Enabling Extensions on a Host Machine Manually

This functionality is supported only if you are using the Classic Agent.

Using the Basic workflow, Silk Test Classic can automatically enable extensions for many different development environments. If you would rather enable the extension manually, or the basic workflow does not support your configuration, follow the steps described in this topic.

A host machine is the system that runs the Silk Test Classic software process, in which you develop, edit, compile, run, and debug 4Test scripts and test plans.

There is overhead to having more than one browser extension enabled, so you should enable only one browser extension unless you are actually testing more than one browser in an automated session.

  1. Start Silk Test Classic and click Options > Extensions.
  2. If you are testing a client/server project, rich internet application project, or a generic project that uses the Classic Agent, perform the following steps:
    1. On the Extensions dialog box, click the extension you want to enable. You may need to add your application to this list in order to enable its extension.
    2. Enable other extensions, such as Java, ActiveX, Accessibility, and .NET, as appropriate.
    3. Disable other extensions that you will not be using by selecting Disabled in the Primary Extension field. To disable a Visual Basic extension, uncheck the ActiveX check box for the Visual Basic application.
    4. Click OK.