Silk Test Feature Request
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SilkTest Workbench: Convert Visual Test to .Net Script
SilkTest workbench - request for functionality to support the conversion of Visual Tests to .Net Scripts.
The main advantage of Visual Test approach is that it is simple and intuitive for novice QA engineers to get to grips with, especially if these are non-technical and have limited scripting experience.
But due to the limitations and some missing functionality within the Visual Test framework; it would be beneficial if Visual Tests could be converted into .Net Scripts, for further modification and enhancement by more experienced QA engineers.
105 votes -
Several Code Debug improvement ideas
It would be nice if debugging could be improved with the following features.
1) the ability to drag and drop the play cursor so code can be jumped or rerun
2) the ability to edit code during runtime
3) the addition of an immediate window so variables values can be changed during runtime
4) the addition of a watch window which allows the drag and drop of variables and entire expressions for review
5) the ability to navigate through code more easily by being to jump to function definitions by right clicking function names and return to previous line etc..80 votes -
Silktest Workbench - Find/Replace text in all scripts
Currently you can Find/Replace only in one script. This does not cover many cases when you are forced to make similar changes in e.g. 100 scripts.
63 votes -
Change Playback Settings in VB.NET Script
SilkTest should be able to change the playback settings in vb.net scripts (e.g. 'Save all information', 'Screen Capture' etc.).
56 votesValid request, that probably will be considered for a future release of Silk Test.
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Possibility to set the Catch Exception when Thrown option in a script
When you include agent options in a script, you use the Options class with the GetOption or SetOption methods. For instance, when you type:
Agent.SetOption(Options.
the agent options display automatically in the Code window with the auto-completion and syntactical assistance technology. You are then able to select the options you wish to use from the list.
The Catch Exception when Thrown option is not available in the list as this is not an agent option, however, we would like to request for the possibility to set this option in a script.
43 votesvalid request.
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39 votes
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Watchlist for Variables in debug mode
One of the essential features that any type of IDE should have is a possibility to keep an eye on the values that a variable has during its lifetime. Otherwise it is really hard to track the variables and it is very time-consuming use message boxes to get the values of specific variables.
Its a big compromise to code the scripts in other IDEs to transfer them afterwards in SilkTest and finalize with verify routines of SilkTest.26 votes -
Silk Test should provide support for Win8 Metro Applications
Currently SilkTest is supporting Win8. But Win8 Metro Applications can't be tested with the current release. So it would be great if Silk Test could support the tests of Win8 Metro Style applications / Windows Store applications in the near future.
25 votesvalid request, but currently not planned
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TestPartner Shared module does not exist in SilkTest 13.5
TestPartner Shared module does not exist in SilkTest 13.5
Very useful to include modules for all test scripts without adding them manually one by one using Add .NET Script Reference.25 votesvalid request – currently not planned.
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Get notification due to changes in controls
SilkTest should provide a notification functionality if a control changes the state. For example if the content of a table changes it would be recommended to get a notification.
23 votesvalid request – currently not planned.
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IntelliJ plugin for Silk4J
We heavily use the IntelliJ suite of tools, and it would be great to have IntelliJ IDEA support with the Silk4J plugin.
18 votesThis is a very valid request and we have discussed this already a couple of times. But at this stage such plugin is not planned.
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Add a method or an option to handle menus by menu item text like TestPartner where the full path of the menu item as it appears on the menu
Add a method or an option to handle menus by menu item text like TestPartner where the full path of the menu item as it appears on the menu is specified as input.
Ex:
Window TestWindow;
TestWindow.MenuSelect("View~Toolbars~File");Behavior:
This should walk the Window’s menu and select each menu item specified in the menu text. This should work across all types of windows including Win32, FormsWindow, and even Infragistics Menus.
Justification:
We currently have over 14,000 TestPartner Test Cases written this way.
Silk’s current mechanisms for handling menus do not provide a fool proof method for performing menu selects. The entire…
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Silk does not show many properties of a window that are available in TestPartner.
For example, Application, ClassName, DotNETClassName, TypeName, Top, Left, Height, and Width. Application, ClassName and TypeName are particularly useful to identify certain types of windows. Please add the capability of using these in a Silk Locator.
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Silk Test should have a file comparison capability in verification feature
HP UFT 11.5 introduced a new capability which file comparison function. This feature are able to compare both 2 files contents like a PDF, Word and Text. We want to use this feature on Silk Test.
14 votesValid request, but currently not planned.
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Automatic update of locator when selecting another attribute
See item 8 of the 'Recording Locators Using the Locator Spy' help topic. It states that
'To replace the locator that you recorded, select the locator that you want to use in the Locator Details table. The new locator displays in the Selected Locator text box. '
This implies that selecting a different attribute will automatically update the highlighted locator - this does not happen as it actually needs to be changed manually.
Wells-Fargo are requesting that this is made an automatic change as implied by the help file.
14 votesvalid request – currently not planned.
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Abitlity to handle non-printable characters in Visual Tests
In the expression editor of Visual Tests there should be the ability to handle non-printable characters. For example to Find or Replace characters like Tabs or CarriageReturns in local variables. Those characters are very often relevant in captured text sequences. And must be identified or eliminated in those cases.
See also http://community.microfocus.com/borland/test/silk_test/f/29/p/8442/10598.aspx#1059813 votesValid request, that probably will be considered for a future release of Silk Test.
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Need a DomList class for OL and UL in open agent.
Need a DomList class for OL and UL in open agent.
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The Ability to undo/redo actions in visual tests.
Currently in .Net scripts it is possible to undo and redo actions within the script - via the edit menu.
When working in Visual tests - these menu options are inactive and so this is not possible.
The user would like to be able to undo and redo actions in visual tests in the same way that they can in .Net scripts.12 votesValid request, that probably will be considered for a future release of Silk Test.
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add auto complete (code assist) for object maps in silk4j
It will be awesome if auto complete is supported for object map. For example, if we have App.Menu.File in the object map. It will be nice to automatically populate Menu when we type App. in the eclipse.
12 votesvalid request – currently not planned.
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Set a local variable into the Properties "Application Configuration->Config 1->URL" in Silk Workbench
When there is a Silk Workbench project with multiple visual tescases, if their URL changes we must change the URL for each test because it's hardcoded. Would be nice to have a variable for URL that we could extract from an Active Data, for example.
11 votes
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