Version 5.0.0

Squish 5.0 is a major new release with many new features and bug fixes. Here is a selected summary of the release's highlights.

New Editions

• A newly added edition supports testing of Android applications running on a device or inside of emulators.
• The new Squish for Flex edition provides support for testing of applications developed with this framework.

General

• Functions for the development of interactive test scripts.
• New highlighting mode for comparing visual differences in Image Verification Points.
• Enhanced image embedding of XML-to-HTML result conversion script.
• Enhanced 64-bit integer support in test scripts.
• Experimental: standalone Python module that provides squishrunner functionality.

IDE

• Added a Highlight button to the Spy that will mark the selected object inside of the Application Under Test.
• Introduced Up button for traversal to the parent object in the Spy object tree.
• Added a Control Bar button that allows insertion of script comments during recording.
• Updated script editors for better completion support.
• For more productive test development the IDE provides highlighting of objects and navigation upwards in the object hierarchy of the Application Under Test.
• Warn against accidental script overwriting.

Qt-specific

• Squish for Qt now comes with support for Qt 5. This applies to both traditional QWidget-based applications as well as those using the QtQuick 2 (QML 2) framework.
• Pre-build binary packages for Visual Studio 2012 users.
• Packages for WinCE available upon request.
• Made a proof-of-concept port to VxWorks. Packages available upon request.

Java-specific

• In addition to SWT and AWT/Swing controls Squish for Java has been "taught" about the new JavaFX toolkit.

Web-specific

• Support for Flash plugins executing Flex-based applications (see new edition above).
• Added support for recent versions of Firefox.
• Added support for Internet Explorer 10.
• Rewrote example application.
• Trimmed text content for HTML elements (for greater cross-browser portability).
• Hide useless NODE elements.

Windows (native)-specific

• Introduced use of MSAA (Microsoft Active Accessibility) interface to test yet unsupported toolkits like Delphi.
• Added support for Microsoft WPF Ribbon Control.
• Added support for various Telerik controls.
• Various improvements for the naming and picking of WindowsForms and WPF controls.

macOS-specific (Cocoa/Carbon edition)

• Support for embedded WebKit HTML controls through combination with Squish for Web.

iOS-specific (iPhone/iPad edition)

• Support for embedded WebKit HTML controls through combination with Squish for Web.

Tk-specific

• Added dragAndDrop() functions.

Add-Ons

• Add-On for Visual Studio, TFS and Microsoft Test Manager (MTM).

Documentation

• Added lots of new tips and problem resolutions to the Knowledge Base.