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Version 4.0.2 8/26/08
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1Fixing sourceFixes Optimization of project file sizes for saved project files that contain data source references.
2Fixing sourceFixes Optimization of memory usage when using data sources.
3Fixing sourceFixes SmartCard cert reference caching to distinguish among certificates with the same DN and update the certificate selections accordingly.
4Fixing sourceFixes About dialog system info button for Vista platforms.
5Fixing sourceFixes cancel button handling when exiting SOAPSonar and are prompted to save the project
6Fixing sourceFixes schema import folder detection to also attempt previously selected folder for schema file locations defined without a directory path
7Fixing sourceFixes SOAP 1.2 WSDL bindings handling of SOAPAction
8Fixing sourceFixes SOAPAction header handling when converting from SOAP 1.1/1.2.
9Fixing sourceFixes handling of duplicate includes to remove duplicate definitions of schema types names in different namespaces
10Fixing sourceFixes Asynchronous Performance mode to initialize the data sources across all concurrent Test Groups and wait for completion of initialization before starting the test
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1Fixing sourceFixes Optimization of project file sizes for saved project files that contain data source references.
2Fixing sourceFixes About dialog system info button for Vista platforms.
3Fixing sourceFixes cancel button handling when exiting SOAPSonar and are prompted to save the project
4Fixing sourceFixes schema import folder detection to also attempt previously selected folder for schema file locations defined without a directory path
5Fixing sourceFixes SOAP 1.2 WSDL bindings handling of SOAPAction
6Fixing sourceFixes SOAPAction header handling when converting from SOAP 1.1/1.2.
7Fixing sourceFixes handling of duplicate includes to remove duplicate definitions of schema types names in different namespaces
Version 4.0.1 8/01/08
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded Quick Links navigation screen for Projects
2New featureAdded WS-Policy Support to dynamically build Security and Identity policies based on embedded WSDL WS-Policy tags
3New featureAdded SmartCard Support for dynamic Encryption, Decryption and Signatures
4New featureAdded SmartCard Support for dynamic SSL X.509 Mutual Authentication from SmartCard Key
5New featureAdded XSD Schema Validation for non-WSDL projects
6New featureAdded XML Schematron Validation Success Criteria
7New featureAdded IP Override setting for selective IP override while retaining URL path
8New featureAdded additional support for directory relative paths for compound WSDL and Schema in relative paths directory structures with ..\ notation
9New featureAdded new display screens for WSDL Service and WSDL operation nodes that include filtered item searching
10Fixing sourceFixes WS-I Analysis errors caused by schema include statement in main WSDL types block
11Fixing sourceFixed average response time calculation when using dependent test chains in performance mode
12Fixing sourceFixed XPath expression resolution for explicit XPath index values > 0
13Fixing sourceFixes logic for runtime variables when a test case request runtime variable is used in a response task within the same test case
14Fixing sourceFixes display of failed success criteria items to include function details
15Fixing sourceFixes variable detection of tasks to ignore disabled tasks
16Fixing sourceFixes Validate Schema success criteria rule to properly fail on SOAP Faults if the "Allow SOAP Faults" option is unchecked
17Fixing sourceFixes criteria result reporting for Validate Schema success criteria rule to report detection of SOAP fault and whether "Allow SOAP Fault" setting is enabled
18Fixing sourceFixes MTOM setting on policy to force MTOM XOP package format when client is set to "On", regardless of whether there is BASE64 data in the request to process
19Fixing sourceFixes HP Quality Center test result formats to include the match result details of each evaluated success criteria rule
20Fixing sourceFixes Xpath Success criteria rule to handle duplicate namespace prefix mappings with different prefix names at the same XML XPath level
21Fixing sourceFixes File Read sharing violations when running multiple instances of RunSuite.exe or SOAPSonar.exe
22Fixing sourceFixes X509SerialNumber WS-Signature option to use Decimal representation of the X509 serial number rather than the default HEX value
23Fixing sourceFixes PKI Certificate selection display to provide more details including X509 certificate extensions such as KeyUsage
24Fixing sourceFixes Synchronization of Task processing for performance mode virtual clients
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded Quick Links navigation screen for Projects
2New featureAdded additional support for directory relative paths for compound WSDL and Schema in relative paths directory structures with ..\ notation
3New featureAdded new display screens for WSDL Service and WSDL operation nodes that include filtered item searching
4Fixing sourceFixes WS-I Analysis errors caused by schema include statement in main WSDL types block
Version 3.5.11 6/22/08
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded MoveUp/MoveDown Menu options for project tree nodes
2New featureAdded WSDL Operation alphabetic sort setting
3New featureAdded Error Rate field to Performance Mode results
4New featureAdded NTLM authentication option to WSDL capture authentication settings
5New featureAdded additional Performance Trace Settings
6New featureAdded 'Exact Substring Match' option to Content and HTTP string match function
7New featureUpdated Performance mode TPS and Throughput results to not include HTTP code 400-599 responses
8New featureUpdated performance Trace data with enhanced information
9Fixing sourceFixes Command-Line Throttle option
10Fixing sourceFixes AVD library setting recall after SOAPSonar restart
11Fixing sourceFixes dynamic REST Query Interface display
12Fixing sourceFixes match none Success criteria for SOAP fault contents
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded MoveUp/MoveDown Menu options for project tree nodes
2New featureAdded WSDL Operation alphabetic sort setting
3New featureAdded NTLM authentication option to WSDL capture authentication settings
4New featureAdded 'Exact Substring Match' option to Content and HTTP string match function
Version 3.5.10 6/2/08
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded Think Time parameter setting for Performance Mode tests
2New featureAdded Command-Line options for Throttle, Throttle Rate, and Throttle Value for Performance mode tests
3New featureAdded Feature to Platinum License for Mapping virtual clients to unique data source rows
4New featureAdded support to the Extract XML Fragment task to allow an encoded string to included another encoded string
5Fixing sourceFixes namespace prefix detection for abstract types in compound WSDL with imported message definitions with import schema references
6Fixing sourceFixes HTML View setting on XML View Control to render HTML without an XML transform
7Fixing sourceFixes the Force Scan all Results setting on Success Criteria to scan multiple XPath criteria withn rule as well as multiple rules
8Fixing sourceFixes logic for the "Ignore Criteria if XPath not Found" setting to force pass when no XML exists at XPath location
9Fixing sourceFixes display of number of clients in command-line console performance summary
10Fixing sourceFixes schema parses to properly handle late-binding parsing for embedded choice types with occurence attributes
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1Fixing sourceFixes namespace prefix detection for abstract types in compound WSDL with imported message definitions with import schema references
2Fixing sourceFixes HTML View setting on XML View Control to render HTML without an XML transform
3Fixing sourceFixes schema parses to properly handle late-binding parsing for embedded choice types with occurence attributes
Version 3.5.9 5/13/08
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded command-line option for specifying selective Test Group to run in Test Suite
2New featureAdded command-line option for specifying the log result directory
3New featureAdded command-line option for specifying the number of virtual clients to use for performance mode
4New featureAdded command-line option for specifying the ramp up, ramp down, and ramp strategy performance mode options
5New featureAdded command-line options for specifying the test duration or test iteration performance mode settings
6New featureAdded Ramp Up, Ramp Down, and Ramp Strategy settings for performance mode tests
7New featureAdded CSV export to right-click context menu for the log view Grids displays
8New featureAdded detailed Performance mode metrics to command-line output for command-line triggered performance tests
9New featureAdded support for Abstract WSDL Services (no explicit service definition in WSDL
10Fixing sourceFixes browse button on Reporting View for changing reporting directory
11Fixing sourceFixes Excel setting grid export format to export values to Excel as numbers instead of text
12Fixing sourceFixes schema parser to handle schema duplicates from multiple includes of the same schema across different schema imports
13Fixing sourceFixes logic error with Policy Authentication settings for local authentication and global forced override
14Fixing sourceFixes elapsed run time display on command-line output
15Fixing sourceFixes schema compilation warning when using xsd:include statements directly inside WSDL schema blocks
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded support for Abstract WSDL Services (no explicit service definition in WSDL
2Fixing sourceFixes browse button on Reporting View for changing reporting directory
3Fixing sourceFixes Excel setting grid export format to export values to Excel as numbers instead of text
4Fixing sourceFixes schema parser to handle schema duplicates from multiple includes of the same schema across different schema imports
Version 3.5.8 4/25/08
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded flag on success criteria to disable optimization and force processing all rules regardless of the result
2Fixing sourceFixes right-click context menu on Response Task dialogs to show available ADS, ADF, and RV variables
3Fixing sourceFixes File Manipulation Action Task to resolve any applicable context variables prior to writing data to file
4Fixing sourceFixes Update Global Variable task to allow updating global variables with other test variables
5Fixing sourceFixes File Manipulation Action Task newline to include line feed as well as carriage return
6Fixing sourceFixes Test Case Rename for XML Test Case types
7Fixing sourceFixes Data Source "Limit Rows" logic error when parsing page specifications
8Fixing sourceFixes Display of ordered extension types on Late-Binding schema fields GUI buttons
9Fixing sourceFixes SOAP generation for xsd:choice type late binding when choice type maps to element with no child elements
10Fixing sourceIncreased Max Timeout parameter for requests to 10 minutes
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded flag on success criteria to disable optimization and force processing all rules regardless of the result
2Fixing sourceFixes Display of ordered extension types on Late-Binding schema fields GUI buttons
3Fixing sourceFixes SOAP generation for xsd:choice type late binding when choice type maps to element with no child elements
Version 3.5.7 4/7/08
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1Fixing sourceFixes issue with 'Show as Root' option not correctly expanding certain filtered types
2Fixing sourceFixes issue with prefix declaration in SOAP envelope for late binding of abstract types from other schema namespaces
3Fixing sourceFixes display of late bind abstract types to display in alphabetical order
4Fixing sourceFixes schema compilation warnings with WSDL files having schema referencing each other via import statements
5Fixing sourceFixes global header setting to be applied to requests sent from Project view
6Fixing sourceOptimized handling of schema compilation errors when using schema fields
7Fixing sourceAssociates .ssp extensions as known extension to launch SOAPSonar
8Fixing sourceFixes issue with new recursive extended schema parsing resolution causing a stack overflow exception on certain schemas
9Fixing sourceFixes Global Variable substitutions for success criteria when variable does not appear in request
10Fixing sourceFixes Performance Mode to no longer abort existing connections for duration mode tests, but rather allow the virtual client connections to end gracefully
11Fixing sourceFixes depedency chain with ADS variables in performance mode to substitute values when the variable reference is in a dependent test
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1Fixing sourceFixes issue with 'Show as Root' option not correctly expanding certain filtered types
2Fixing sourceFixes issue with prefix declaration in SOAP envelope for late binding of abstract types from other schema namespaces
3Fixing sourceFixes display of late bind abstract types to display in alphabetical order
4Fixing sourceFixes schema compilation warnings with WSDL files having schema referencing each other via import statements
5Fixing sourceOptimized handling of schema compilation errors when using schema fields
6Fixing sourceAssociates .ssp extensions as known extension to launch SOAPSonar
7Fixing sourceFixes issue with new recursive extended schema parsing resolution causing a stack overflow exception on certain schemas
Version 3.5.6 3/13/08
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded new Task "Extract XML Fragment" allowing portion of XML request or response to be extracted and used for runtime variable capture and success criteria
2New featureAdded 'Show as Root' option for schema field objects to focus on segments of the schema to work on
3New featureAdded 'Null Value' option for Data sources to allow specifying a value to be used to remove element when variable from table cell matches the value
4New featureAdded code handling for Windows operating system handle limitation on schema fields layout
5Fixing sourceFixes issue with including Failed Criteria results as HTTP Errors in Summary and Detailed Reports Transfer Statistics pie charts
6Fixing sourceFixed context menu for ADS, ADF, and RV variable types in the Request URL context menu
7Fixing sourceFixes response tasks XML response data in project view
8Fixing sourceFixes variable settings on Database success criteria rule
9Fixing sourceFixes ADF Value Enumeration to allow specifying blank entries between valid entries
10Fixing sourceFixes Dependency checking to ignore Self-referenced runtime variables
11Fixing sourceExtends late binding of choice types referencing element types in external referenced schemas
12Fixing sourceExtends late binding extension parsing to parse all inheritence levels to base rather than limit to first level
13Fixing sourceExtends late binding choice type parsing to handle generic schema sequence types
14Fixing sourceOptimized Memory consumption when running tests
15Fixing sourceUpdated database query success criteria to detect sql statement COUNT and extract the result as the count
16Fixing sourceUpdates result text of database query success criteria details to show SQL query
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded 'Show as Root' option for schema field objects to focus on segments of the schema to work on
2New featureAdded code handling for Windows operating system handle limitation on schema fields layout
3Fixing sourceFixes ADF Value Enumeration to allow specifying blank entries between valid entries
4Fixing sourceExtends late binding of choice types referencing element types in external referenced schemas
5Fixing sourceExtends late binding extension parsing to parse all inheritence levels to base rather than limit to first level
6Fixing sourceExtends late binding choice type parsing to handle generic schema sequence types
7Fixing sourceOptimized Memory consumption when running tests
Version 3.5.5 2/21/08
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureUpdates Realtime Run Monitor display layout
2New featureUpdates Interactive test execution to hide SOAPSonar console while Realtime monitor is displayed
3New featureUpdates Performance mode Run monitor to update progress graphs during tests rather than only when a test completes
4Fixing sourceFixes v3.5.4 regression issue where Response Time Success criteria menu item which was inadverantly hidden
5Fixing sourceFixes v3.5.4 regression issue where Success Criteria XPath was not showing in test result log
6Fixing sourceFixes Total Request counter to include dependent test invocations when running Performance tests
7Fixing sourceFixes Caching issues with Abstract and Choice types when loading saved SSP projects
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1New featureUpdates Realtime Run Monitor display layout
2New featureUpdates Interactive test execution to hide SOAPSonar console while Realtime monitor is displayed
7Fixing sourceFixes Caching issues with Abstract and Choice types when loading saved SSP projects
Version 3.5.4 2/14/08
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded File Import and Export for individual Success Criteria Rules
2New featureAdded support for maxOccurs attributes defined directly on xsd:sequence schema elements. Collection setting will appear in Schema Fields as "UnnammedSchemaCollection".
3New featureAdded new WS-I Basic profile selection profiles and requirement Pass/Fail reference summary
4Fixing sourceFixes XPath criteria to allow manual edits to XPath query string
5Fixing sourceFixes PKI Keystore Browse context menu
6Fixing sourceFixes WSDL schema loading handling of minimum array sizes greater than 1
7Fixing sourceFixes Success criteria GUI layout with hyperlink popup editing
8Fixing sourceFixes Dynamic selector on success criteria to update associated text box with selected variable
9Fixing sourceUpdates default MAX HTTP Timeout from 30 seconds to 120 seconds
10Fixing sourceUpdates Abstract and Choice type parsing to handle element derived extensions from other schema namespaces
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded support for maxOccurs attributes defined directly on xsd:sequence schema elements. Collection setting will appear in Schema Fields as "UnnammedSchemaCollection".
2Fixing sourceFixes WSDL schema loading handling of minimum array sizes greater than 1
3Fixing sourceFixes Success criteria GUI layout with hyperlink popup editing
4Fixing sourceUpdates default MAX HTTP Timeout from 30 seconds to 120 seconds
5Fixing sourceUpdates Abstract and Choice type parsing to handle element derived extensions from other schema namespaces
Version 3.5.3 1/15/08
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded support for multiple xsd:import statements of the same namespace with different file contents
2New featureAdded Send Email Task Action
3Fixing sourceUpdated optimization setting detection to automatically reparse WSDL and Schema when optimization setting depth changes
4Fixing sourceFixed issue with unallocated abstract types showing the node when the checkbox is unchecked in Schema Fields view
5Fixing sourceFixed xsi="nil" to use existing xsi prefix rather than allocate new local prefix
6Fixing sourceFixed commit settings button for success criteria changes of custom XML test cases
7Fixing sourceFixed project WSDL upgrade to show scroll bar when upgrading project WSDLs
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded support for multiple xsd:import statements of the same namespace with different file contents
2Fixing sourceUpdated optimization setting detection to automatically reparse WSDL and Schema when optimization setting depth changes
3Fixing sourceFixed issue with unallocated abstract types showing the node when the checkbox is unchecked in Schema Fields view
4Fixing sourceFixed xsi="nil" to use existing xsi prefix rather than allocate new local prefix
5Fixing sourceFixed commit settings button for success criteria changes of custom XML test cases
Version 3.5.2 12/28/07
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded Response STUB SOAP Generator to provide structure and data for responses without accessing the back-end server
2New featureAdded Unformat XML option to allow testing XML Signature modifications and prevent XML Signature corruption during cut/paste operations
3New featureAdded Service Port Name and Operation Name mapping support for WSDL project merging
4New featureAdded new "Add Test Delay" action task to add specific wait durations before or after running a test
5New featureAdded Junit Integration providing a SOAPSonar JUnit class which can be run using the JUnit framework or from any other Java class
6New featureAdded Variable substitution for Request URL and extended URI builder dialog
7New featureAdded namespace prefix variance awareness to XML Diff and Baseline Regression. Allows documents with different namespace prefix mappings to suceed diff if structure and data match.
8New featureAdded XML Diff XPath Success Criteria option "Ignore Attribute" to perform XDiff ignoring XML attributes
9Fixing sourceFixes autodetection of SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 bindings to set policy to build appropriate HTTP content-type
10Fixing sourceFixes Response Variable and ADS substitution on dependent test chains
11Fixing sourceUpdated XPath query engine for Success Criteria and Runtime Variables to use local name comparisons and ignore XML element prefix differences.
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded Unformat XML option to allow testing XML Signature modifications and prevent XML Signature corruption during cut/paste operations
2New featureAdded Service Port Name and Operation Name mapping support for WSDL project merging
3Fixing sourceFixes autodetection of SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 bindings to set policy to build appropriate HTTP content-type
Version 3.5.1 12/04/07
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureNew Dynamic Abstract OnDemand Binding allows binding abstract types to their extended types when requested resulting in improved performance. This feature supersedes the previous release parsing optimization settings.
2New featureWSDL parsing abstract optimization settings have been removed and superseded by dynamic on demand abstract type binding feature.
3New featureAdded ADS Data Sources and Global Policy to Custom Test Groups.
4New featureAdded ADS index offset to test name results when ADS data substituion is enabled.
5New featureAdded XML Control Viewer perspectives (Raw XML, Tree, Simple Tree, Browser)
6New featureAdded direct native Java keystore PKI support
7New featureAdded new File Analysis Success Criteria
8New featureAdded new Database Query Success Criteria
9New featureAdded new Database Query Action Task
10New featureAdded new File Manipulation Action Task
11New featureAdded new Runtime Variables. Previously referred to as "Response Variables", Runtime Variables can be tied to request or response values and are stored in memory for re-use in subsequent tests in the test chain.
12New featureAdded New Save/Load SOAPSonar settings options
13New featureAdded STUB tests to use static response rather than making request to back end. Useful for tests which do not yet have a back-end service enabled.
14New featureAdded new context function "Env" to retrieve Windows Environment variables inline
15New featureAdded new context function "Global" to define global variables
16New featureUpdated display hierarchy of Custom Test Groups similar to WSDL Test Groups
17New featureUpdated Manual activation steps in wizard format
18Fixing sourceFixes Regression issue with MTOM not properly generating CID references
19Fixing sourceFixes Project Library Root node deletion
20Fixing sourceFixes Baseline Regression option to use existing Test Case success Criteria for the Basline Regression Set
21Fixing sourceFixes WSDL parser to handle compound WSDLs with different message part namespaces
22Fixing sourceFixes issue with MIME and DIME attachments for XML test types
23Fixing sourceFixed comments panels to format line breaks correctly
24Fixing sourceUpdated SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 auto parsing detection for services with one exclusive SOAP version binding
25Fixing sourceFixes Tree node names to allow "." characters
26Fixing sourceFixed comments panels to format line breaks correctly
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1New featureNew Dynamic Abstract OnDemand Binding allows binding abstract types to their extended types when requested resulting in improved performance. This feature supersedes the previous release parsing optimization settings.
2New featureWSDL parsing abstract optimization settings have been removed and superseded by dynamic on demand abstract type binding feature.
3New featureAdded XML Control Viewer perspectives (Raw XML, Tree, Simple Tree, Browser)
4New featureAdded direct native Java keystore PKI support
5New featureAdded new File Analysis Success Criteria
6New featureAdded new Database Query Success Criteria
7New featureAdded new Database Query Action Task
8New featureAdded STUB tests to use static response rather than making request to back end. Useful for tests which do not yet have a back-end service enabled.
9New featureAdded new context function "Env" to retrieve Windows Environment variables inline
10New featureAdded new context function "Global" to define global variables
11New featureUpdated Manual activation steps in wizard format
12Fixing sourceFixes Regression issue with MTOM not properly generating CID references
13Fixing sourceFixes Project Library Root node deletion
14Fixing sourceFixes WSDL parser to handle compound WSDLs with different message part namespaces
15Fixing sourceFixes issue with MIME and DIME attachments for XML test types
16Fixing sourceFixed comments panels to format line breaks correctly
17Fixing sourceUpdated SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 auto parsing detection for services with one exclusive SOAP version binding
18Fixing sourceFixes Tree node names to allow "." characters
19Fixing sourceFixed comments panels to format line breaks correctly
Version 3.0.8 11/07/07
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded new Response Variable capture graphical layout
2New featureAdded JScript scripting support
3Fixing sourceFixes Task Processing for the XML Test Type
4Fixing sourceFixes Global authentication headers to enable commit button on text
5Fixing sourceFixes recent projects to show projects saved via the Save As option
6Fixing sourceFixes Test Iteration Viewer to show when there are only context functions defined
7Fixing sourceFixes handling Schema Enumerated types with special encoded XML characters
8Fixing sourceFixes custom headers to not truncate on ":" boundary within value of header
9Fixing sourceFixes WS-I analyzer to handle circular references
10Fixing sourceFixes issues with Vulnerability mode tests when using WS-Security Tokens
11Fixing sourceFixes handling of xmlns attribute when decrypting encrypted node fragments
12Fixing sourceFixes handling of proxy issues with Global Proxy Settings when running Test Suites
13Fixing sourceFixes XML tests in Performance mode having empty requests
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1Fixing sourceFixes Global authentication headers to enable commit button on text
2Fixing sourceFixes recent projects to show projects saved via the Save As option
3Fixing sourceFixes handling Schema Enumerated types with special encoded XML characters
4Fixing sourceFixes custom headers to not truncate on ":" boundary within value of header
5Fixing sourceFixes WS-I analyzer to handle circular references
6Fixing sourceFixes handling of proxy issues with Global Proxy Settings when running Test Suites
Version 3.0.7 10/09/07
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded synchronized data sources to combine multiple data sources for request and response substitution
2New featureAdded Global Header Variables to Configuration Policy Settings panel
3New featureAdded XML Node Count Success Criteria option
4New featureAdded Exact Match Success Criteria
5New featureAdded New Checkbox to Success Criteria to treat 'node not found' XPath match as an empty value which can then be compared against criteria. The default behavior remains Unchecked which results in a criteria match error reported as 'node not found'
6New featureAdded global find/replace options for Test Suite Regression Baseline sets
7New featureAdded tab to XPath success criteria to allow more screen space to view and edit criteria rules
8New featureAdded record selection filtering for Automation Data Sources
9Fixing sourceFixes regression issue with HTTP header variable substitution
10Fixing sourceFixes response variable association and selection for XML, REST, and BATCH test case types.
11Fixing sourceFixes QuickSelect context menus to collapse hierarchy menu selection down to at most 2 levels
12Fixing sourceFixes stored baseline requests and responses to be editable
13Fixing sourceFixes QA Detail Report layout to allow multiple lines of text for Data, Function, and Result values
14Fixing sourceFixes navigation between Suite and Project views to retain panel screens for Configuration nodes
15Fixing sourceFixes synchronization issue with XML and Schema Fields tabs when test case edits are not saved
16Fixing sourceFixes issue with XML Test Case dependencies being preserved after project reload
17Fixing sourceFixes sample XPath document for XPath criteria to match existing Test Case response
18Fixing sourceFixes several screens for better rendering under low screen resolution settings
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
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# Type Description
1New featureAdded XML Node Count Success Criteria option
2New featureAdded Exact Match Success Criteria
3New featureAdded New Checkbox to Success Criteria to treat 'node not found' XPath match as an empty value which can then be compared against criteria. The default behavior remains Unchecked which results in a criteria match error reported as 'node not found'
4New featureAdded tab to XPath success criteria to allow more screen space to view and edit criteria rules
5Fixing sourceFixes QuickSelect context menus to collapse hierarchy menu selection down to at most 2 levels
6Fixing sourceFixes QA Detail Report layout to allow multiple lines of text for Data, Function, and Result values
7Fixing sourceFixes navigation between Suite and Project views to retain panel screens for Configuration nodes
8Fixing sourceFixes synchronization issue with XML and Schema Fields tabs when test case edits are not saved
9Fixing sourceFixes sample XPath document for XPath criteria to match existing Test Case response
10Fixing sourceFixes several screens for better rendering under low screen resolution settings
Version 3.0.6 SP2 10/01/07
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded synchronized data sources to combine multiple data sources for request and response substitution
1New featureAdded Global Header Variables to Configuration Policy Settings panel
1New featureAdded XML Node Count Success Criteria option
1New featureAdded New Checkbox to Success Criteria to treat 'node not found' XPath match as an empty value which can then be compared against criteria. The default behavior remains Unchecked which results in a criteria match error reported as 'node not found'
2Fixing sourceFixed regression issue with HTTP header variable substitution
2Fixing sourceFixed response variable association and selection for XML, REST, and BATCH test case types
2Fixing sourceFixed QuickSelect context menus to collapse hierarchy menu selection down to at most 2 levels
2Fixing sourceFixes stored baseline requests and responses to be editable
2Fixing sourceFixes QA Detail Report layout to allow multiple lines of text for Data, Function, and Result values
2Fixing sourceFixes navigation between Suite and Project views to retain panel screens for Configuration nodes
2Fixing sourceFixes synchronization issue with XML and Schema Fields tabs when test case edits are not saved
Version 3.0.6 9/17/07
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded HP Quality Center integration including Quality Center Test Script Generator
2Fixing sourceFixes automatic data source mapping to turn the Encode XML tags option off by default
3Fixing sourceFixed regression issue with Project view response XML formatting
4Fixing sourceFixes WS-Timestamp Task menu item
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1Fixing sourceFixed regression issue with Project view response XML formatting
Version 3.0.5 8/29/07
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded WS-Security Decrption task
2Fixing sourceFixes erratic autoscrolling in Schema Fields panel
3Fixing sourceFixes object not found error when using an SSL x509 cert to load a WSDL via HTTPs
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1Fixing sourceFixes erratic autoscrolling in Schema Fields panel
2Fixing sourceFixes object not found error when using an SSL x509 cert to load a WSDL via HTTPs
Version 3.0.4 8/22/07
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded Global authentication configuration
2New featureAdded new Raw XML test type
3New featureAdded Optimized WSDL Parsing setting for faster XSD Schema Abstract type processing
4New featureAdded Optimized WSDL Parsing setting for XSD Elements marked as optional via minOccurs=0 or nillable=true attributes
5New featureAdded Optimized WSDL parsing setting for XSD complexType definitions derived by extension
6New featureAdded Flag to settings to choose whether to auto-generate test cases on WSDL parsing or allow manual test case creation of selected WSDL operations
7New featureAdded Enter key support in addition to button press for dynamic array allocation
8New featureAdded dynamic array data source variables
9New featureAdded Format options with line numbers to request and response XML edit fields
10New featureAdded new Signature option "Remove Whitespace" for signature consumers which have interoperability problems with formatted signed XML
11New featureOptimized memory utilization for Project test cases where schema fields view is disabled for raw XML testing
12New featureOptimized Automation Data Source Initialization to only intitialize data sources referenced by active tests
13Fixing sourceFixes dependent test case variable substitution of ADs variables when running a test case from Project View
14Fixing sourceFixes Custom Test Group node renaming
15Fixing sourceFixes Batch File, XML and REST test case delete from Custom Test Group
16Fixing sourceFixes relative path XSD import loading to remember parent schema absolute file location
17Fixing sourceUpdated "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" namespace detection to reuse existing defined prefix rather than assuming "xsd"
18Fixing sourceFixes parameter variables to remain in scope for dependent test references allowing success criteria to use variables from previous tests in the dependency chain
19Fixing sourceFixes WS-I toolkit issue where xsd import statements to local schema locations were causing invalid WSI2122 assertion violations regarding element declarations not being found
20Fixing sourceFixes issue with late binding abstract types group attribute values which were not showing field entries immediately upon new type binding
21Fixing sourceFixes WSDL load abort option to allow abort during WSDL operation parsing
22Fixing sourceFixes Schema Fields ComboBox issue with parameterized type selection throwing a paste method error
23Fixing sourceFixes autoincrement for performance, compliance, and vulnerability mode log files
24Fixing sourceFixes double-click navigation back to data source definition tab
25Fixing sourceUpdated Automation Data Source references to look across entire project for all loaded WSDLs rather than only the local test case WSDL
26Fixing sourceUpdated Vulnerability mode dynamic XSD mutations to only add enabled elements in Schema Fields as elements eligible for error boundary detection mutation
27Fixing sourceFixes parser to handle recursive "ref" schema element type definitions
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded Optimized WSDL Parsing setting for faster XSD Schema Abstract type processing
2New featureAdded Optimized WSDL Parsing setting for XSD Elements marked as optional via minOccurs=0 or nillable=true attributes
3New featureAdded Optimized WSDL parsing setting for XSD complexType definitions derived by extension
4New featureAdded Flag to settings to choose whether to auto-generate test cases on WSDL parsing or allow manual test case creation of selected WSDL operations
5New featureAdded Enter key support in addition to button press for dynamic array allocation
6New featureAdded dynamic array data source variables
7New featureAdded Format options with line numbers to request and response XML edit fields
8New featureOptimized memory utilization for Project test cases where schema fields view is disabled for raw XML testing
9New featureOptimized Automation Data Source Initialization to only intitialize data sources referenced by active tests
10Fixing sourceFixes Custom Test Group node renaming
11Fixing sourceFixes Batch File, XML and REST test case delete from Custom Test Group
12Fixing sourceFixes relative path XSD import loading to remember parent schema absolute file location
13Fixing sourceUpdated "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" namespace detection to reuse existing defined prefix rather than assuming "xsd"
14Fixing sourceFixes WS-I toolkit issue where xsd import statements to local schema locations were causing invalid WSI2122 assertion violations regarding element declarations not being found
15Fixing sourceFixes WSDL load abort option to allow abort during WSDL operation parsing
16Fixing sourceFixes Schema Fields ComboBox issue with parameterized type selection throwing a paste method error
Version 3.0.3 6/24/07
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureAdded prestored schema mapping retrieval when performing WSDL upgrade
2New featureAdded Response Variable parameter settings to Request Task dialogs
3New featureAdded Automatic Data Function parameter settings to Request Task dialogs
4New featureAdded Automation Data Source parameter settings to Request Task dialogs
5New featureAdded Context Function parameter settings to Request Task dialogs
6New featureAdded Drag/Drop reordering to the Batch File tests for manual file send order sequencing
7Fixing sourceFixes ADF variable detection to recognize duplicate usage of variables as same iteration set for Function Info logging
8Fixing sourceFixes eval mode to allow limited Performance mode testing
9Fixing sourceFixes XSLT task to retain enabled status after commit
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1Fixing sourceFixes eval mode to allow limited Performance mode testing
Version 3.0.2 6/18/07
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureNew Performance mode report formats
2New featureNew QA mode report formats
3New featureNew Report Export formats - Crystal Reports (.rpt), MS Word (.doc), MS Excel (.xls), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Rich Text Format (.rtf)
4New featureChanged Performance mode test suite configuration to allow test settings to be defined individually for each test suite group
5Fixing sourceReporting data sources updated to allow successful Vista reporting
6Fixing sourceFixed WSDL merge to retain array allocation element values when using Schema Field Mapping
7Fixing sourceFixed version 3.0.1 regression for ADF group iteration skipping every other entry
8Fixing sourceUpdated license checks to not overwrite existing instance licenses on install to new directory
9Fixing sourceFixed version 3.0.1 regression for Performance mode Iteration setting test suites
SOAPSonar Personal Edition
# Type Description
1New featureNew Performance mode report formats
2New featureNew QA mode report formats
3New featureChanged Performance mode test suite configuration to allow test settings to be defined individually for each test suite group
4Fixing sourceReporting data sources updated to allow successful Vista reporting
5Fixing sourceFixed WSDL merge to retain array allocation element values when using Schema Field Mapping
6Fixing sourceFixed version 3.0.1 regression for ADF group iteration skipping every other entry
Version 3.0.1 6/8/07
SOAPSonar Enterprise Edition
# Type Description
1New featureNew .NET 2.0 Framework Based Architecture
2New featureAdded Run View for Test Suite Management
3New featureAdded Inline VB Scripting (with Mercury QTP function library import)
4New featureAdded Global Request and Response Task lists
5New featureAdded MTOM support
6New featureAdded UDDI Browsing support
7New featureAdded command-line utilities runsuite.exe and genreport.exe
8New featureAdded Windows Task Scheduler Native Integration
9New featureAdded new email report options and output file options for command-line report generation
10New featureAdded SOAP 1.2 support
11New featureAdded XSD Schema Validation
12New featureAdded Conditional Test Case Exectution and Iteration control
13New featureAdded REST test case type for custom HTTP GET or REST queries
14New featureAdded NTLM protocol authentication option
15New featureAdded new Real-time display for test execution feedback
16New featureAdded URI configuration dialog allowing name/value pairs to be authored and parameterized
17New featureAdded QuickSelect context-menus for ADF, ADS, and Response Variables
18New featureAdded options to WS-Encryption task to specify KeyIdentifier method
19New featureAdded option to WS-Encryption task to encrypt WS-Username token
20New featureAdded variable awareness to URI field for Context Functions, ADS Functions, ADS References, and Response Variables
21New featureAdded ability to rename WSDL project names
22New featureAdded new Project ADF libraries allowing Automatic Data Function definitions to be stored and distributed with the saved project
23New featureEnhanced Project, Suite Management, and Reporting Interfaces
24New featureEnhanced WSDL and Schema Document Analysis features
25New featureAdded new global setting to lock result directories for new, imported, and current test suites
26Fixing sourceOptimized Project SSP file structure for smaller project file sizes
27Fixing sourceFixed ADS Column dynamic selector
28Fixing sourceIncreased the number of XPath and Dependent Test node icons from 35 to 99
29Fixing sourceAdded PKI Utility to convert PEM to ASN.1 PEM
30Fixing sourceUpdated Response Variable screen to highlight tree node when selecting existing response variable
31Fixing sourceFixed checkbox state for Schema Field groups items after committing changes
32Fixing sourceUpdated log detail for request HTTP header to include query parameters if they were specified
33Fixing sourceFixed WSDL Merge feature to handle Services with multiple ports correctly
34Fixing sourceFixed WSDL merge to update new service port locations for existing test cases with matching URI
35Fixing sourceFixed WSDL Merge to show new schema enumeration values for existing test case field pulldowns
36Fixing sourceFixed WSDL Merge to handle array allocations across merges
37Fixing sourceFixed WSDL Merge to handle new parent xml element which references existing schema structure
38Fixing sourceFixed Abstract Type parsing for recursive abstract hierarchy inheritence