nexial-core 3.9 (2021-05-17)

2021-05-17

fixed data type conversion issue when generating execution result after execution.

nexial.projectProperties.trimKey: support leading/trailing spaces in data variable names in the project.properties, for aligning variable values to improve readability.
implemented auto-retry when Nexial fails to retrieve content from a URL. This can impact (hopefully positively) many functionalities where a URL is referenced (for remote content) instead of a local file path.
Default nexial.enforcePageSourceStability to false to improve overall execution performance.
consider Nexial installer directory case-insensitively for Windows system.

TEXT » number: “optimistically” converts text to number by gently removing non-numeric characters.
CSV » reorder: rearrange the column order.
LIST: allows the creation of a LIST expression with no data (a list of size 0).

nexial.desktop.simulateClick: NEW System variable to support “simulated” click which might provides more stability in automation.
nexial.screenshotEnabled: NEW System variable to enable/disable screen capturing across an entire execution. By default, this is set to true. Setting it false will disable screen capturing for all steps and the “screenshot”-related commands.

assertVarsPresent(vars): check that all the specified data variables exist in the current execution.
assertVarsNotPresent(vars): check that none of the specified data variables exist in the current execution.

improved support on grid cell data by making special treatment for combo box embedded within a grid cell.
improved accuracy and performance of fetching cell data from a datagrid component (Infragistics 4).
implemented nexial.desktop.simulateClick configuration in the “`extra” section of a component configuration. This configuration supports the clicking of a button, checkbox or radio button via simulated click.
implement cell-specific value formatting for data grid cells. Add formatting rules in the "extra" fields of the JSON configuration, like this: "extra": { "Column Name.format": "old_format,new_format" }.
rightClickElementOffset(name,xOffset,yOffset): NEW command to support right click.
rightClickOffset(locator,xOffset,yOffset): NEW command to support right click.
update both “contextMenu” commands to support x/y offsets:
- contextMenu(name,menu,xOffset,yOffset)
- contextMenuByLocator(locator,menu,xOffset,yOffset)
speed up the initialization of winium driver.
reduce winium driver’s internal logging
editTableCells(row,nameValues):
- fixed the handling of checkbox in data grid cell. Faster and more stable now.
- avoid unintended clicking of a checkbox-cell during the initial focus on the target data grid component.

saveDiff(var,baseline,actual): improved image comparison algorithm for more accurate and meaningful result.

saveMatches(var,path,fileFilter,textFilter):
- Use nexial.io.matchIncludeDirectories to include subdirectories in the match.
- fix logical inclusion issue when mixed with nexial.io.matchRecursive
- fixed UnsupportedOperationException due to the use of singleton list

sendComposed(profile,var): failure condition now generate error log to aid in RCA

screenshot(file,locator,removeFixed): additional wait time to offset any visual effect caused by nexial.web.highlight
assertLocation(search): NEW command to assert the current URL with PolyMatcher.
fixed a “circular reference” issue with collection browser performance metrics over JQuery-laden web page.
improve screenshot support on headless automation by automatically dismissing any JS alert/confirm dialogs before taking screenshots.
selectText(locator): improved approach to select text on a page; no longer required ID on the target element.
support downloading multiple files at once on Chrome and Firefox browser.
nexial.browser.downloadPdf: now default to true, which means Nexial will download PDF instead of opening it by default; seems to be a useful default.

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