UFT 14.03 – Complete list of Features and Enhancements

Micro Focus announced the launch of their latest patch UFT 14.03 in the first week of March, 2018. The new patch comes with several enhancements and support for latest browsers and technologies.

Here is a list of all new features and enhancements available in UFT 14.03.

Object Spy Enhancements

Micro Focus has well … focused a lot on object spy lately. In UFT 14.01, they made object spy non-modal. Now in UFT 14.03, they have introduced a new compare tool in Object Spy dialog box itself. Using the compare tool, you can spy two objects and compare their properties side-by-side. Here is a quick illustration.

Web Testing Enhancements

Headless Chrome Support: UFT 14.03 supports testing on headless chrome for Chrome v60 and above.

You can run a headless UFT test on Chrome by going to Record and Run Settings and selecting Google Headless Chrome under Browser option.

Trivia: While headless mode was available on Mac and Linux in Chrome v59, Windows support came a bit late on Chrome v60 and onwards.

Active Screen Support in Chrome and Firefox

Till now active screen support was limited to Internet Explorer, with the latest version of UFT, active screen support has been extended to Chrome and Firefox as well. By default, the support is disabled, you can enable Active screen support for Chrome and Firefox by going to Tools > Options > GUI testing > Active Screen > Custom Level and unchecking Disable Active Screen capture for Chrome/FF. Here is a quick illustration.

Storm Runner Functional (SRF) Enhancements

UFT 14.03 now supports remote recording on SRF for mobile devices.

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Mobile Testing Enhancements

• Run tests in parallel: UFT 14.03 enables you to run multiple mobile tests in parallel* using Mobile Center’s device lab, using the new ParallelRunner command line tool. A UFT license supports running four tests in parallel. ParallelRunner is available under <UFT installation folder>/bin directory.
• Manage multi projects: UFT 14.03 now supports multi-project capabilities available in Mobile Center v2.60 and above. Mobile Center’s multi-project feature lets you create and manage multiple projects on a single Mobile Center server. Each project is isolated whereby a project’s apps and devices are only visible within that project.
• Fingerprint authentication simulation: Automated tests are getting as real as they can be. UFT now supports fingerprint authentication simulation using the new SimulateFingerprint and SetFingerprintSimulationMode methods.
• AOM support for mobile Add-in:  UFT Automation Object Model now supports options in mobile record-and-run settings and have introduced for new objects namely MobileApp object, MobileApps object collection, MobileDevice object and MobileLauncher object.
• Support for Polymer Shadow DOM: UFT now supports mobile testing on apps developed using Polymer Shadow DOM

Miscellaneous Enhancements in UFT 14.03

• Local System Monitoring data and Mobile Device details can now be displayed in a separate tab in HTML run results.
• Commuter and Remote commuter license are now supported on Windows server.
• UFT now supports the ability to test Web apps embedded in the NW.js framework.
• Java 9* is now supported in tech preview mode.
• Delphi apps are now suported out-of-the-box. No more need for pre-compiling a Delphi app with a UFT agent. Backward compatibility is still available though.
• UFT support for Powerbuilder apps is now version agnostic.
• Support for spying on objects in embedded frameworks, such as CEF, Electron, and NW.js is available now.
• React apps are supported now.
• UFT has introduced a new WebUIGrid test object to identify Angular-based ui-Grid objects.
• UFT now support SAP GUI 750 P4 , SAP GUI 740 P17, SAP Business Client (NWBC) 6.5 and the latest versions of Flex and QT.

*Available in Tech Preview Mode (not advisable to run in production environment)

Download UFT 14.03 using step-by-step instructions available here!