Foxtrot Suite v6.0 Enhancements

Applies to:  Foxtrot Suite

Summary

Listed below is the complete list of enhancements included in Foxtrot Suite v6.0.

• New Actions
• Capture Image - captures an image of a target, window or desktop and saves it to a file.
• Close Data - closes the currently loaded database.
• Go To Start - Rewinds the script to the top of the Current Task or to the top of the Startup Task.
• Show Message - Displays a message to the user.  (Formerly referred to as the Display Message Action).
• Show Prompt - Prompts the user to enter a text or number value.

• New Workstation Actions
• Lock Workstation - Locks the workstation and stops the script.
• Log Off - Logs off the workstation.
• Reboot - Reboots the workstation.
• Shut Down - Shuts down the workstation.
  
  
• New Advanced Rub VBScript Action
• Run VBScript - Executes VBScript code authored by the user.
• Improved Send Data Action has been improved for better performance.  Characters are now sent to a target faster and with greater accuracy.  FoxtrotOne auto-throttles to the keystroke speed to find the optimum speed keystrokes are accepted by the selected target.
• Improved Web Targeting
• 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 your script.
• Powerful Web Table Targeting
• FoxtrotOne's target technology has been dramatically enhanced to provide robust support for browser tables.  The technology has been enhanced to handle:
• Tables within other tables
• Tables containing brackets in the column header names
• Tables with changing column names
• Tables with a changing number of columns
• .Net Application Support
• FoxtrotOne's targeting technology has been enhanced to handle dynamic target class names automatically when writing scripts for .Net applications.  This elminates the need to know anything about the unique nature of .Net applications when writing the script.
• Power Targeting Tools
• The Advanced Tab of the Action Builder has always provided ways to customize how FoxtrotOne identifies a target.  Those advanced options have been enhanced to provide:
• Support for changing target captions
• Support for changing Element ID's

•  Enhanced Data View

• The data View in teh View Center has been enhanced with a progress bar that shows you the current record in relation to the entire database.  This serves as a convenient way to visually see how many of the database records have been run, and how many are remaining. 
  
  
• New Find First Unmarked Record Feature
• Now it is easy to locate the first unmarked record in your database by clicking the Find button in the Database view.  A Find dialog will appear allowing you to locate the first unmarked database record, or jump to a specific record number.
  
  
• New Unmark Records with Logtext Options
• The Data View in the View Center has been enhanced with an Unmarked Records with Logtext option that allows a user to easily unmark only records containing a value in the LogText field of the database.
  
  
• Improved .CSV Import Support
• 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.
  
  
• Improved Navigate Web Action
• 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 teh version of Internet Explorer with which your script is interacting.
  
  
• Improved Go To Record Action
• 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 easily control which destination record by simply altering the source variable's value in the script.
  
  
• Improved Search Action
• The Search Action is nore more powerful as it supports nested tokens (variables within variables).  This gives advanced users greater flexibility to overcome challenging scripting scenarios.

• Improved Stop Task Action
• The Stop Task Action now provides an option to suppress the default message that is displayed when the Stop Task Action is executed and the script is stopped.  This is useful in that a custom message can be displayed instead (using the Show Message Action).  Simply place a Show Message Action directly before the Stop Task Action to display a custom message.
  
  
• Improved Clear Data File Action
• The Clear Data File Action has been improved to properly clear the data file in all cases.
  
  
• Improved Close Window Action
• 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. 
  
  
• New Run Bar
• 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 on the new Run Bar 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 machine.
  
  
• Error Handling for Windows Actions
• The 'Error Handling' tab of the Action Builder is now available for the Close Window, Maximize Window, Minimize Window, Move Window, Resize Window and Show Window Actions.
  
  
• Improved Error Messages
• When a FoxtrotOne script stops due to a problem, the message box that is displayed now includes the Task Name and Line Number where the error 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.
  
  
• Improved Microsoft Office Compatibility
• 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 prevents this problem from occurring.
  
  
• Improved Action Builder Form
• 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.
  
  
• Digital Signature
• All Foxtrot products and installation packages are now digitally signed using a Code Signing Certificate for 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.
  
  
• Better Tip of the Day View
• 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).
  
  
• Relocated DDE Command Action
• The DDE Command Action has been relocated to the Other group.
  
  
• Fixed Menu Click Action Bug
• Fixed a bug that caused the Advanced tab of the Action Builder to display incorrectly when editing a Menu Click Action.
  
  
• Fixed Write Data File Action
• 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 contains one or more variables.
  

Keywords

 Foxtrot Suite, FoxtrotOne, Foxtrot X