EAToolkiT 1.0 Released

[Steve_Straley]

Hi All,

We are happy to announce that version 1.0 of EAToolkiT is now available for download.   This application works with .EAP files to provide the follow additional support:

- Additional Reports for Project, Resource, Object, Test Script, Defects/Changes, and lots more.
- All Reports Can be Generated to ASCII Text Files, CSV files, Printer, or HTML pages.
- Alert Conditions can be set for Gree, Yellow, and Red Conditions
- Dynmaic Alert Pages generated with appropriate image colors based on   condition.
- HTML pages can be generated with a TEMPLATE page.  If the HTML page is selected as a "template" during HTML generation contains the tag:

       <!-- EATOOLKIT INSERT -->

 on a line by itself, EAToolkiT will generate HTML information at that location within the template HTML file and generate this information to the specified HTML page.
- HTML Background and Text colors can be set.
- Printer Font and Layout can be set for all printer-base reports
- Tip of the Day Window available
- Main application window position and size remembered at the close of session
- Ability to add RESOURCES from MS Project Files saved in MDB format.  These project resources can be added as Model Authors, Resources, or both within EA.
- Items within EA that are "object" based can be moved to another Object within the EA file.
- External Files associated within the EA file can be updated with File Size and Date information should this information be missing.  This is caused by external files being introduced to the EAP file before date and time information was captured
- External Files are compared with entered date and time stamp.  If the information contained within the EAP file is different, EAToolkiT will note this.
- External Files are compared with the time stamp of the EAP file and if they are newer than the EAP file, notification is generated.
- Table structures and table contents for all items contained within the EAP file can be generated as a report.
- Most column selection windows have the ability to select or deslect all items within the list.

You can download this free (for the moment) utility at a NEW dedicated EA Add-On Support Site:

www.world-eit.net/ea

If you have problems, comments, suggestions, or whatever, please use this site to post them.

Thanks again to all of you and to Geoff and Paul for making an awesome product!

Steve Straley

[kiwi]

Awesome work Steve! You and Geoff man... you're just Golden.

Testing... you know what would be the coolest is integration with Ant and JUnit.

For issue management, support for Test Track Pro (www.seapine.com) and the superb Scarab (scarab.tigris.org) would be the neatest thing.

I may well have a few weeks spare soon so I might just explore this world a little myself.

[Steve_Straley]

Kiwi,

Thanks... I appreciate what Geoff is trying to do to the "big boys" so any help we can do in return.

FYI... the next release (due sometime later this week) has full QA Test Plan and QA Test Step features including "requires" dependencies (spelling... I need another cup of coffee pleeeeeaase) and "cloning" of Test Plans/Steps.  This last allows you to create a new test plans based on other plans in whole or in part.  Hopefully, this will remove the problems that appear when you COPY and PASTE test plans in word and key phrases are not updated .   Again, I hope to have this and a few other things by the end of the week.

Again, many thanks!

Steve