.cmd|sh: minor updates to output to improve clarity.
• nexial.cmd|sh: minor command line option help regarding multi-plan support.
• nexial.pauseOnError: NEW System variable to enable the pausing of execution when a FAIL is encountered. Can be combined in use with nexial.inspectOnPause
• support specifying data variable override via command line. Same effect as using set JAVA_OPT=-D... but this may be simpler for some folks.
• prevent the evaluation of fail-fast when command does not result in a FAIL condition (e.g. SKIP)
• JVM memory allocation settings are removed from .commons files. User can set through command line using JAVA_OPT option.
• nexial.currentActivity: NEW System variable to indicate the Activity currently in execution

Nexial Filter

• fixed logic error with the ` contain ` filter. The corrected code works as a “contains one of …” match.
• fixed code to handle variable substitution when evaluating filter.

Built-in Function

• file: NEW built-in function to provide file-related functionality.
• fixed wrong references in $(syspath|script)
• support for informal date/time formatting to mimic human conversation.

Nexial Expression

• CSV excel(file,sheet,startCell): NEW operation to import CSV into a Excel worksheet. By default, startCell is set to A1.
• DATE expression: support for informal date/time formatting to mimic human conversation.
• DATE expression: fixed date operation with negative values.

base commands

• clear(vars): improve output/console messages. No change in functionality/logic.

io commands

• file validation support to give a choice to the user to define record spec configuration for any one record type or for a combination of the record types(file header, section header, section body, section footer, file footer).
• fix file validation support, for huge data files efficiently. Improves performance in file parsing and validating.
• add NEW data types: Any, REGEX, Person Name, Alpha, Alpha Upper and Alpha Lower.
• io » writeFile(file,content,append): now consider the content parameter either as a file or text content.
• io » writeFileAsIs(file,content,append): NEW commands to write to file without data variable substitution.

csv commands

json command

• fromCsv(csv,header,jsonFile): NEW command to convert CSV to JSON.

rdbms command

• support reading of file content when execution runSQL() and saveResult() commands

web commands

• honor nexial.browser.forceJSClick so that if it is set to false then Nexial will not automate click event via JavaScript. This might slightly improve execution performance and possibly reduce some flakiness.
• enable web element highlight during the execution of assert* commands. Note that [nexial.web.highlight] must be set to true to activate web element highlighting.
• nexial.web.highlight: renamed from the previous nexial.highlight System variable (which is still working) for consistency and clearer namespacing.
• nexial.web.highlight.waitMs: renamed from the previous nexial.highlightWaitMs (which is still working) for consistency and clearer namespacing.
• nexial.web.highlight.style: NEW System variable to allow for customization of web element highlighting, which is assumed as CSS style. The default is background:#faf557;.
• saveTableAsCsv(locator,nextPageLocator,file): NEW command to automate the collection of HTML table data into a CSV file.
• added firefox-specific fix for selecting option from a element. Only tested on single-option so far.
• assertTable(locator,row,column,text): fixed internal locator to find cell data with more coverage.
• savePageAsFile(sessionId,url,file): shorten parameter fileName to just file.
• dragAndDrop(fromLocator,toLocator): NEW command to support drag-and-drop automation from one element to another on the same page.
• nexial.web.unfocusAfterType: support automation to blur the target web element after entering input.
• checkAll(locator): NEW command to “check” all matching CheckBox web elements.
• uncheckAll(locator): NEW command to “uncheck” all matching CheckBox web elements.
• web » checkAll(locator): fixed code so that multiple matching web elements are refetched after each check. This prevents the element staleness issue.
• web » uncheckAll(locator): fixed code so that multiple matching web elements are refetched after each uncheck. This prevents the element staleness issue.
• minor perf. improvement for type() and click() commands.
• web » saveText(var,locator): fixed code from throwing error when the target locator did not resolve to a valid web element.
• web » assertText(locator,text): fixed code from throwing error when the target locator did not resolve to a valid web element.
• shipped with Selenium 3.14.0:
  • Added new capabilities for safari driver: automaticInspection and automaticProfiling (#6095)
  • Adding High Sierra to the platform set. Fixes #5969
  • Fixing potential Zip Slip Vulnerability, see https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability
  • Allow temporary installation of FF extension (#1) (#5751)
  • Fix windowSize option in Firefox in Javascript (#6075)
  • Pass found elements to the EventListener’s afterFind method (#6191)
  • Add native events under se:ieOptions. (#6183)
• improve log messages (console) over FAIL conditions
• support page load time out
• graceful passthrough when open() takes longer than expected to load page due to external links
• update code to handle new electron webdriver
• web » checkAll(locator) and web » uncheckAll(locator): added wait time between each matched element to reduce flakiness; improved logging.
• focus(locator): NEW command to place cursor focus on the first element that matches specified locator. Note that if the matched element is a textbox or textarea, Nexial will also automate a click to put the cursor on the target INPUT element.
• code enhanced to stabilize webdriver initialization between different browsers.
• web » typeKeys(locator,value): automatically adds TAB when value is (empty) so that the appropriate HTML event may be triggered.
  • added support for multi-key (include CONTROL, ALT, SHIFT) supports.

webalert commands

• replyOK(text): NEW command to automate prompt reply and then click OK.
• replyCancel(text): NEW command to automate prompt reply and then click Cancel.