Hexawise recent updates

Hexawise recent updates

January 25, 2014
IMPROVED
Error messages on plan import

Error messages about issues with a plan import file are now more helpful and descriptive, especially with value expansions.

IMPROVED
Password requirement checklist

When creating initial password at registration, there is now a checklist of password requirements to be fulfilled.

January 6, 2014
IMPROVED
More specific requirements import error message

Fixed a generic error page when importing certain types of invalid requirements sheets in an Excel file import.

December 31, 2013
IMPROVED
Line breaks in Auto-Script exports

Line breaks in Auto-Script steps and expected results are now exported into Excel and HP QC as functioning line breaks.

FIXED
Special characters in Excel export corrupting the file

More general fix for all other cases and sheets.

December 18, 2013
NEW
Fancy new spinner when tests are generated

Oooohh.... pretty!

December 11, 2013
IMPROVED
Error messages when leaving a value expansion name or values blank

Now you receive a helpful message before a round trip to the server is attempted.

NEW
Warning when value pairs and requirements conflict

You are now warned when creating a new value pair that conflicts with an existing requirement, or when creating a new requirement that conflicts with an existing value pair.

Requirements and value pairs are allowed to conflict (the requirement takes precedence), but this is generally not what you want so the warning is usually quite helpful.

Thanks to Amit for the suggestion.

FIXED
Selecting higher strength analyze tests would return you to the "Create Tests" screen

This was a temporary regression which is now fixed.

December 5, 2013
FIXED
Special characters in Excel export corrupting the file

This was fixed for a specific case with a more generalized fix to follow.

FIXED
Error page when clicking an email share when not logged in

This was a temporary regression which is now fixed.

December 2, 2013
NEW
Import into an existing plan

You can now import using the edit plan dialog (click the pencil icon by the plan name). Importing into an existing plan is a shortcut for deleting the plan and starting it anew with a new plan via import. The plan is completely replaced by the contents of the import.

November 21, 2013
FIXED
Value expansion drop down was hidden

There was an issue with the z-order that could cause the value expansions drop down combo text box list of prior value expansions to be hidden. Thanks to Kevin and Rathiv for reporting the issue.

NEW
Warning when you might be entering results as inputs

If you use one of a few different parameter names that are often used to describe expected results, Hexawise will show a suggestion that you shouldn't enter expected results as test inputs.

November 13, 2013
IMPROVED
Default panel sizes in auto-scripts

For new plans, the majority of the screen is portioned to the top panel with the auto-script steps rather than the bottom preview panel.

IMPROVED
Resizable text entry boxes in auto-scripts

The step and expected result text areas in auto-scripts are now resizable on all browsers except Internet Explorer to give you a bit more room to type and edit when you need it.

FIXED
Importing value expansions

The list of value expansions could get cut off when importing from an Excel file. This is now resolved.

November 12, 2013
CHANGED
Format of expected results conditions in Excel export/import file

If you are editing your auto-scripts outside the tool in Excel, the expected results conditions for a a step used to be marked with bolding. This proved to be brittle to different versions of Excel representing bolding in different ways, so this has been replaced with the curly bracket { } syntax used elsewhere throughout the Excel file format.

To see an example of this, look at the sample Excel import file linked from the "Create New Test Plan" dialog, or export an Excel export of a plan that has at least one auto-script step with an expected result condition, then look at the "Auto-Script Definitions" tab.

November 4, 2013
IMPROVED
End-to-end rework to ensure login timeouts are as unobtrusive as possible

If your login to Hexawise times out, we prompt you to log back in. Not a big disruption. But what if you timed out just before submitting a big edit to your plan, or you just completed showing your competency by answering some questions to level up? In some of these scenarios, the action you were trying to take would be lost.

We've done a lot of work to try to eliminate these cases and ensure that you'll never lose what you were trying to do to a timed out login. It's not perfect yet, but it's much, much better.

November 1, 2013
IMPROVED
Visibility of the Clear Auto-Scripts link

This link, located in the header bar of the Auto-Script panel anytime you have more than 2 steps in your Auto-Scripts was low contrast. Now it isn't.

October 15, 2013
IMPROVED
Slow loading time on the export dialog in some cases

If you had plans with a very large number of parameters and very large number of generated test values the export dialog would take a long time to load. While the export will take a while in this case, the export dialog should not.

October 14, 2013
FIXED
Missing requirements

In rare cases, the latter of numerous requirements could be ignored and not included in the generated tests.

Thanks to Andrew for reporting the issue.

October 9, 2013
FIXED
Tiny delete icon in Chrome

Once there were enough value pairs to force a scroll bar and if the parameter names were long enough, not enough space was reserved for the delete icon forcing Chrome to resize it into a tiny, Alice in Wonderland icon. This was a 3-way bug if you are keeping track: Chrome, lots of value pairs, long parameter names and values.

FIXED
Problem getting import format help in IE with a unicode plan name

This one has been around for a couple years now. We've seen it pop up once a month or so in our automated bug reporting system, but could never replicate it. That's because the interactions it requires to trigger the defect are of the "those could never interact variety". It required a specific browser, specific data, and a specific sequence of events including an action that you wouldn't suspect has any relation to the data.

Andrew "Sherlock Holmes" Shindyapin finally tracked it down:

If you are in Internet Explorer, AND you create a new plan, AND you enter a plan name that contains unicode characters into the dialog, AND you then click on the "what kind of files" link, then you got an error.

Now you don't.

FIXED
Parameter reuse in IE

In Internet Explorer, when selecting a parameter from the parameter name drop down to reuse it from another plan, the parameter values would all be on one line rather than newline delimited. This is fixed.