Setting TrueLog Options

Enable TrueLogs to capture bitmaps and to log information for Silk4NET.

Logging bitmaps and controls in TrueLogs may adversely affect the performance of Silk4NET. Because capturing bitmaps and logging information can result in large TrueLog files, you may want to log test cases with errors only and then adjust the TrueLog options for test cases where more information is needed.

The results of test runs can be examined in TrueLog Explorer. For additional information, refer to the Silk TrueLog Explorer Help for Silk Test.

Note: To reduce the size of TrueLog files with Silk Test 17.5 or later, the file format for TrueLog files has changed from .xlg to the compressed .tlz file format. Files with a .xlg suffix are automatically appended with a .tlz suffix. To parse result data from a .tlz file, you can unzip the .tlz file and parse the data from the included .xlg file.

To enable TrueLog and customize the information that the TrueLog collects for Silk4NET, perform the following steps:

  1. Click Silk4NET > Edit Options. The Script Options dialog box opens.
  2. Click the TrueLog tab.
  3. In the TrueLog location field, type the name of and optionally the path to the TrueLog file, or click Browse and select the file.
  4. Select the Screenshot mode. Default is On Error.
  5. Optional: Set the Delay. This delay gives the operating system time to draw the application window before a bitmap is taken. You can try to add a delay if your application is not drawn properly in the captured bitmaps.
  6. Click OK.