Version 6.4.2

Squish 6.4.2 is a maintenance release containing bug fixes for all editions of the product. See the following sections for a detailed list of all changes.

General

• Fixed an issue due to which calling ApplicationContext attachToApplication(autName) would sometimes fail on Windows systems.
• Stability improvements for squishserver.

Scripting

• Scripts using the squishtest Python module can now use the XML3 report format.
• Python scripts using the squishtest module will no longer print warning messages to the console when calling the Object waitForObject(objectOrName) function.
• Fixed an issue in the squishtest Python module which caused screenshots taken in response to test failures not to get saved to disk.
• Fixed memory leak when editing BDD features for JavaScript scripts.
• The JavaScript source() function - when invoked inside an imported script module - will evaluate code within that module's scope. As a result, functions and variables will no longer leak to the global scope. We advise to port all source(filename) calls to import statements.
• The nativeType(keys) function now permits typing just modifier keys when executing tests on macOS, as in nativeType("<Alt>").
• Fixed squishide crash when using circular imports in Python.

Android-specific

• Support added for Android-9.0.
• The Object Snapshot functionality now works as expected when dealing with applications embedding WebView controls.

Web-specific

• Fixed a problem shutting down Chrome and Firefox processes leading to error messages shown in the server log about QProcess deleted while process is still running.
• Fixed a problem causing the webhook process to terminate unexpectedly when typing text into an input field.
• Fixed a problem accessing the text of items in some SmartGWT trees

Qt-specific

• Fixed geometry and readiness calculation for items that have a non-zero height and width but return an empty bounding rectangle, most notably Text and TextInput items without any text set.
• Fixed type(objectOrName, text) not throwing an error on invalid special key sequences such as <Contrl>.
• The type(objectOrName, text) now accepts the modifier Ctrl as documented; the old term Control is still accepted for backwards compatibility.
• Fixed an issue causing the AUT to abort unexpectedly when enabling qWarning() messages to be fatal errors.
• Added QImage/QPixmap API in testscripts for Qt 5.11 and later.
• Fixed an issue causing interactions with partially off-screen QGraphicsItem objects not to fail.
• Squish now shows the Qt version and configuration when hooking.

Java-specific

• Resolved an issue causing the chooseDirectory(objectOrName, path) and chooseFile(objectOrName, filename) functions to get stuck when interacting with JavaFx controls embedded into SWT.
• Fixed Squish accessing JavaFx-web module for Java 9 and later.
• Fixed object snapshot when having a WebView in JavaFx or Browser in SWT

macOS-specific (Cocoa/Carbon edition)

• Added support for custom views in the title bar of a window.

Windows (native)-specific

• Fixed tests ending prematurely in some cases when interacting with plain Win32 (e.g. MFC) toolbar items.
• Improved reliability of recording user interactions, especially interactions done right after starting the application.
• Fixed a problem causing Squish not to recognize any HTML elements in IE controls embedded into native Windows applications.

Source Packages

• Running build install will now also install .pdb files when doing debug builds on Windows.
• Added support for building with Qt 5.12 (except for Qt on Android).