we are delighted to announce the new release of your test automation platform TTworkbench version 1.1.9. Besides several new features, enhancements and common bug fixes, TTworkbench 1.1.9 includes

• Increase of runtime performance (up to 30%)
• Integration in HP Quality Center
• Support of TTCN-3 edition 4.1.1
• New plugins for SQL, SSH, SCP

Please Note:

TTworkbench 1.1.9 is not compatible with current versions of our TTsuite and TTplugin product line. While TTplugin updates are available on our download and update site, you will get informed separately when the respective TTsuite product update is available.

What's New?

TTCN-3 Core Language Editor (CL Editor)

• Support of TTCN-3 working sets to categorize resources across projects into a context relevant representation
• Different coloring of modules of imported projects in the dependency graph view
• 'Ctrl + Click' to open files which are specified within an extension attribute to ease the handling of external languages

TTCN-3 Compiler (TTthree)

• Support of the new TTCN-3 edition 4.1.1 (TTCN-3:2009), mainly:
  • Type restriction with subtypes
  • Field redirection for message based communication
  • Module member visibility (public, private, friend)
  • Default parameters, parameter assignment notation
  • Runtime constants
  • Type change for __LINE__ from charstring to int (see CR 5087)
• Modules can now be stored in files named different from the module
• Support of CLF generation for files with more than one module or for modules with different names

Test Execution (TTman)

• Significant increase of runtime performance (up to 30%)
• Template names (if present) can now be displayed in the graphical log below the arrows
  • To be enabled by a new button in the graphical logging view
    
    
    
    
• Support of large log statements
  • Partial display of logs too large to be displayed as a whole (special scroll bar to choose the region to be displayed)
  • Reports contain graphics of only a part of the graphical log in case the log is too large
• Exported graphical logs (either from graphical logging view or in a report) are now stored as PNGs instead of JPGs
• Double click on DataView elements opens a
  • Text view for matches for better readability
  • Compare view for mismatches to ease the analysis of long data strings

Command Line Test Execution (ConsoleManager)

• Automatic usage of workspace and project properties as well as tt3plugins
• New options
  • -s , --sorting
    • Sorting of test cases in test report
    • Options 't': time-based (default), 'a': alphabetical
  • 'g', --graphical-logging
    • Calculate and include graphical logging images in test report
    • NOTE: Without the 'g' option, no graphical logging will be included anymore.

Runtime Plugin Development Environment (RPDE)

• Support of class folders as runtime library

TTplugin ASN.1

• Better algorithm for treatment of ASN.1 internal imports (parser performance improvement)
• Support of cyclic ASN.1 imports
• Support of
  • COMPONENTS OF
  • RELATIVE-OID
  • TYPE-IDENTIFIER
  • ABSTRACT-SYNTAX
  • Sets of named bits
• ASN.1 Codec Factory
  • Codec performance improvements (LTE codecs)
  • Support of decoding of empty records
  • Support of encoding/decoding of enumerated values that are TTCN-3 keywords

TTplugin IDL

• Support of sequences and arrays for IDL any values

TTplugin WSDL

• Support of HTTPS with SSL certificates
• Support of HTTP header configuration
• Support of SOAP header configuration
• New option to generate all record fields as optional, allows sending only partial (incomplete) data to the web service
• New function now() returning the UTC value of current time and date
• Enhanced logging functionality of SOAP test adapter

TTplugin XSD

• Types are only generated for XSD type definitions and for element definitions with anonymous types to avoid name clashes

TTplugin MOST

• Updated DTD (6.05.03)
• Support of ranges in PosDescription

New! TTplugin HP Quality Center

• HP Quality Center modules
  • Requirements management, release and cycle management
  • Test plan and test lab
  • Defects management and dashboard reporting
• Creation of test campaigns / arrangement of tests
• Automated execution of TTCN-3 test suites
• Saving of test results directly in the Quality Center database
• More details in datasheet

New! TTplugin SQL

• Automatic import of SQL statements directly into TTCN-3
• Simple database access via JDBC (MySQL, Oracle, Derby, etc.)
• Type safe database access
• Named parameters for SQL statements
• Procedural SQL (PL/SQL, SQL_PL, PSQL, etc.)
• Authentication
• Driver/Connection shutdown ability
• Access different databases at the same time, from same components or different components
• Multiple test components and multiple-port mapping
• Freely combinable with additional test access (TTplugins)
• More details in datasheet

New! TTplugin SSH (port plugin)

• Network protocol to exchange data between two network devices using a secured channel
• Includes authentication, confidentiality and integrity
• Allows login to remote hosts initiated from TTCN-3
• Sending of commands and receiving of results on multiple test components for a specified port
• Multiple test components and multiple-port mapping
• Freely combinable with additional test access (TTplugins)

New! TTplugin SCP (port plugin)

• Secured file transfer in relying on the underlying SSH
• Execute secured copy operations in TTCN-3
• Multiple test components and multiple-port mapping
• Freely combinable with additional test access (TTplugins)

Update of TTworkbench Express/Basic/Professional

You can download TTworkbench with your already given Reference ID:

(a) Via Update Site

• Choose the menu item 'Help' in TTworkbench and follow 'Software Updates'/'Find
  and Install'/'Search for updates of the currently installed features'
• Enter 'TTwb' as user name and your TTworkbench Reference ID as password
• Choose TTworkbench product
• Select TTworkbench
• Accept license and update files

(b) Via Home Page

• www.testingtech.com/support/downloads.php
• On request, please enter your TTworkbench Reference ID

It is Testing Technologies' intention to provide our customers with the highest level of customer service. Please direct all questions and inquiries to our support team using our ticket system or ttcn3-support@testingtech.com.

Thank you for your continued interest.

Best regards,
Dirk Borowski