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RELEASE NOTE FOR STIF - STIF_201016 (7.3.31)
SUPPORTING SERIES 60 3.0 ->
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Product Description:
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STIF is a test harness for testing Symbian & S60 non-UI components.
This widely used test framework can be used for both test case implementation and test cases execution.

Features :
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- Test module implements test cases
- Error and exception handling
- Concurrent test case execution
- Test Module Template Wizard (createtestmodule.BAT)
- Memory leak detection
- File parsing with STIF Parser
- Logging facilities for test modules with STIF Logger
- Scripted test cases with Test Scripter
- Test case synchronization with STIF Event System
- Test case combining with Test Combiner
- Write once, test everywhere, e.g. test cases made during the development phase can be used in system testing, automatic release testing, etc.
- Easy to use
- Multiple test cases can be executed concurrently.
- All execution errors and exceptions are handled properly and reported to tester.
- Excellent support for test automation.
- Symbian OS 9.1 features supported (Platform Security)
- Releases bi-weekly
- Heap and stack configuring
- OOM test support
- Test Interference support
- S60\Symbian UI component test case implementation support


Enhancements:
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N/A


New Features:
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S60\Symbian UI component test case implementation support 


System Requirements:
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Basic Requirements:
- S60/Symbian OS development environment installed


Compatibility Issues:
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N/A

Known Issues:
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If problems with compilation appears (missing platform_paths.hrh file error message), 
please use EnvPatcher.pl script from stif/envpatcher folder to fix environment. 


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All rights reserved.
