Release notes for HCL OneTest™ UI
This document contains information about what's new, installation instructions, known problems in and contact information of HCL Customer Support.
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Product description
HCL OneTest™ UI is a GUI test automation tool that is used to accelerate the functional and regression testing. It provides a flexible environment to test the desktop and web applications very efficiently. It is used to test a wide range of applications that includes HTML, web, native and hybrid mobile, SAP, Java, Power Builder, and Windows desktop applications. HCL OneTest™ UI is available in two integrated development environments (IDE): Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The Eclipse integration supports both Java and simplified (non-programming) method of scripting while the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET integration supports Microsoft Visual Basic .NET scripting language. See Product overview.
What's New
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Support for Chrome and Edge browsers in the Docker container
HCL OneTest™ UI now provides support for running tests by using the Chrome and Edge browsers that are bundled with the product offering in a Docker container. You must accept the license terms for usage by using the acceptLicense parameter when you run a test on these browsers in the Docker container. See Running tests in a containerized workbench.
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Support for deletion of pre-existing cursors
You can now delete the existing cursor from the previous test run of a functional test that uses the getServerDatasetCursor API. You can use the CursorClient.deleteCursor(String datasetId, String cursorId); method to delete an existing cursor. See Java API help.
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Support to override the project specified for BrowserStack and BitBar clouds
You can now select or create a project to override the project that is specified on the Preferences page, when you run mobile tests or a compound test that contains mobile tests on device clouds such as BrowserStack or BitBar. See the following links:- Running mobile tests on Android devices on BrowserStack Cloud
- Running mobile tests on iOS devices on BrowserStack Cloud
- Running compound tests on Android devices on BrowserStack Cloud
- Running compound tests on iOS devices on BrowserStack Cloud
- Running mobile tests on Android devices on BitBar Cloud
- Running mobile tests on iOS devices on BitBar Cloud
- Running compound tests on Android devices on BitBar Cloud
- Running compound tests on iOS devices on BitBar Cloud
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Support for verifying read-only controls
You can now verify whether the value of a read-only control in the Web UI test is modified or not by running the test. The test step of the read-only control fails if its value is modified.
Deprecated capabilities
- No capabilities were deprecated in this release.
Removed capabilities
No capabilities were removed in this release.
Installing the product
For installation instructions, see Installing HCL OneTest UI.
Known issues
You can find information about the known issues identified in this release of HCL OneTest™ UI.
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Known problems are documented in the download document and in the form of individual tech notes in the Support Knowledge Base. See the Support Knowledge Base.
The knowledge base is continually updated as issues are discovered and resolved. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to issues.
Contacting HCL support
- For technical assistance, contact HCL Customer Support.
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Before you contact HCL support, you must gather the background information that you might need to describe your problem. When you describe a problem to the HCL support specialist, be as specific as possible and include all relevant background information so that the specialist can help you solve the problem efficiently. To save time, know the answers to these questions:
- What software versions were you running when the problem occurred?
- Do you have logs, traces, or messages that are related to the problem?
- Can you reproduce the problem? If so, what steps do you take to reproduce it?
- Is there a workaround for the problem? If so, be prepared to describe the workaround.