SilkTest Interview Questions

The default wait time in silk test is 10 seconds.

No need to add any references, just start the silk by using Process.Start() method in C#

Exception Handling is a way to handle expected and UN expected exceptions. typical example is TestcaseExit(), which is called once testcase completes execution, this method is present in defaults.inc...

If unexpected events ,errors,application crash occur during the execution then the execution ill get distrupted.....we can overcome those problems using exception handling....

1.defaults.inc
2.Responsible for Setting your AUT in a stable state.
4.Recognizing controls.
5.Web Application is also a client server App

There are plenty of built in functions few examples would be

>SetBasestate()
>SetAppstate()
>sleep()
>wait()

The data type consisting of a set of named values called elements, members or enumerators of the type.

 enumerated type is an abstract data type used to model an attribute that has a specific number of options (or identifiers) .Eg :enum cardsuit {   CLUBS,   DIAMONDS, &nbs...

Link Tester is a tool you can invoke from within Silk Test and use to identify problems with hyperlinks in web sites/pages. Link Tester tests both standard hyperlinks, which link pages or an...

Link tester is a tool within silktest that you can invoke to Identify problems with hyperlinks on the webpage or site.You can specify that Link Tester test the links on only a single web page, or all ...

Silk test support In the following built exception function:

ExceptCalls ( )

ExceptClear ( )

ExceptData ( )

ExceptLog function

ExceptPrint function

We have write code the like that do raise 1, "My error" except Print (ExceptData ())

As the name suggests, exception handling is used to handle any unexpected result. During the execution of a test case, if the application do not behave as expected and the script gets an error, the bu...

Extension is a file that serves to extend the capabilities of Identify application and call stocks. In silktest extension similar to QTP –Add –in Extension configuration information is st...

Extension is a file which is used to extend the capability of;data available to a more basic program.Enable Extension is used to attach your application DLL with silk standard DLL .So that silk can recognized as silk object.

Silk meter tool which main the current user license for Silk test & silk
performer. We can view the No. of licenses available, current used licensee,
expire date. etc

Thanx for telling about silk meter and can you tell me about SILK REALIZER

Viewing the debugging transcript Choose View/Transcript when execution is stopped. The Transcript window has an Execute field that you can use to send commands to the application you are testing. Yo...

I agree with Vijay....and also during the execution we can see the result using Transript.....

Star team was configuration (version) management tool which working like
Microsoft Visual Source Safe.

Silk test is functional Automation testing tool.

Star team from borland is a SCM and bug tracking tool where as Silk test is a testing automation tool

There difference between wait and sleep methods

Wait method used to wait for specified cursor to appear

Sleep method user to Pauses execution of the script

U can use sleep(n) or waitforready()  functions to wait. Using Waitforready (), SILK waits till  the browser loads all the objects.

1. Testing accuracy in automation

2. Save the manual effort

3. Find the issue in early stage

4. We executed the regression test with minimum manual inversion

As it is automation tools, for complex testcases and for regression it is useful.

It captures bug missed in manual testing.

Reduces manual efforts.

For capturing the text from the application we will use GetText()
eg: Custname = Customername .GetText()
Once the above statement executes, the variable Custname will hold the customer name.

Hi , If u want to insert a value into the text field then u can use "Settext " keyword  , if u want to capture the value from textfield then u can use "gettext" keyword.Eg: Cu...

As far as I know there is  no input box in SIlk test. But you can pass arguments while you run the script.There is a arguments text area present in the dialog box when you click the Run Testcase butt...

We can perform the data driven testing throug

1) Flat files
2) Data Base(Ex:- XL spread sheet)
3) Test plan

In silk test we can parametrize through 1. Flat file by using file handling concept            HFILE f1      &...

Default Base state : This is done during the creation of the testframe. This is essential to help the control to be passed to the Recovery system in case of a failure.This is more to do with the AUT i...

DefaultBaseStateSilkTest provides a DefaultBaseState for applications, which ensures the following conditions are met before recording and executing a testcase:· The application is running...

Use the LIST and ARRAY compound data types to group together several pieces of data of the same data type. A list contains elements you can access randomly by referring to them relative to their posit...

Partner [-complog filename] [-m mach] [-opt optionset.opt] [-p mess] [-proj filename [-base filename]] [[-q] [-query query name] [-r filename] [-resexport] [-resextract] [-r] scr.t/suite.s/plan.pln/li...