What is new in Zap-fix?

[Barbara JacksonParticipant]

Hello Zap,

We are still using Zap-Fix version 12, we read there is already version 13 with build 14 coming soon – Please advise what new features are there at the new version so we’ll decide if it is a good idea to upgrade to it?

Thanks

[Sasha ZAPModerator]

Hello BarbJack,

Thank-you for your question.

Basically it is always important to upgrade to the newest version of ZPX( Zap-Fix) because new featuresupdatesfixesetc are being added to the new versions.
Also ZPX keeps on updating itself based on the most newest testing requirements there are in the market (And also still keeps compatibility with the old but still popular technologies).
Here is a list of all the new updates ZPX has to offer since its latest v12 till the latest build of v13:

ZAP-fiX 13.1 140130 (Release Date – Jan 30, 2014)
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• Backward Compatability added for scripts created on older ZPX versions
• Fixed: zapGetText to work with ZOE OCR
• Fixed: relative object would not use ZOE OCR
• Fixed: when advanced object properties drawer pulled up, workbench would switch focus to the first object in the collection.
• Fixed: new added objects appear in the middle of screen when object collection is scrolled horizontally

ZAP-fiX 13.1 140123 (Release Date – Jan 23, 2014)
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• Added Text Color Feature: recognize color specific text in objects using ZOE OCR v13
• Added Text Color Tolerance: fine tune text color sensitivity using the tolerance parameter in ZOE OCR v13
• Added method zapNavigateUrl to Window objects (application) – enables launching browsers and mobile viewer from inside the test case
• Added method zapCheckpoint
• Fixed Color Picker tool zoom: Zooming now works on all view sizes
• Fixed "Out of bounds" exception during execution of test cases

ZAP-fiX 13.0 140107 BETA (Release Date – Jan 07, 2014)
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• Fixed: objects not identified during execution problem.

ZAP-fiX 13.0 131226 BETA (Release Date – Dec 26, 2013)
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• Added all supported languages for ZOE OCR
• Added Asian OCR support

Known Issues:
• Text Color does not work (only black is currently working RGB: 0,0,0)

ZAP-fiX 13.0 131220 BETA (Release Date – Dec 20, 2013)
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• Fixed: Language selection in object properties now has the correct OCR languages

Known Issues:
• Text Color does not work (only black is currently working RGB: 0,0,0)

ZAP-fiX 13.0 131219_R1 BETA (Release Date – Dec 19, 2013)
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• Fixed: App hang when manually typing text into object text field. Each character typed invoked a new search, causing a memory overload.
• Fixed: Spaces in the end of each object

Known Issues:
• Text Color does not work (only black is currently working RGB: 0,0,0)

ZAP-fiX 13.0 131219 BETA (Release Date – Dec 19, 2013)
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What’s New in Version 13

• New OCR Engine
• • Improved Recognition by 45%
• • ASIAN Language Support (Not available in this build)
• Up to four times faster performance and script execution
• Updated Windows 8 GUI
• Auto-Update (Not available in BETA)

Please contact Zap for more help.

Thanks,
Sasha

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