HCL RTist 11.1 2021.34 is now available for download. As always, there are several interesting new features and improvements. Let's take a look at some of them: BIRT support It's now again possible to use BIRT with RTist for creating reports and data visualizations. This feature was available in version 10.3 but for an older version of Eclipse. Now, the more recent versions of Eclipse used with RTist 11.0 and RTist 11.1 are supported. Since BIRT is a fairly big component we decided to package it as a separate update site. You can download it from our InfoCenter. At the time of writing only the version that supports RTist 11.0 is available there, but within a few days a version for RTist 11.1 will also be available. Operations in Enums   You can now create operations in an enumeration. They will be translated to global functions in C++. Having a global function that operates on or returns an enum literal can be an alternative to wrapping the enumeration in a class. Template Parameters in Project Explorer Labels If a class or operation has template parameters, it's now possible to see this in the Project Explorer, without having to expand the class or operation. A new preference RealTime Development – Project Explorer – Show Template Parameters in Labels controls this behavior:     Path Variables in Transformation Configurations   You can now use path variables in certain TC properties. This is useful in those TC properties that specify a path, as an alternative to using string substitution or environment variables. Path variables are defined in Preferences at General – Workspace – Linked Resources. The model compiler was improved to report warnings if it finds variables in a TC that cannot be resolved. For example: WARNING : Cannot resolve variable '$(TARGET_DIR)' in...

RTist 11.1 2021.24, the second release on the 11.1 release track is now available. This release contains several improvements, both bug fixes and new features. Let's have a look at some of these new features.

The RTist development team has been busy finalizing RTist 11.1, and today we are happy to announce its general availability for download. The full version number is 11.1 2021.16, and at the same time we also release 11.0 2021.16, which is planned to be the last delivery on the 11.0 release track. All new features in the 11.0 release are also present in the 11.1 release. The only exception is the OneTest Embedded integration which we will make available in the next release of RTist 11.1 (expected to arrive mid-June). Let's have a look at the new features. Code Preview It's now possible to get a preview of what generated code will look like for an individual model element. This feature can be used for understanding how changes made in the model will affect the generated code. It can also be used as a means to compare two versions of a model at code level. Simply generate a code preview for each of the model element versions and compare them. You can also use this feature on transformation configurations to get a preview of all code and/or make files that it will generate. This can be of great help for troubleshooting build problems and to compare versions of an RTist application at code level.     OneTest Embedded Integration The integration with HCL OneTest Embedded allows you to compute and visualize the run-time coverage of state machines in your application. For example, it can be used for finding states and transitions of a state machine that are not covered by current tests. In this release a number of usability improvements were made, in particular in the Model Coverage viewer. For example, you can now choose to show coverage graphically in only some of the state chart diagrams.     Again, remember that...

This blog talks about the latest installment of HCL RTist.

RTist models are stored in XML files (.emx and .efx). If you have ever opened such a file in a text editor you have probably noticed that code snippets stored in the model can be quite difficult to read due to the encoding of certain characters that is mandated by XML. Here is an example:     Some code snippets are stored as attributes in XML and they can look even worse, since newlines also will be encoded so that the whole code snippet appears on a single line:     Starting with RTist 11.0 2020.33 it's now possible to set a preference so that code snippets will be saved in CDATA sections in the XML file. Thereby the code does not need to be escaped which greatly improves its readability. The preference is called Use CDATA when saving model files and is located on the Modeling preference page. In addition to code snippets, it also affects how documentation texts are stored.     After setting this preference, the code snippets in the examples above will look like this:       Note that older versions of RTist can still read model files that use CDATA. In that sense this feature is backwards compatible. Note, however, that if you edit and save the model in such an old tool version the code snippets will once again be stored without usage of CDATA.  If you decide to start using CDATA in your model files it can be a bit tedious to manually re-save all files in the workspace to use the new format. To simplify you can run a model fixup which will automatically convert all your model files to use CDATA.     Watch this video for more information.

As a result of our Sprint 2021.04, there are now two deliveries available for download: HCL RTist 11.0 2021.04 and experimental version 11.1 2021.04. Although the experimental version is not yet recommended for production use, we would greatly value any feedback you may have on it. Feel free to reach out to the development team. For now, let’s take a look at what’s new: Single-command Scripted Installation Installation of HCL RTist has never been easier! Just download the script from this page in Utilities section and after a simple configuration, given a product zip file it will automatically download corresponding Eclipse version and depending on RTist version being installed will perform all necessary configuration and installation steps to get you going in minutes. Visualization of Event Routing Complex UML RT models often have many levels of nested capsules, making it difficult to analyze how events are travelling through these structures. In Sprint 2021.04 HCL RTist provides experimental Event Routing Visualization feature, which generates a read-only view of all possible communication paths and relevant parts with respect to a certain port. Despite the new view cannot be used to change the model, you can pan and zoom the diagram, filter to only show paths for In or Out events and switch root capsule context with "Go Inside" and "Go Outside" commands. Please keep in mind that to try this feature you should first activate it in Experimental Features Preferences page. Simpler Qualified Names In many places in RTist like e.g. Properties view you could see fully qualified names of UML elements. Qualified Name of an element includes names of all owning model elements up to the model's root separated by ::. However Capsule Development viewpoint simplifies model representation by hiding some types of elements in Project Explorer view, for example Regions in statemachines. Starting from Sprint 2021.04 fully qualified...

A new version of RTist 11, 2020.50, is now ready to be downloaded. Let's take a look at some of the improvements implemented in the 2020.50 release.

The latest HCL RTist 11 release, version 2020.45, is now available. And there are several improvements and new features in this release:

The latest Design Room ONE delivery may not have too many user interfaces changes, but under the hood it is powered by the latest version of Node.js.Node.js version 14 has an updated Javascript V8 engine. So, its adoption has resulted in a faster, better, more stable and secure server.

UML-RT models within HCL RTist can now be examined from different perspectives.Take for example, the third-party extension MetaModelAgent from Adocus.

The latest HCL RTist 11 release, version 2020.39, is now available. And there are several improvements and new features in this release.

HCL RTist is an Eclipse-based modeling and development environment for creating complex, event-driven, real-time applications in C++.

HCL RTist 11 2020.33 is now available with several improvements in various areas.

The latest Sprint 2020.26 bring us a new version 2.1 of Design Room ONE available for HCL RTist users. In this new version authentication functionality has been significantly improved and lost its EXPERIMENTAL tag. One of the improvements includes refactoring the way the Design Room ONE server integrates with Keycloak for authentication. As a result, the configuration procedure is now easier: all the settings that need to be updated are now located in Design Room ONE’s main configuration file – server-config.json. Due to these improvements, there is now no need for Design Room ONE to store a Keycloak administrator key making this integration even safer, since Design Room ONE server would only be able to access pieces of Keycloak information it needs to manage access to its designs. You can refer to Authentication Setup for detailed instruction on migrating Keycloak realms configured with previous versions of Design Room ONE without loosing any information about users and their roles. Another update related to server configuration is the introduction of a single property dr_db_url controlling database connection — provides more flexibility and allows using password protected databases, which are standard in cloud environments like Azure or AWS. This is since version 2.1 Design Room ONE supports integration with Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) tools version 6.0.6.1. If you are using CLM tools to track your requirements with CLM 6.0.6.1 (read System Requirements for the full list of supported versions and other requirements) you would be able to create “Derived From” links in your modeling tool e.g. HCL RTist from a model element to a requirement. These links will be visible in Design Room ONE after the model has been exported to the server. After that matching “Derives Architecture Element” links will be visible in your requirements management application and you would be able...