nexial-core 2.1 (2019-04-13)

Release 2.1

2019-04-13

General

Fixes:

• code fix to render correctly (color) the console output for SKIPPED step in base » repeatUntil(steps,maxWaitMs) loop.
• simplify nexial.sh by eliminating the need for a shell script to be generated dynamically.
• fix error with macro refactoring via nexial-macro-update.sh.
• fix error where data variables defined in project.properties are not overwritten via base » save(var,value). As with this fix, only certain System variables will not be overwritten due to the run time nature of such data variables (e.g. nexial.manageMemory).

Improvements:

• shell scripts support commandline arguments that contain spaces.
• added execution output html link and more meaningful data to execution result notification mail.
• added preview option(-p) for macro refactor batch file.

Project Inspector

• code fix to nexial-project-inspector when the target project does not contain project.properties
• code fix to nexial-project-inspector when the target project does not contain artifact/bin directory
• adding a bit more project metadata when inspecting project via nexial-project-inspector.
• support nexial-macro-update and nexial-variable-update batch files from Project Inspector.
• slight enhancement to nexial-project-inspector to automatically open HTML after script completes.
• performance improvement on scanning project artifacts via local cache, which is stored in $USER_HOME/.nexial/projectCache/$PROJECT_NAME.
• minor output adjustment to improve readability.
• improvement on data variable inspection on commands that take on multiple variable parameters.

System Variables

• nexial.io.copyConfig: provides modes for copying new file to existing file location.

Nexial Expression

• XML Expression
  • append: NEW append content to xml document.
  • clear: NEW clear content of xml document.
  • delete: NEW delete node from xml document.
  • insertAfter: NEW insert content after xml document.
  • insertBefore: NEW insert content after xml document.
  • prepend: NEW prepend content to xml document.
  • replace: NEW replace xml node with content from xml document.
  • replaceIn: NEW replace inside xml content of xml document.
• LIST Expression
  • LIST » sum: fix the handling of numbers with different floating points. Now Nexial should resolve to the largest (or longest) floating points found during the sum operation.
  • LIST » replaceItem: fix to support empty item replacement
• WEB Expression: NEW expression for web automation
  
  • click(locator) : This clicks on element specified via locator.
  • deselect(locator,option1,option2,option3...) : deselects one or multiple options from the listbox.
  • fetchAsCsv(locator1,locator2,locator3...) : stores the values of web elements specified via locators in CSV format
  • select(locator,option1,option2,option3...) : This selects one or multiple options from the listbox.
  • selectWindow(locator,winId) : This selects the open tab/window as per the windows id or by index..
  • text : transforms the associated Web statement(s) result into plain text.
  • type(locator,value) : Enters the specified value into the first element that matches the specified locator.
  • typeKeys(locator,value) : performs keystroke on the element specified via locator. For more information,
  • wait(waitMs) :  waits till the desired time(in milli seconds) passed as input parameter waitMs
• NUMBER Expression:
  • whole - renamed round operation to whole

base commands

• macro(file,sheet,name): support the reference of macro files from directories other than artifact/script.

desktop commands

• code fix to editTableCells(row,nameValues) when combo box is not editable (can’t type text in combo box).

io commands

• copyFilesByRegex(sourceDir,regex,target): copy all files from sourceDir matching specified regex recursively to target location.
• moveFilesByRegex(sourceDir,regex,target): move all files from sourceDir matching specified regex recursively to target location.
• deleteFilesByRegex(sourceDir,regex): delete all files from sourceDir matching specified regex recursively.

rdbms commands

• now supports CREATE and DROP keywords for SQL execution

number commands

• whole(var) - NEW round number as Whole number(Integer)
• roundTo(var,closestDigit) - renamed round(var,closestDigit) command to roundTo(var,closestDigit)

web commands

• new System variable - nexial.web.scrollIntoView to reduce additional (and possibly unnecessary) scrollIntoView automation prior to interacting with an element. This would be applicable to “type”, “typeKeys”, “click” and “double click” commands.
• code fix for Electron app where not all Selenium/Webdriver features are supported, particularly actions.
• code fix for Electron app where element.clear() is not really clearing out input value due to registered event handler on the application. In such case, Nexial issue hard BACKSPACE to compensate the clearing intent.
• rightClick(locator): NEW command to support right click.
• nexial.web.clearWithBackspace: NEW System variable to forcefully clear out text input using BACKSPACE keystrokes. Default is false (i.e. not enabled).
  • improved clearing strategy on text input field by first issuing an END keystroke and then issuing the appropriate number of BACKSPACE.
• assertElementsPresent(prefix): NEW command to assert a series of web elements via their respective locators.
• saveValues(var,locator): NEW command to save value of multiple matching web form elements.

xml commands

• insertAfter(xml,xpath,content,var): NEW command to insert content after xml document specified via xpath
• insertBefore(xml,xpath,content,var): NEW command to insert content before xml document specified via xpath
• replaceIn(xml,xpath,content,var): NEW command to replace inside content of an XML document specified via xpath