What's New in APA 7.8

XPath Self Property Enhanced

XPath-based recognition has been enhanced to support the use of predicates.

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Capturing Assistant Displays CSS Coordinates

When capturing an HTML element within a web browser window, the window coordinates are automatically replaced with CSS coordinates.

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New Java Input Emulation Functionality

Four new functions are now available for interacting with Java screen elements.

List View:

  • Click on Cell

  • Get Cell Rectangle

Tree:

  • Click on Node

  • Get Item Rectangle

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Continuous Mode Removed

The Continuous Mode check box was removed from the Identification tab of the Physical Objects. If you open Monitor, you now see all changes in real-time. Backward compatibility with projects from previous versions is preserved.

Smart URLs

For Generic HTML and Web Connectors, when well known URLs such as Salesforce are captured, the URL is processed and all data related to the current session is removed.

This list of URLs is maintained in a knowledge base and you can add your own entries.

See Using Smart URLs

Stamps

Detect stamps in documents, by shape or by template. Stamps may be colored or monochrome, with a variety of standard shapes (rectangle, ellipse, and circle). The quality may vary and the stamps may be rotated or scaled, and partially obscured by lines, text, and signatures. See Image Library Objects and Using Image Library for Stamps.

GHTML Connector Upgrade

The Generic HTML connector now supports:

  • Manifest V3 for Chrome and Edge.

  • Capturing custom HTML tag elements.

  • Executing JavaScript on HTML elements.

  • Executing JavaScript on the entire document scope.

  • JavaScript emulation on HTML input elements.

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IAccessible2 Support in Accessibility Connector

The Accessibility Connector now provides enhanced accessibility connectivity and supports capturing IAccessible2 UI elements.

Design Time Scaling

The Real Time Designer is now DPI-aware, and you can capture when the scaling on one of the displays is over 100%. This is relevant for the following connectors and extensions:

  • Win32 Connector

  • Generic HTML Connector (Chrome, Edge, and Firefox)

  • Web Connector for IE

  • SAP Connector

  • Java Native Connector including Oracle Forms

  • Accessibility Connector

  • .NET Connector

  • WPF Connector

Scene Composer is not DPI-aware and requires the scaling on the displays to be set to 100%.

Standard Errors and Standard Output

Added 2 new properties to the System Process business entity:

Standard Error

Standard Error in the System Process business entity gets populated when Redirect Standard Error in Process Start Information is set to true.

Standard Output

Standard Output in the System Process business entity gets populated when Redirect Standard Output in Process Start Information is set to true.

See Commands Library Objects.

Reset Self Properties

Reset Self Properties is disabled when the Main Relation Type is changed.

See Reset Self Properties.

Text Analytics

Temporarily removed Google Text Analysis due to security vulnerabilities. Only Microsoft Text Analytics is supported.

See Using Text Analytics Functions and Text Analytics Library Objects.