Setting Playback Result Options for Visual Tests

Use the Playback Results: Visual Test options to control capturing controls and screens in visual tests during playback. For more information about using these options, see Limiting Database Growth.

  1. Click Tools > Options.
  2. Click the plus sign (+) next to Playback in the Options menu tree. The Playback subcategories appear.
  3. Click the plus sign (+) next to Results and then click Visual test. The Visual test options appear in the right pane.
  4. Set the options for your environment:
    Control capture

    Capture controls and their properties during playback.

    Set to Same as recorded to use the same setting as the Control capture setting that existed in the Record Output options when the visual test was recorded.

    Set to Yes to capture controls and their properties during playback. The controls can then be selected using Screen Preview.
    Note: If the Screen capture setting is set to None for recording, you must set Control capture to Yes and the playback Screen capture setting to a value other than None to capture controls for playback.

    Set to No to improve playback performance.

    Screen capture

    Determines how Silk Test Workbench captures test application screens during playback.

    Set to Same as recorded to use the same setting as the Screen capture setting that existed for each specific screen when the visual test was recorded. For example, visual tests containing screens recorded with both Application and Active Window settings will playback using these settings as they apply to each specific screen in the visual test.

    Set to Application to capture the test application and any windows within the test application.

    Set to Active Window to capture only the test application's active window during playback.

    Set to Desktop to capture screens of all applications, including the test application, that are visible in the desktop during playback.

    Set to None to disable the capture of screens during playback.
    Note: When this setting is set to None, no controls or screens are captured in the Results window, regardless of the values specified in the Control capture and Screen capture (test steps) settings.
    Screen capture (test steps)

    Set to Yes to capture individual screens that display in Screen Preview. This enables you to view the actions that occur on individual screens in Screen Preview in conjunction with individual test steps in the Test Steps pane. Additionally, you can compare the screens that are recorded during playback against the screens captured when the visual test was first recorded if test step screens were captured during recording also.

    Set to No to capture no individual test steps during playback. If the Screen capture setting is set to anything other than None, the group screen associated with the individual test step is displayed in Screen Preview.

    Tip: Use these options in conjunction with the Record Output options to compare playback results to the screens that were captured when the visual test was first recorded.
  5. Optional: Click Save As to save your settings for the Playback options as a group.
  6. Click OK.