Release notes
This document contains information about new features and enhancements for Rational® Test RealTime and links to useful information about the products.
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Description
Rational® Test RealTime is a complete test and runtime analysis tool set for systems development created in any cross-development environment.
Rational® Test RealTime provides tools for automated component testing, code coverage, memory leak detection, performance profiling, and UML sequence diagram tracing.
What's new in Version 8.3.1
- Import requirements with format ReqIF
In Rational® Test RealTime for Eclipse IDE preferences, the user can now load a requirement file that supports the format ReqIF. See https://www.omg.org/spec/ReqIF/About-ReqIF/ and Link Tests to Requirements.
- Support C++17 and C++20 syntaxes
Almost all C+20 syntaxes are supported under Support for C17 and C+20 syntaxes.
- Multiple user-defined MISRA rules
- Multiple user-defined rules can be defined in MISRA 2004 and MISRA 2012.
- Each rule can have its own severity.
See Configuring code review rules and Configuring code review rules.
- MISRA updater:
- When you update from an old version of Rational® Test RealTime and you use MISRA in Rational® Test RealTime for Eclipse IDE v8.3.1 for the first time, you are requested to update the configuration rule with the new rules added to the new version. By default, the unselected rules are disabled, they must be selected to be enabled. See Configuring code review rules.
- In Rational® Test RealTime Studio, the configuration file is automatically updated and the new rules are disabled. See Running a code review.
- Support for Eclipse 2020-06 (4.12)
Rational® Test RealTime is still delivered with Eclipse 4.7.2 but it can be also installed on Eclipse 2020-06 (4.12).
- TDP Visual 2019
A new Target Deployment Port dedicated to Microsoft Visual 2019 is delivered.
System requirements
For information about hardware and software compatibility, see System Requirements
Installing the product
You cannot upgrade Rational® Test RealTime from an earlier version of the product to version 8.3.1. If you have an earlier version of the product, you must uninstall it before installing version 8.3.1.
To install the product, see the Installing section in the navigation. You will find additional information in the release note that is delivered with the product, especially details about supported platforms and integrations.
Known problems
Known problems are documented in the download document and in the form of individual tech notes in the Support Knowledge Base. See Rational Test RealTime Support knowledge pages. The knowledge base is continually updated as problems are discovered and resolved. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.
| Product | Download document | Knowledge Base |
|---|---|---|
| Rational® Test RealTime | Release document | IBM support |
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