Object Map Takes a Long Time to Open
If you have a large object map asset it takes a long time to load when you are using .NET 4. Install .NET 4.5 to resolve this issue.
When a remote desktop or remote desktop connection (RDC) is minimized,
Silk Test does not function
When you connect through the remote desktop protocol (RDP) to a desktop, you take ownership of the desktop by attaching to the desktop with your mouse and keyboard. If the desktop is minimized without ownership of the desktop being released, any playback of mouse clicks or keystrokes is undefined.
As a workaround, you could use a VNC-based remote viewing tool. This would allow replay to continue even if the client window is minimized.
The Open Agent does not start when the Check Point firewall is installed
When you have a Check Point firewall or a Check Point ZoneAlarm firewall installed on your system, the Open Agent cannot be started, because the firewall interrupts the communication between the Agent and the infoservice.
To start the Open Agent, you have to uninstall the Check Point firewall from your system.
The
modifiers parameter in the
domDoubleClick method is ignored
You cannot specify the modifier in the overloaded
domDoubleClick method. The modifier will not be double-clicked, although you have specified the parameter. The overloaded
domDoubleClick method, which allows you to specify the modifier, is deprecated. To specify the modifier, you can use the
doubleClick method, if you are using a client that supports an overloaded method with the
modifiers parameter, or the
PressKeys and
ReleaseKeys methods.
Silk Test does not support testing Metro-style apps
Silk Test does not support testing Metro-style apps on
Microsoft Windows 8,
Microsoft Windows 8.1, or
Microsoft Windows 10. Metro-style apps are also known as Windows 8 style, Modern UI style, Windows Store style, or Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps.
The built-in spell checking in
Microsoft Windows 8 might interfere with the replay of tests
The built-in spell checking in
Microsoft Windows 8 can be enabled in applications like
Internet Explorer 10.
If a word was incorrectly spelled during recording, and you replay typing this word, the spell checker will either mark it, or for commonly misspelled words will automatically fix it, which is the same behaviour a real user would get. If your tests were created on an operating system that did not include the spell checking feature, you might get unexpected results when replying the tests on
Microsoft Windows 8. To disable the spell checking, you can do the following:
- Press
Windows Key + C.
- On the Charm bar, click
Settings.
- Select
More PC Settings.
- Select
General to see the Spelling selections.
Note: These are system-wide settings, not settings specific to
Internet Explorer.
- Set
Autocorrect misspelled words to off.
- Set
Highlight misspelled words to off.
When a .NET application is started from
DevPartner Studio (DPS),
Silk Test might not recognize it
To resolve the issue, perform the following steps:
- Go to the
Silk Test installation folder (by default, it's located at:
C:\Program Files\Silk\SilkTest).
- For Windows Forms applications, go to
ng\agent\plugins\com.borland.fastxd.techdomain.windowsforms.agent_<version number>.
- For Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications, go to
ng\agent\plugins\com.microfocus.silktest.techdomain.wpf.agent_<version number>.
- In Notepad, open the file plugin.xml, and add the following line to the
<loadparameters> section:
<param name="frameworkAssembly">mscoree.dll</param>
- Go to the
ng\agent folder in the
Silk Test installation folder (by default, it's located at:
C:\Program Files\Silk\SilkTest\ng\agent).
- In Notepad, open openagent.ini and add
-clean as the first line of the file.
- Log out of the computer, and then log back in.
Silk Test works as expected with the application that was started by
DevPartner Studio.
The highlighting rectangle is out of place when recording clicks on an area of an image
When you record a click on a part of a complex image, for example an area map, the green highlighting rectangle does not highlight the appropriate area of the image. However, the click will be executed correctly during replay.
The Open Agent might not start if Windows Defender is enabled during the installation of
Silk Test
If Windows Defender is enabled on your system during the
Silk Test installation, you might not be able to start the Open Agent after the installation is complete. Windows Defender might prevent the hotfix setup from performing some required actions. As a workaround, disable Windows Defender during the
Silk Test installation.
The IME editor opens out of place when opened from specific locations
The IME editor opens on the top-left corner of the current screen instead of opening near the text field from which it is opened.
This behavior occurs when opening the IME editor from the following locations:
- The recording sidebar.
- The
Keyword-Driven Test Editor.
- The
Keywords
view.