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New Capture Image Action |
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The new Capture Image Action
captures an image of a target,
window or desktop and saves it
to a bitmap (*.bmp) file.
For example, a Capture Image
Action could be used to record
what was on the screen at the
time an error occurred. |
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New Close Data Action |
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With the new Close Data
Action, a FoxtrotOne script can
close the currently loaded
database. This is useful when
running a script that must open
and close multiple database
files. |
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New Go To Start Action |
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The new Go To Start
Action rewinds the script to the beginning of the current
task or the Startup task giving
you greater control
over the flow of your script. |
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New Show Prompt Action |
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The new Show Prompt
Action provides the ability for
a FoxtrotOne script to prompt
the end user to enter a text or
numeric value. The script
can be designed to respond to
the value entered by the user. |
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New Show Message Action |
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The new Show Message
Action replaces the Display
Message Action found in
previous versions of FoxtrotOne.
All old Display Message
Actions will be automatically
converted to a Show Message
Action at the time the script is
opened in the new version of
FoxtrotOne. |
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New Lock Workstation
Action |
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The new Lock Workstation
Action stops the running script
then locks the workstation. Use
a Lock Workstation Action
at the end of a script to help
prevent unauthorized use of the
idle workstation. |
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New Log Off Action |
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The new Log Off Action
stops the running script, closes
FoxtrotOne then logs off the
workstation. Use a Log
Off Action at the end of a
script to help prevent
unauthorized use of the idle
workstation. |
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New Reboot Action |
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The new Reboot Action
stops the running script, closes
FoxtrotOne then reboots the
workstation. Use a
Reboot Action at the end of
a script to help prevent
unauthorized use of the idle
workstation. |
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New Shut Down Action |
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The new Shut Down Action
stops the running script, closes
FoxtrotOne then shuts down the
workstation. Use a Shut Down
Action at the end of a script to
help prevent unauthorized use of
the idle workstation. |
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New Run VBScript Action |
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FoxtrotOne is now equipped with
a Run VBScript Action
allowing users to integrate
FoxtrotOne with other enterprise
applications by executing custom
VBScript code. This is an
advanced feature that is
designed for experienced
VBScript programmers.
Although users are not required
to write any code to utilize
FoxtrotOne, users with
programming knowledge can add on
their own custom functionality
using this new Action. |
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Improved Send Data Action |
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The Send Data Action has
been improved for better
performance. Characters
are now sent to a target faster
and with greater accuracy.
FoxtrotOne now auto-throttles the
keystroke speed to find the
optimum speed at which keystrokes are
accepted by the selected target.
Fixed a bug that caused some
options to be unavailable when
creating a Send Data
Action. The bug occurred when a
user's preferences for the
Send Data Action default the
Bypass Keyboard option to
On, and the user is
attempting to create a Send
Data Action for a target
that resides in a Windows
application (a non-browser
target). |
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Improved Email Action |
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The Email Action has
been significantly improved to
work in various network
environments. By adding an
Email Action to your
FoxtrotOne script, you can be
periodically notified of the
progress of the records being
run, be alerted to a problematic
situation, or know when the job
has completed successfully. |
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Improved Web Targeting |
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FoxtrotOne's web targeting
technology has been enhanced to
more reliably locate the
selected target. This helps
ensure the target is located for
each run of the script. This
enhancement will reduce the
number of times the message
'Target not found' appears when
authoring or running a
script. |
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Powerful Web Table Targeting |
FoxtrotOne's target technology
has been dramatically enhanced
to provide robust support for
complex browser tables. The
technology has been enhanced to
handle:
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1. |
Tables within other
tables |
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2. |
Tables containing
brackets in the column
header names |
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3. |
Tables with changing
column names |
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4. |
Tables with changing
number of columns |
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.Net Application Support |
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FoxtrotOne's targeting
technology has been enhanced to
automatically handle dynamic
class names when writing scripts
for .Net applications.
This eliminates the need to know
anything about the unique nature
of .Net applications when
writing a script. |
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Power Targeting Tools |
The Advanced tab of the
Action Builder has always
provided ways to customize how
FoxtrotOne identifies a target.
Those options have been
enhanced to give you greater
control of locating the target
and now provide:
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1. |
Support for changing
target captions |
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2. |
Support for changing
Element IDs for web
targets |
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Enhanced Data View |
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The Data View in the
View Center has been
enhanced with a progress bar
that shows the current record in
relation to the entire database.
This serves as a convenient way
to visually see how many
database records have been run
and how many are remaining. |
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New Find First Unmarked
Record Feature |
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Now it is easy to locate the
first unmarked record in your
database by clicking the Find
button in the Data View.
A Find window appears
allowing you to locate the first
unmarked database record, or
jump to a specific record
number. |
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New Unmark Records with
Logtext Option |
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The Data View in the
View Center has been
enhanced with an Unmark
Records with Logtext option
that allows a user to easily
unmark only records containing a
value in the Logtext
field. This is useful if
the script logs a message in the
Logtext field if an error
occurred on that record.
Now you can unmark and re-run
only those records. |
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Improved .CSV Import Support |
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FoxtrotOne's data import wizard
is now more reliable when
importing .csv files with a
large number of fields. The data
import wizard also provides
better support for tab-delimited
data files. Now, importing data
into FoxtrotOne is easier than
ever. |
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Improved Navigate Web
Action |
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The Navigate Web Action
has been enhanced to include a
Refresh option. The
Navigate Web Action is
available when targeting the titlebar of Internet Explorer.
Use this option to easily
refresh an Internet Explorer web
page, regardless of the version
of Internet Explorer. |
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Improved Go To Record
Action |
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The Go To Record Action
has always offered an option to
jump to a specific record.
Now, a number can be entered, or
a variable or database field
that contains a numeric value.
This allows you to control the destination record
by altering the source
variable's value in the script. |
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Improved Search Action |
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The Search Action is now
more powerful as it supports
nested tokens (variables within
variables). This gives
advanced users greater
flexibility to overcome
challenging scripting scenarios. |
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Improved Stop Task Action |
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The Stop Task Action now
provides an option to suppress
the default message that is
displayed when the Stop Task
Action is executed. This
is useful in that a custom
message can be displayed (using
the Show Message Action).
Simply place a Show Message
Action directly before the
Stop Task Action to display
a custom message. |
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Improved Close Window
Action |
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The Close Window Action
has been improved so the script
waits until the target window is
fully closed before continuing.
This improves script accuracy
when running at high speeds. |
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New Run Bar |
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FoxtrotOne is now equipped with
a Run Bar that replaces
the Run Center found in
previous versions. The
Run Bar has been designed
for simplicity and ease of use
while increasing the available
viewing area for your tasks.
The last notch on the speed
slider is designated for turning
on Max Speed. The
word Max will appear on
the speed slider indicating that
FoxtrotOne will run the script
as fast as possible on that
workstation. Max Speed
is the equivalent to Full
Speed in previous versions
of FoxtrotOne. |
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Error Handling for Window
Actions |
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The Error Handling tab of
the Action Builder is now
available for the Close
Window, Maximize Window,
Minimize Window, Move
Window, Resize Window,
Restore Window, and
Show Window Actions. |
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Improved Error Messages |
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When a FoxtrotOne script stops
due to a problem, the error message that is displayed now
includes the Task Name and Line
Number where the problem
occurred. When Foxtrot X
is configured to run the script,
it is much easier to debug an
error when one occurs since the
exact location of the problem is
known. |
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Improved Microsoft Office
Compatibility |
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When Foxtrot Suite is installed
on the same computer as
Microsoft Office (2003 or
later), some Microsoft Office
applications (Outlook, Excel,
Word, etc.) may lock up after
FoxtrotOne is launched. A
compatibility issue was
corrected that resolves this
problem. |
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Improved Action Builder Form |
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The Action Builder form
is now larger making it easier
to create Actions.
FoxtrotOne requires a minimum
screen resolution of 1024x768 to
properly display the form. |
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Digital Signature |
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All Foxtrot products and
installation packages are now
digitally signed using a Code
Signing Certificate from
Microsoft®
Authenticode®.
Our digital signing certificate
was authorized and issued by
VeriSign®, the industry leading
provider of digital certificates
for Microsoft Windows Logo
programs. By digitally
signing our products, you can be
assured that the products have
not been modified in any way
since being issued by
EnableSoft, Inc. |
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Improved Tip of the Day
View |
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The Tip of the Day view
has been improved to include
more helpful tips and
techniques. Each tip is
ranked with 1 star (Beginner), 2
stars (Intermediate), or 3 stars
(Advanced). |
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Fixed Menu Click Action
Bug |
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Fixed a bug that caused the
Advanced tab of the
Action Builder to display
incorrectly when editing a
Menu Click Action. |
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Improved Clear Data File
Action |
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The Clear Data File
Action has been fixed to
properly clear the data file in
all cases. This bug
occurred when the file path
contained one or more variables. |
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Improved Write Data File
Action |
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The Write Data File
Action has been fixed to prevent
column headers from being
written to the data file more
than once. This bug occurred
when the file path contained one
or more variables. |
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Relocated DDE Command
Action |
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The DDE Command Action
has been relocated to the
Other group. |
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Miscellaneous Fixes |
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Various other minor bugs have been
fixed in this version of
FoxtrotOne. |
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