Wiki Page: Why do I recieve an "Unable to find application -foobar- Microsoft...
  Ensure that the "QAPHLPROBJ Class" is enabled in your browser Add-ons. To check this; Open Internet Explorer Click "Tools" Click Manage Add-ons... If the "QAPHLPOBJ Class" is in the disabled...
View ArticleWiki Page: What is MD5 and is it supported in Silk Performer?
MD5 is a Message-Digest Algorithm. The MD5 algorithm takes as input a message of arbitrary length and produces as output a 128-bit "fingerprint" or "message digest" of the input. Â It is virtually...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why are some of the url calls missing when I examine my TrueLog On...
This is most likely due to the way in which the TrueLog On Error has been generated. Â The TrueLog On Error information can either be stored for one complete transaction or based on content history....
View ArticleWiki Page: Why does the 'Find baseline' test take longer than the 'Try script'?
The 'Find Baseline' test will always take more time to execute than a 'Try Script' because 'Find Baseline' includes extra functionality. During 'Try Script' the Stress test option is enabled so that...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why do I see the "other user's" application when two users are...
Silk Test is not designed to support simultaneous execution of scripts in a Terminal Server environment, even when the GUI is launched under two different user accounts. If you attempt to run Silk...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why do I sometimes have trouble getting UNIFACE Unifields to Learn...
In order for QARun to properly Learn and replay Unifields, the "WindowonUnifield" field must be set to "ON" in the Usys.ini file. The "Guidelines for Using QARun in an UNIFACE environment" document...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why do you get ***Error $ symbol not defined when trying to...
The dollar ($) symbol is treated as a special character in a testplan. When it appears on its own it is treated as a symbol definition. Please refer to the SilkTest online help section for further...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why do you not see a java class when you set it to true in the...
The problem can lie with the hierarchy of the application and can require additional research to discover what could be the conflict stopping this class being seen. What seems to happen is that with...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why does "IsEnabled" method always return true when called against...
When an application loads a modal dialog, the parent window is disabled preventing any user input. The expected behaviour for the "IsEnabled" method would be to return the value "FALSE". It has been...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why does attempting to access unique items in an Oracle database...
Most SQL databases require the use of the keyword DISTINCT to return unique items in a table. The keyword UNIQUE is normally reserved for the creation of tables, but Oracle will accept either keyword...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why does DB_FetchNext not return anything when executing it on...
You have checked your code and can execute it successfully on Windows 2000 and Window XP, yet when trying to return information from a database on Windows 2003, DB_Fetchnext does not return anything....
View ArticleWiki Page: Why does extracting text from the clipboard with SilkTest not work...
When using SilkTest to copy data to the clipboard and then extracting it from the clipboard immediately this may sometimes fail on Windows Vista. The standard code used to do this is below:...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why does GetCellValue() only returned the values in column 1 of a...
When using GetCellValue for a JavaJFCtable to return the value stored in, for example, column 3, row 3 (i.e other than column 1) you may notice that an empty string is returned. To overcome this if...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why does Internet Explorer generate the error message: A Runtime...
The error message is generated by Microsoft Visual Studio and therefore only occurs on machines that have this product installed. It can be prevented by changing an advanced option in Internet...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why does Internet Explorer performance degrade with SilkTest is...
If you notice that Internet Explorer takes longer to launch or load web pages after you installed SilkTest you should check to see if any of the Java SSV Helper objects are enabled as Internet...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why does invokejava work for some pieces of code and not others?
An example of this would be as follows: Calling InvokeJava on class SaleBean. if using this code: // print out the objRef class type String s = (objRef.getClass()).getName(); System.out.println("class...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why does my .Net2 application always appear as client/server under...
This appears to be a Microsoft/VMWare problem and not directly a SilkTest issue. It occurs when both SilkTest and the Application Under Test are running under VMWare. The problem can be fixed by...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why does my Pick() method fail when testing against a SWT 3.4...
In some circumstances, using the Pick() method to choose cascade MenuItems when testing SWT applications can fail. SWT/RCP menues behave differently compared to other controls in this technology. This...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why does my PVCS license prevent SilkTest from running correctly?
If you are using a time limited version of PVCS Version Manager with SilkTest and the license key for PVCS expires Silktest will not run. This typically happens when the user is using an evaluation...
View ArticleWiki Page: Should I select "Whole Pages" or "HTML documents" in TrueLog when...
When comparing Flex / AMF3 TrueLogs it is best to choose the option "Whole Pages" rather than "HTML documents". For the purpose of Flex / AMF3 projects the "Whole Pages" option is more productive and...
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