iTest® Version 3.3.1 and 3.3 Release Notes

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What's New

See What's new in iTest 3.3.1 to learn about the new features in our latest release.

See What's new in iTest 3.3 to learn about the new features in our latest release.

Supported Operating Systems

Supported Operating Systems for iTest 3.3

Reference Systems

Reference Systems for iTest 3.3

Software Interoperability Matrix

Software Interoperability Matrix for iTest 3.3

'Read Me First' Documents

Sun Solaris users - Read me first

Linux users - Read me first

Microsoft Windows users - Read me first

Agilent Traffic users - Read me first

Ixia Traffic users - Read me first

Spirent SmartBits users - Read me first

Spirent TrafficCenter users - Read me first

Fixed in this release

Known Issues, iTest 3.3.1

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Installation, licensing, startup, and general appearance	11740 -- Error when temp license expires 12255 -- Update site -- Divide by zero error 12685 -- 3.3.1 installers are generated with 3.3.0.98745987259823745 12858 -- "Search for updates" does not find updates 12881 -- Upgrading from 3.3 Beta to 3.3.1 using update site 15217 -- Exception when switching editions 8804 -- Cannot install after canceling installation on Windows -- no rollback 9894 -- Solaris installer does not install Tethereal 11655 -- itestcli - License required for Web or Swing test cases 11740 -- Error when temp license expires 12719 -- FLEX license server and VPN sessions
General Use	10324 -- Very many validation errors - Out of memory 10686 -- Windows - When FanfareSVT installed and edit XML 10688 -- Set Editors to File Associations does not associate editor 11218 -- Error log - NLS missing message - Jar_Is_Tampered 11378 -- Changing CVS user credential 11779 -- Linux - crash after adding analysis rule 12017 -- Error if more than 20 editors open 12685 -- 3.3.1 installers are generated with 3.3.0.98745987259823745 12842 -- iTest closes while executing a test case 13535 -- Query does not work correctly in ExitProcedure action 7724 -- Exception on importing a .project file as Team Project Set 8054 -- Capture view and Response view become unresponsive 8121 -- iTest unresponsive if data from other application in clipboard 8138 -- Switch to another Branch or Tag may only partially switch a Project Screen-based applications are not supported
Backward compatibility	00000 -- Only 'callable' procedures appear in Favorites view 10638 -- Parameter argument for Tcl itest lib 13535 -- Query does not work correctly in ExitProcedure action
Documentation	12944 -- No need to publish test cases to Quality Center
Linux	11697 -- Cannot restart iTest, must remove workspace lock 11779 -- Linux - crash after adding analysis rule 12168 -- RHEL4 - Not all items appear in Structure view 12581 -- Linux-specific installer (Ixia Traffic installations) 12851 -- Linux - Ixia config save full mode - exception 15077 -- iTest crashing on Linux 15217 -- Exception when switching editions
Solaris	00000 -- Solaris - iTest crashes due to JVM issues 11331 -- Solaris - iTest crashes while executing test case 11383 -- Solaris - If start xterm then cannot kill applications 9539 -- Solaris - Unexpected VM error when launching iTest from non-install directory 9894 -- Solaris installer does not install Tethereal
Windows	10686 -- Windows - When FanfareSVT installed and edit XML 11697 -- Cannot restart iTest, must remove workspace lock 12032 -- Web sessions on IE not supported on 64-bit Microsoft 12570 -- Agilent configuration save, load, and get commands 13160 -- Command Prompt session using tclsh 16001 -- itestcli on Windows cannot start Telnet session 8804 -- Cannot install after canceling installation on Windows -- no rollback
Test Case editor	10242 -- iTest unresponsive when saving large test case with Favorites view open 10569 -- Ping-Ctrl-C captured as 2 steps yet saved to test case as 1 step 12017 -- Error if more than 20 editors open 12070 -- No validation on CallProcedure actions 12152 -- Breakpoints not supported for test cases outside workspace 12894 -- iTest 3.3 procedure call not backward compatible with 3.2 13535 -- Query doesn't work correctly in ExitProcedure action 9809 -- Dropping many steps into Test Case editor hangs iTest for 10 sec
Response maps	12059 -- Limitations of response map auto-generation 12653 -- Auto-mapping very long responses 13061 -- Custom parsers are not applied 13730 -- Automatic response mapping slow
Analysis rules	11779 -- Linux - crash after adding analysis rule 12070 -- No validation on CallProcedure actions 12085 -- scriptEval, Get, or Set action in analysis rule - Tcl interpreter error 13535 -- Query doesn't work correctly in ExitProcedure action
Execution	10524 -- Tcl Shell sessions - Some Tcl packages do not work 10548 -- When new sessions start iTest window always to front 10635 -- Command Prompt session type supports only English characters 10667 -- IxiaTraffic transmit pause command does not occur immediately 10871 -- Wireshark - Out of memory with large packets 10941 -- Ixia Traffic - config save and config load commands 11231 12510 -- Command Prompt - Ctrl-C does not end step 11331 -- Solaris - iTest crashes while executing test case 11345 -- Test cases running in the background do not pause 12085 -- scriptEval, Get, or Set action in analysis rule - Tcl interpreter error 12152 -- Breakpoints not supported for test cases outside workspace 12842 -- iTest closes while executing a test case 13535 -- Query does not work correctly in ExitProcedure action
itestcli	11655 -- itestcli - License required for Web or Swing test cases 15865 -- itestcli cannot start Telnet session to Windows 16001 -- itestcli on Windows cannot start Telnet session
iTest Tcl library	10638 -- Parameter argument for Tcl itest lib
Rendering Test Cases as Tcl Scripts	12840 -- Export Script wizard - NullPointerException
Parameters	No content found for label(s) 3_3_1,parameter.
Testbeds	No content found for label(s) 3_3_1,testbed.
Agilent Traffic sessions	12570 -- Agilent configuration save, load, and get commands
Session profiles	10941 -- Ixia Traffic - config save and config load commands 11379 -- IxLoad - Configuration property - text changes 12017 -- Error if more than 20 editors open 12941 -- Error when using encrypted password
Ixia Traffic sessions	10667 -- IxiaTraffic transmit pause command does not occur immediately 10941 -- Ixia Traffic - config save and config load commands 12499 -- Ixia Traffic - Windows does not rqr port ownership, Linux does 12581 -- Linux-specific installer (Ixia Traffic installations) 12851 -- Linux - Ixia config save full mode - exception 9894 -- Solaris installer does not install Tethereal
IxLoad sessions	11379 -- IxLoad - Configuration property - text changes 12851 -- Linux - Ixia config save full mode - exception
Spirent SmartBits sessions	12571 --  Spirent Smartflow support restrictions 8565 -- Spirent SmartBits - Error - HIGH-DENSITY-CARD-ERROR -33
Spirent TestCenter sessions	No content found for label(s) 3_3_1,spirent_testcenter.
Quality Center	12149 -- Quality Center error dialog boxes 12151 -- Quality Center - 'Save As' option should be disabled 12288 -- Error when move away from Test Script page 12513 -- Invoking an iTest test on a remote computer 12944 -- No need to publish test cases to Quality Center
Command Prompt sessions	10635 -- Command Prompt session type supports only English characters 11231 12510 -- Command Prompt - Ctrl-C does not end step 11232 -- Command Prompt sessions - Terminal width 13160 -- Command Prompt session using tclsh
Process sessions	11383 -- Solaris - If start xterm then cannot kill applications
SNMP sessions	No content found for label(s) 3_3_1,snmp_session.
Tcl Shell sessions	10524 -- Tcl Shell sessions - Some Tcl packages do not work 13160 -- Command Prompt session using tclsh
Telnet sessions	10569 -- Ping-Ctrl-C captured as 2 steps yet saved to test case as 1 step 13604 -- Commands that are longer than terminal width 16001 -- itestcli on Windows cannot start Telnet session Screen-based applications are not supported
TL1 sessions	No content found for label(s) 3_3_1,tl1_session.
Web sessions	11655 -- itestcli - License required for Web or Swing test cases 11826 -- Web sessions leak memory 12032 -- Web sessions on IE not supported on 64-bit Microsoft
Wireshark sessions	10871 -- Wireshark - Out of memory with large packets
Capture View	8054 -- Capture view and Response view become unresponsive 9809 -- Dropping many steps into Test Case editor hangs iTest for 10 sec
Data View	No content found for label(s) 3_3_1,view_data.
Favorites View	00000 -- Only 'callable' procedures appear in Favorites view 10242 -- iTest unresponsive when saving large test case with Favorites view open
iTest Explorer View	No content found for label(s) 3_3_1,view_itest_explorer.
Problems View	No content found for label(s) 3_3_1,view_problems.
Response View	8054 -- Capture view and Response view become unresponsive
Structure View	12168 -- RHEL4 - Not all items appear in Structure view
Workspaces	11697 -- Cannot restart iTest, must remove workspace lock 12152 -- Breakpoints not supported for test cases outside workspace
iTest Application SDK	12919 -- Mandatory flag does not work 12938 -- TranDocObj not picking the right default page 12939 -- Session properties in random order 12940 -- Error handling on open 12941 -- Error - deserialize 'password' due to decryption errors 12945 -- DefaultBooleanValue - arg is string instead of Boolean 12946 -- Tooltips not implemented 12947 -- defaultSubstitutableState is not implemented 12948 -- ResponseBuilder for name-value 12949 -- RequestEditingHelper attribute uses wrong interface

Known Issues, iTest 3.3

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3.3: Installation, licensing, startup, and general appearance	10295 -- Solaris - Interrupt installation - partial uninstall and then cannot install 11456 -- Command Prompt sessions - iTest 3.2 not found in path 11740 -- Error when temp license expires 12131 -- 64-bit Windows XP - Installation error installing MSXML6.0 12255 -- Update site -- Divide by zero error 15217 -- Exception when switching editions 8804 -- Cannot install after canceling installation on Windows -- no rollback 9894 -- Solaris installer does not install Tethereal 11655 -- itestcli - License required for Web or Swing test cases 11740 -- Error when temp license expires 12719 -- FLEX license server and VPN sessions
General Use	10324 -- Very many validation errors - Out of memory 10568 -- Setting the Tcl interpreter preference 10686 -- Windows - When FanfareSVT installed and edit XML 10688 -- Set Editors to File Associations does not associate editor 11218 -- Error log - NLS missing message - Jar_Is_Tampered 11378 -- Changing CVS user credential 11779 -- Linux - crash after adding analysis rule 11915 -- Test reports for child test cases 12017 -- Error if more than 20 editors open 7724 -- Exception on importing a .project file as Team Project Set 8054 -- Capture view and Response view become unresponsive 8121 -- iTest unresponsive if data from other application in clipboard 8138 -- Switch to another Branch or Tag may only partially switch a Project Screen-based applications are not supported
Backward compatibility	00000 -- Only 'callable' procedures appear in Favorites view 10638 -- Parameter file URL argument for itestcli and Tcl lib is not backward compatible 11451 -- Importing older session profiles
Linux	10694 -- Linux - info hostIp in linux shows loopback address 10795 -- Linux - iTest occasionally crashes while executing test case 11471 -- Welcome page and online help might not appear properly 11606 -- Making Web sessions work on Linux 11697 -- Cannot restart iTest, must remove workspace lock 11779 -- Linux - crash after adding analysis rule 12123 -- Exception - RH Linux 3.2 - 'Skip' button 12168 -- RHEL4 - Not all items appear in Structure view 12483 -- Linux and Solaris - itestcli launches with only 64MB memory 15217 -- Exception when switching editions 9866 -- Older versions of Linux - iTest may quietly close or crash during execution
Solaris	10295 -- Solaris - Interrupt installation - partial uninstall and then cannot install 11192 -- Solaris - cells not editable in Test Case editor 11331 -- Solaris - iTest crashes while executing test case 11383 -- Solaris - If start xterm then cannot kill applications 11471 -- Welcome page and online help might not appear properly 12483 -- Linux and Solaris - itestcli launches with only 64MB memory 9539 -- Solaris - Unexpected VM error when launching iTest from non-install directory 9894 -- Solaris installer does not install Tethereal
Windows	10686 -- Windows - When FanfareSVT installed and edit XML 11456 -- Command Prompt sessions - iTest 3.2 not found in path 11697 -- Cannot restart iTest, must remove workspace lock 12032 -- Web sessions on IE not supported on 64-bit Microsoft 12131 -- 64-bit Windows XP - Installation error installing MSXML6.0 8804 -- Cannot install after canceling installation on Windows -- no rollback
Test Case editor	10159 -- Multi-line find-replace 10247 -- Error markers persist in iTest Explorer and Problems View 10569 -- Ping-Ctrl-C captured as 2 steps yet saved to test case as 1 step 11192 -- Solaris - cells not editable in Test Case editor 12017 -- Error if more than 20 editors open 12053 -- Events property page flashes 12070 -- No validation on CallProcedure actions 12123 -- Exception - RH Linux 3.2 - 'Skip' button 12152 -- Breakpoints not supported for test cases outside workspace 12471 -- Procedure drop-down list after moving current test case 12474 -- Session type invalid when change open to close 12505 -- Procedure - Add argument button disabled 12529 -- Insert Parameter dialog box - Field Replacement text box 9809 -- Dropping many steps into Test Case editor hangs iTest for 10 sec
Response maps	12059 -- Limitations of response map auto-generation 12498 -- TL1 - not waiting for full response and not auto-mapping
Analysis rules	11779 -- Linux - crash after adding analysis rule 12070 -- No validation on CallProcedure actions 12085 -- scriptEval, Get, or Set action in analysis rule - Tcl interpreter error 12463 -- Repeat analysis step does not repeat if step put in separate thread
Execution	10548 -- When new sessions start iTest window always to front 10635 -- Command Prompt session type supports only English characters 10667 -- IxiaTraffic transmit pause command does not occur immediately 10668 10144 -- Spirent TestCenter - transmit stop command 10669 -- AgilentTraffic collision stop command causes errors 10680 -- SNMP trap names not completely resolved 10871 -- Wireshark - Out of memory with large packets 11231 12510 -- Command Prompt - Ctrl-C does not end step 11331 -- Solaris - iTest crashes while executing test case 11345 -- Test cases running in the background do not pause 11528 -- writeFile command incorrectly adds line feed 11642 -- Process sessions - commands with "=" in the arguments 12085 -- scriptEval, Get, or Set action in analysis rule - Tcl interpreter error 12152 -- Breakpoints not supported for test cases outside workspace
itestcli	10638 -- Parameter file URL argument for itestcli and Tcl lib is not backward compatible 11655 -- itestcli - License required for Web or Swing test cases 12483 -- Linux and Solaris - itestcli launches with only 64MB memory 12601 -- itestcli error - "Connection to workspace server lost while waiting for response"
Rendering Test Cases as Tcl Scripts	10638 -- Parameter file URL argument for itestcli and Tcl lib is not backward compatible
Parameters	No content found for label(s) 3_3,parameter.
Testbeds	No content found for label(s) 3_3,testbed.
Agilent Traffic sessions	10637 -- Agilent 6.10 is not supported 10645 -- Command completion feature for traffic generators 10669 -- AgilentTraffic collision stop command causes errors
Session profiles	11451 -- Importing older session profiles 11451 -- Importing session profiles needs password 12017 -- Error if more than 20 editors open
Ixia Traffic sessions	10645 -- Command completion feature for traffic generators 10667 -- IxiaTraffic transmit pause command does not occur immediately 12499 -- Ixia Traffic - Windows does not rqr port ownership, Linux does 9894 -- Solaris installer does not install Tethereal
IxLoad sessions	10645 -- Command completion feature for traffic generators 12708 -- IxLoad port ownership, reset, release
Spirent SmartBits sessions	10645 -- Command completion feature for traffic generators 12571 --  Spirent Smartflow support restrictions
Spirent TestCenter sessions	10645 -- Command completion feature for traffic generators 10668 10144 -- Spirent TestCenter - transmit stop command
Quality Center	11924 -- Quality Center - Duplicate Test Set name = no report 11925 -- Quality Center 'Stop Test' 11936 -- Quality Center - Publish Test Instance is slow 12149 -- Quality Center error dialog boxes 12151 -- Quality Center - 'Save As' option should be disabled 12288 -- Error when move away from Test Script page 12507 -- Windows Vista - "Publish to Quality Center" results in "save failed" exceptions 12513 -- Invoking an iTest test on a remote computer
Command Prompt sessions	10635 -- Command Prompt session type supports only English characters 11231 12510 -- Command Prompt - Ctrl-C does not end step 11232 -- Command Prompt sessions - Terminal width
Process sessions	11383 -- Solaris - If start xterm then cannot kill applications 11642 -- Process sessions - commands with "=" in the arguments
SNMP sessions	10680 -- SNMP trap names not completely resolved
Tcl Shell sessions	10568 -- Setting the Tcl interpreter preference
Telnet sessions	10569 -- Ping-Ctrl-C captured as 2 steps yet saved to test case as 1 step Screen-based applications are not supported
TL1 sessions	12498 -- TL1 - not waiting for full response and not auto-mapping
Web sessions	11606 -- Making Web sessions work on Linux 11655 -- itestcli - License required for Web or Swing test cases 12032 -- Web sessions on IE not supported on 64-bit Microsoft 7556 -- iTest exits while executing Web test case 9866 -- Older versions of Linux - iTest may quietly close or crash during execution
Wireshark sessions	10871 -- Wireshark - Out of memory with large packets
Capture View	8054 -- Capture view and Response view become unresponsive 9809 -- Dropping many steps into Test Case editor hangs iTest for 10 sec
Data View	No content found for label(s) 3_3,view_data.
Favorites View	00000 -- Only 'callable' procedures appear in Favorites view
iTest Explorer View	10247 -- Error markers persist in iTest Explorer and Problems View
Problems View	10247 -- Error markers persist in iTest Explorer and Problems View
Response View	8054 -- Capture view and Response view become unresponsive
Structure View	12168 -- RHEL4 - Not all items appear in Structure view
Workspaces	contentbylabel: '3.3' is not an existing label