Setting Playback Timing Options

You can use the Playback options to control timing during playback.

  1. Click Tools > Options.
    The Options dialog box opens.
  2. Click the plus sign (+) next to Playback in the Options menu tree. The Playback options display in the right side panel and the Timing subcategory displays in the outline view below Playback.
  3. Click Timing.
  4. In the Application ready timeout text box, specify the number of milliseconds to wait for an application to become ready. If the application is not ready within the specified timeout, Silk Test Workbench raises an exception.
  5. In the Keyboard event delay text box, specify the delay, in milliseconds, between keyboard strokes during replay. The optimal number you select can vary, depending on the application that you are testing. For example, if you are testing a web application, a setting of 1 millisecond radically slows down the browser. However, setting this to 0 (zero) may cause basic application testing to fail.
  6. In the Mouse event delay text box, specify the delay, in milliseconds, used before each mouse event in a script. The delay affects moving the mouse, pressing buttons, and releasing buttons.
  7. In the Object enabled timeout text box, specify the time, in milliseconds, to wait for an object to become enabled during replay.
  8. In the Object resolve timeout text box, specify the time, in milliseconds, to wait for an object to be resolved during replay.
  9. Specify a value for the Screen shot delay. Enter the number of milliseconds to wait once focus has been set to a new window before taking a screen shot of the window.

    By default this value is set to 300 milliseconds.

  10. In the Unresponsive application timeout text box, enter the time, in milliseconds, for canceling pending playback actions.
  11. Optional: Click Save As to save your settings for the Playback options as a group.
  12. Click OK.