Test Design Studio News http://www.patterson-consulting.net/products/test_design_studio/Default.aspx The latest information for Test Design Studio. en-us Copyright 2010 Patterson Consulting, LLC. All Rights Reserved. webmaster@patterson-consulting.net http://www.patterson-consulting.net/public/assets/img/pc-logo.jpg Test Design Studio News http://www.patterson-consulting.net/products/test_design_studio/Default.aspx 240 61 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:33:00 GMT Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:33:00 GMT 120 Test Design Studio 2.0 Maintenance Release (Build 4562) Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/27/test-design-studio-20-maintenance-release-build-4562.aspx Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:33:00 GMT We are pleased to announce that a new maintenance release of Test Design Studio 2.0 is now available (Build 4562). This release adds improved performance in Quality Center 10 as well as improved integration for version control of test resources and business process components. The Start Page now includes links to the new videos page. For all the changes in this release, refer to the revision history. New Product Videos Page Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.patterson-consulting.net/products/test_design_studio/Videos.aspx Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:58:00 GMT We have a new product videos page for Test Design Studio that demonstrates some of the key features of the tool. New users can start here to learn about the capabilities of the tool, and even experienced users may learn about something they missed. We hope to continue to add new videos in the future. Test Design Studio 2.0 Maintenance Release (Build 4551) Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/26/test-design-studio-20-maintenance-release-build-4551.aspx Wed, 19 May 2010 19:29:00 GMT We are pleased to announce that a new maintenance release of Test Design Studio 2.0 is now available (Build 4551). This release adds IntelliSense for the Silverlight add-in, addresses some minor issues with code analysis, and adds the ability to control automatic code analysis scanning while editing. Test Design Studio 2.0 Maintenance Release (Build 4546) Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/25/test-design-studio-20-maintenance-release-build-4546.aspx Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:19:00 GMT We are pleased to announce that a new maintenance release of Test Design Studio 2.0 is now available (Build 4546). This release addresses some minor issues with the VBScript parser and fixes an error with the project builder that was excluding files from the Quality Center v10.0 resources module. We have also updated several 3rd party controls. Test Design Studio 2.0 Maintenance Release (Build 4542) Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/24/test-design-studio-20-maintenance-release-build-4542.aspx Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:52:00 GMT We are pleased to announce that a new maintenance release of Test Design Studio 2.0 is now available (Build 4542). This releases address an issue with the Documenter, improves handling of QTP scripts with no local actions, and adds IntelliSense around the Browser object for methods that were added in QTP 10.0. Test Design Studio 2.0 Maintenance Release (Build 4537) Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/23/test-design-studio-20-maintenance-release-build-4537.aspx Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:11:00 GMT We are pleased to announce that a new maintenance release of Test Design Studio 2.0 is now available (Build 4537). This release adds QuickTest SAP IntelliSense and addresses some rare launch issues with how the assemblies were encrypted. Test Design Studio 2.0 Highlighted by AdvancedQTP Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.advancedqtp.com/knowledge-base/articles/environment-techniques-id15/web-id34/rad-combobox-for-aspnet-ajax-telerik/ Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:47:00 GMT The great team at AdvancedQTP.com has posted an article about creating Web Extensibility toolkits for QuickTest and has highlighted special features in Test Design Studio that take the hassle out of developing web extensibility toolkits. Thank you, Dani, for the kind remarks. Test Design Studio 2.0 Maintenance Release (Build 4531) Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/22/test-design-studio-20-maintenance-release-build-4531.aspx Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:47:00 GMT We are pleased to announce that a new maintenance release of Test Design Studio 2.0 is now available (Build 4531). This release addresses some issues with web extensibility. Test Design Studio 2.0 Maintenance Release (Build 4530) Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/21/test-design-studio-maintenance-release-build-4530.aspx Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:17:00 GMT We are pleased to announce that a new maintenance release of Test Design Studio 2.0 is now available (Build 4530). This release addresses some issues with IntelliSense around arrays, some tweaks to error analysis, and fixes an issue with multi-line comments corrupting the code outlining. Test Design Studio 2.0 Reviewed by AdvancedQTP Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.advancedqtp.com/knowledge-base/reviews/test-design-studio-2-an-updated-review/ Thr, 15 Oct 2009 22:48:00 GMT The great team at AdvancedQTP.com has posted a review of Test Design Studio 2.0 talking about the new features in the tool since they first reviewed it in 2007. Thank you, Yaron, for the glowing remarks. Test Design Studio 2.0 Maintenance Release (Build 4527) Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/20/test-design-studio-20-maintenance-release-build-4527.aspx Thr, 15 Oct 2009 13:27:00 GMT We are pleased to announce that a new maintenance release of Test Design Studio 2.0 is now available (Build 4527). This release addresses some minor issues with error checking, resolves a possible lockup during shutdown, and fixes a file encoding issue with templates. Test Design Studio 2.0 Maintenance Release (Build 4525) Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/19/test-design-studio-20-maintenance-release-build-4525.aspx Thr, 1 Oct 2009 18:12:00 GMT A maintenance release of Test Design Studio 2.0 is available to address some minor code analysis issues, adds preliminary support for 64-bit OS, and addreses a potential integration issue with Quality Center and QuickTest scripts. Test Design Studio 2.0 Maintenance Release (Build 4522) Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/18/test-design-studio-20-maintenance-release-build-4522.aspx Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:38:00 GMT A maintenance release of Test Design Studio 2.0 is available to address some minor code analysis issues and add enhancements to the Error List. Test Design Studio 2.0 Public Release Now Available Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/17/test-design-studio-20-public-release-now-available.aspx Tue, 1 Sep 2009 23:29:00 GMT The official public release of Test Design Studio 2.0 is finally here! Read the post for details about the upgrade and important notes for customers upgrading from version 1.6. A special thank you to all who participated in the pre-release program! Test Design Studio 2.0 Release Candidate Now Available Patterson Consulting, LLC http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/16/test-design-studio-20-release-candidate-now-available.aspx Thr, 18 Aug 2009 04:09:00 GMT The Release Candidate of Test Design Studio 2.0 is finally here! Test Design Studio 2.0 Beta 3 Now Available http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/14/test-design-studio-20-beta-3-now-available.aspx Thr, 9 Jul 2009 01:21:00 GMT The final (hopefully) beta release of Test Design Studio 2.0 is now available. At this point, we only plan to address bug fixes before making a release candidate available. Read the post for details about XML message suppression and custom plug-in rules. Test Design Studio 1.6 Maintenance Release (Build 4230) http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/13/test-design-studio-16-maintenance-release-build-4230.aspx Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Minor updates to Test Design Studio 1.6 to address a few bugs since the last release and update 3rd-party controls. Test Design Studio 2.0 Beta 2 Now Available http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/12/test-design-studio-20-beta-2-now-available.aspx Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:10:00 GMT Beta 2, the first public update to Test Design Studio 2.0, is now available. A couple of issues with the parsing engine are still to be resolved, and then Beta 3 will be posted. This next week will not see a lot of updates to the code base as we are at HP Software Universe. Hope to see you there! Test Design Studio 2.0 Beta 1 Now Available http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/11/test-design-studio-20-beta-1-now-available.aspx Sun, 7 Jun 2009 02:46:00 GMT The highlighly anticipated Beta 1 release of Test Design Studio 2.0 is now available. Test Design Studio 2.0 Beta Updates http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/10/test-design-studio-20-updates.aspx Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:13:00 GMT The Test Design Studio 2.0 Beta is coming soon. Check out the full article for details about the beta page and RSS feed. Test Design Studio 1.6 Maintenance Release http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/9/test-design-studio-16-maintenance-release.aspx Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:27:00 GMT This release includes a basic support for Quality Center 10.0, updated templates for QuickTest Pro 10.0, and a few bug fixes. Follow Patterson Consulting on Twitter http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/8/follow-patterson-consulting-on-twitter.aspx Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:52:00 GMT Curious what is going on at Patterson Consulting? Follow us on Twitter! Our username is 'PattConsulting' (http://twitter.com/PattConsulting). Notes on QuickTest 10 and Quality Center 10 http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/7/test-design-studio-16-compatibility-with-quicktest.aspx Tue, 11 Mar 2009 12:27:00 GMT Compatibility notes regarding Test Design Studio 1.6 and the latest releases of QuickTest Pro and Quality Center. Test Design Studio 1.6 Maintenance Release http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/6/test-design-studio-16-maintenance-release.aspx Sat, 7 Mar 2009 21:32:00 GMT A maintenance release of Test Design Studio has been posted to address some issues since the last release. All users should upgrade to this release. Test Design Studio 1.6 Maintenance Release, Notes on Version 1.7 http://www.patterson-consulting.net/MRS/News/5/test-design-studio-16-maintenance-release-comments.aspx Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:39:00 GMT A maintenance release of Test Design Studio has been posted to address some issues with IntelliSense and the documenter as well as a few Quality Center tweaks. All users should upgrade to this release.
We are also making significant progress on version 1.7 of TDS. Read the full article for details. Test Design Studio 1.6 Maintenance Release http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=188 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:31:00 GMT A maintenance release of Test Design Studio has been posted to primarily fix issues with using the RepositoryUtil API to interact with Object Repository files. All users should upgrade to this release. Test Design Studio 1.6 Maintenance Release http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=185 Mon, 2 Aug 2008 17:57:00 GMT A minor maintenance release of Test Design Studio has been posted to fix an issue with IntelliSense in certain QTP editing scenarios. All users should upgrade to this release. Test Design Studio 1.6 Full Release http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=184 Thr, 31 Jul 2008 06:27:00 GMT Test Design Studio 1.6 Full Release is now available bringing new support for Web Extensibility and an overhauled IntelliSense engine. All users should upgrade to this release. Test Design Studio 1.6 Release Candidate 1 Released http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=183 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:31:00 GMT Test Design Studio 1.6 Release Candidate 1 has been released to the public. This build addresses all known bugs from Beta 1 and Beta 2. Test Design Studio 1.6 Beta 1 Released http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=179 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:00:00 GMT Test Design Studio 1.6 Beta 1 has been released to the public. As previously mentioned, one of the exiting new features is special support for generating Web Extensibility addins for QuickTest Professional 9.5. This great new feature of QuickTest is limited by its complex implementation. Download and install the beta to test drive this new functionality! Documentation has not been updated for this release, so please contact support with any questions. See Test Design Studio at HP Universe with Free License Giveaway! http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=177 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:57:00 GMT One of the exiting new features planned for the next release of Test Design Studio is special support for generating Web Extensibility addins for QuickTest Professional 9.5. This great new feature of QuickTest is limited by its complex implementation. Test Design Studio bridges that gap by providing designer support for test objects and automatic generation of the necessary toolkit files.

Will Roden is delivering a presentation about Web Extensibility at HP Universe. Attend his track session to learn about this great new feature of QuickTest and see a demonstration of Test Design Studio simplifies the implementation process. Read this article for details about the session.

Attend the session for a chance to win a free license of Test Design Studio!

 Test Design Studio 1.5 Released! http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=168 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:17:00 GMT We are pleased to announce the that first significant upgrade to Test Design Studio has been released! This upgrade includes many enhancements including major expansions in integration with QuickTest Pro and Quality Center. Test Design Studio Maintenance Release 1.0.4016 Available http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=163 Tue, 2 Dec 2007 18:30:00 GMT A maintenance release of Test Design Studio has been made available. A few minor features and bug fixes are included. All users should upgrade to this release. Test Design Studio Maintenance Release 1.0.4014 Available http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=161 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:03:00 GMT A maintenance release of Test Design Studio has been made available. This most significant feature of this release is the new Auto Recover manager. It automatically saves backups of your unsaved file changes so that you may recover those documents in the event Test Design Studio does not properly shut down. All users should upgrade to this release. Test Design Studio Maintenance Release 1.0.4012 Available http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=155 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:27:00 GMT A maintenance release of Test Design Studio has been made available that shows a 50%-60% reduction in memory utilization and addresses some bugs. All users should upgrade to this release. Pre-release Beta Program Launched http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=152 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:06:00 GMT The pre-release beta program for Test Design Studio is now available. You may download and evaluate the next build of Test Design Studio as those builds become available. Test Design Studio Reviewed on Knowledge Inbox http://www.knowledgeinbox.com/others/tdsreview.html Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:34:00 GMT The Knowledge Inbox site has posted their review of Test Design Studio. Check out the review and other useful information about QuickTest Pro on their site. Test Design Studio Maintenance Release 1.0.4010 Available http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=142 Sat, 6 Oct 2007 21:03:00 GMT A maintenance release of Test Design Studio has been made available to address bug fixes and introduce a few minor features. All users should upgrade to this release. Test Design Studio Maintenance Release 1.0.4008 Available http://patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=136 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:15:00 GMT A maintenance release of Test Design Studio has been made available to address bug fixes and improve IntelliSense. All users should upgrade to this release. Test Design Studio Maintenance Release 1.0.4006 Available http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=124 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:27:00 GMT A maintenance release of Test Design Studio has been made available to address minor bug fixes and a few great new feature: WinRunner GUI Map IntelliSense, QTP IntelliSense for .NET Addin, and QTP Object Repository viewer! All users should upgrade to this release. Test Design Studio Reviewed on Advanced QTP http://www.advancedqtp.com/2007/09/tds/ Thr, 7 Sep 2007 08:27:00 GMT The Advanced QTP site has posted their review of Test Design Studio. Check out the review and other useful information about QuickTest Pro on their site. Test Design Studio Reviewed on The Software Inquisition http://www.softwareinquisition.com/2007/09/test-design-studio Thr, 5 Sep 2007 02:37:00 GMT The Software Inquisition website posted their review of Test Design Studio. Check out the review and other useful information about QuickTest Pro on their site. Test Design Studio Maintenance Release 1.0.4004 Available http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=108 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:31:00 GMT A maintenance release of Test Design Studio has been made available to address minor bug fixes and one great new feature: object repository IntelliSense support for QuickTest Pro! All users should upgrade to this release. Test Design Studio Maintenance Release 1.0.4002 Available http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=100 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:56:00 GMT A maintenance release of Test Design Studio has been made available to address a major issue with document tabs and a few minor issues. All users should upgrade to this release. Test Design Studio Released! http://www.patterson-consulting.net/products/test_design_studio/Default.aspx Mon, 7 Aug 2007 04:00:00 GMT After several years of research and development, Test Design Studio has now been released. Thank you to all those who participated in the beta program! Test Design Studio Release Candidate 2 Released http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=90 Thr, 26 Jul 2007 03:11:00 GMT The final Release Candidate package of Test Design Studio is now available. Aside from any bug fixes, the remaining work for the full release will focus on documentation. Test Design Studio Release Candidate 1 Released http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=90 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:31:00 GMT The first Release Candidate package of Test Design Studio is now available. Aside from any bug fixes, the remaining work for Release Candidate 2 will focus on documentation and licensing.

Installation Note: You must uninstall any Beta 4 or prior release before installing this release or anything newer due to a change in installers.

Test Design Studio Beta 4 Released http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=90 Tue, 5 Jun 2007 21:21:00 GMT The Beta 4 release of Test Design Studio is now available. This will probably be the last beta release before the first release candidate. Test Design Studio Beta 3 Released http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=90 Tue, 29 May 2007 02:37:00 GMT The Beta 3 release of Test Design Studio is now available. This release consisted primarily of minor feature requests. Our continued thanks goes out to all testers of Beta 1 and Beta 2 for their valuable feedback. Test Design Studio Beta 2 Released http://www.patterson-consulting.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=90 Sun, 20 May 2007 04:40:00 GMT The Beta 2 release of Test Design Studio is now available. This release includes major overhauls to file encoding, numerous bug fixes, and a few feature requests implemented. Thank you to all testers of Beta 1 for their valuable feedback. Special Pricing for Test Design Studio http://www.patterson-consulting.net/special_offers.php Fri, 4 May 2007 11:23:00 GMT To reward our beta program participants, we are offering a 10% discount on all Test Design Studio licenses that are purchaed during the beta period. This offer expires after the full release, so take advantage of this great opportunity. Test Design Studio Beta 1 Released http://www.patterson-consulting.net/products/test_design_studio/Default.aspx Fri, 4 May 2007 11:15:00 GMT The first public release of Test Design Studio is now available as Beta 1. This product has been in development for approximately two years, and we are pleased to make it publicly available for the first time. We look forward to hearing all feedback on the product. Test Design Studio Beta News http://www.patterson-consulting.net/products/test_design_studio/Default.aspx Thr, 22 Mar 2007 15:28:00 GMT This news feed will be periodically updated with information related to the Test Design Studio product.