One of SilkTest’s main advantages is the power and flexibility of its object recognition mechanism. By using an XPath notation for locating UI elements SilkTest reliably can identify UI elements that do not have suitable properties as long as there are UI elements “near” the element...

To be able to reliably identify UI controls SilkTest, like any other UI automation tool, relies on adequate identifiers that the application exposes for its UI controls. Unlike other automation tools SilkTest provides great flexibility and power in the way it can identify UI controls. Not only can SilkTest...

The more test cases fail due to synchronization faults the less confidence you will have in your test automation! Synchronization is a critical issue with any test automation scripts. You may think that synchronization of test script actions is a built-in ability of today’s functional testing...

SilkTest provides general support for WPF and Winforms, which means that all controls included in the .Net framework are supported. The support of a control is on the hand the recognition of that control during recording and on the other hand the provided API for interacting with the control. Many...

It is a common problem to datadrive automated tests. With the given JTF (Java API for running automated tests with Silk4J) there are several options of how to implement such tests. In this article I want to use the JUnit parametrized Runner and Excel to datadrive a simple GMO sample. The mandatory...

We are pleased to announce the general availability of Silk Test 13.0, our industry leading, automated testing solution. This release of Silk Test 13.0 extends our leading Web 2.0 testing capabilities, provides increased support for custom controls and improves usability for a broad range of user...

An update to Silk Test 13 is now available for download from SupportLine . In addition to a number of resolved issues Silk Test 13 Hotfix 1 provides the following enhancements: Support for Mozilla Firefox 12 and 13 Adobe Flex 4.6 Support Java 7 Support For a list of fixed issues...

Writing SilkTest scripts for automated GUI-level tests is like writing a unit test. Basically you can use any testing framework as long as you can use the SilkTest Java/.Net API. You are only limited to a Java or .Net Runtime for the test execution. The key difference between unit testing and GUI-level...

Simple Dialogs Test Objects/Actions Design The screenshot below shows a simple dialog that contains two text fields, one combo box and two buttons. Good candidates for the corresponding test object name include Login , LoginDlg , and Login_Dialog . Note that no spaces are allowed. Use ‘_’...

Abstract In an IT world of constant change, shorter release cycles, iterative development processes, and increasing complexity of enterprise applications, testing is a business-critical step in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) . Automation of testing processes is a must-have for organizations...

Compared to traditional software development projects, the role of test automation in agile development projects is more important and significantly different. The close collaboration between various stakeholders in agile software projects also changes the way that quality, and with it testing, is managed...

Using the built in JUnit test type of SilkCentral Test Manager (SCTM) is a powerful way to automate the execution of JUnit tests. Nevertheless, it can be quite cumbersome if you have to add a new SCTM test, each time a new test class should be executed. With the freeware library ClasspathSuite (©Johannes...

Welcome to the Silk Test Wiki, the new home for everything interesting and cool about Silk Test. Silk Test is an easy to use, full functional set of interfaces (clients), which enables you to perform automated functional testing in a variety of development environments and programming languages. ...

We are pleased to announce the general availability of Silk Test 13.5, our industry leading, automated testing solution. This release of Silk Test 13.5 introduces support for Windows 8 and extends our leading Web 2.0 testing capabilities with support for the latest versions of the leading browsers...

This is a quick introduction into implementing GUI test scripts in Python. These test scripts are not compiled and can be processed from scratch. To create or adapt a script you only need a text editor. To drive an application, the Java Testing Framework (JTF) API of Silk Test is used. The following...

We are pleased to announce now three new free training courses for Silk Test, our industry leading, automated testing solution. Silk Test Workbench Essentials – Free Web Based Training Silk Test Workbench Essentials is an online training class that includes textual training material and video...

Silk Test Clients Available for Evaluation Depending on your personal preferences, prior experience in testing, and your development and testing environment, you can try out the following Silk Test clients for a 30 days period to evaluate whether they apply to your testing process: Silk Test Workbench...