What's New in APA 7.9
CCM Applications Identified by Name
A new library object, Get Application Credentials by Name, was added. This provides a unique ID in environments with more than one APA server, such as separate production and test servers. It should be used going forward in place of Get Application Credentials. Get Application Credentials continues to be supported.
Generic HTML Browser Library Object
Credential Management Library Objects
Managing Credentials (CCM) for Robotic Automation
Generic HTML Browser Enhancement
The Get Tab Created Time function was added to the Generic HTML Browser library. Use this function to get the time a browser tab was created.
See Generic HTML Browser Library Object
Java Connector supports capturing context menu
The Java Native connector has been enhanced to support capturing context menus. See:
Project Converter - Internet Explorer to Generic HTML
Ensure that projects which previously ran in Internet Explorer, are now able to run in Generic HTML based browsers (Chrome, Edge, and Firefox). See Project Converter - Internet Explorer to Generic HTML
Scene Composer Deprecated
Scene Composer is no longer supported and has been deprecated from Real-Time Designer from version 7.9.
Shadow DOM
The Generic HTML connector supports capturing shadow DOM elements. See Using Generic HTML with Shadow DOM.
Text Analytics
The Google Text Analysis support is introduced back with the 7.9 release. See Using Text Analytics Functions and Text Analytics Library Objects.
WPF Connector enhancements
You can now capture the following screen elements:
- Password field (PasswordBox)
- Rich Text Box (RichTextBox)
