SilkTest Interview Questions And Answers

SilkTest is a software testing automation tool developed by Segue Software, Inc.

SilkTest Host is a SilkTest component that manages and executes test scripts. SilkTest Host usually runs on a separate machine different than the machine where AUT (Application Under Test) is running.

4Test is a test scripting language used by SilkTest to compose test scripts to perform automated tests. 4Test is an object-oriented fourth-generation language. It consists of 3 sets of functionalities:

1. A robust library of object-oriented classes and methods that specify how a testcase can interact with an application’s GUI objects.
2. A set of statements, operators and data types that you use to introduce structure and logic to a recorded testcase.
3. A library of built-in functions for performing common support tasks.

Virtual Object (VO) browser extension is a SilkTest add-on component for testing Web applications. VO browser extersion uses sophisticated pattern recognition techniques to identify browser-rendered objects. The VO extension sees Web pages as they appear visually; it does not read or recognize HTML tags in the Web application code. Instead, the VO extension sees the objects in a Web page; for example, links, tables, images and compound controls the way that you do, regardless of the technology behind them.

I have run into this problem before and it turned out to be a focus problem in the AUT. First, we need to understand how QAP/Silk selects menu items. It doesn't really use the mouse. It uses the key to highlight the menu bar and then arrows to the desired menu item. Try something out: Drive your application to the state before the menu selection. Now manually type F-10 or Alt and see if the menu highlights and allows you to arrow to the menu item. I'm guessing that it is probably a ChildWin or DialogBox that is really holding the focus and not passing the keyboard events to the MainWin. If this is the case, you need to explain to the developers that they need to enable this so that you can continue with your automated testing. A trick around this problem is to do a YourProduct.Click () to force the focus to the MainWin and then do the menu selection (YourProduct.File.Exit.Pick())

You meant to say one more browser window (Order Request) appearing apart from original window (Order Status)?

Answer1
If Order Request window is a popup.

Following code closes the active browser window if it is a popup:
[-] !(if Browser.ComboBox("#1").exists())
[ ] Browser.SetActive()
[ ] Browser.typekeys("")

Answer2
If Order Request window is a Browser window.(not a popup)
You can use the following code to close unwanted Browsers(like Order Request)

Order_Status.SetActive()
Browser.CloseOthers()

In Automation; creating test scripts involves basically two step:
1. Creating Test Data for all test cases.
2. Writing scripts for automating the test cases.

The first steps, is the outcome of analysis of what all data is required for all of your testcases to be executed. These all should be collected and scripts to be written so that TEST DATA is ready.
The second steps, is basically the test case execution steps automation.

You can use Clipboard functions. Get All the contents by Ctrl+a & ctrl+C. Then parse the List of sting ...

A SilkTest project is a collection of files that contains required information about a test project.

Moving from lower to higher version should not be a problem....
This is a general statement and cannot be true at all instances.
I faced problems with scripts working in 6.5 not running in 7.0 because some of the recognition patterns used each changed. And in some situations, finally landed two paths of the script to perform same action based on version.
PS: Did not encounter any problems from 6.0 to 6.5.

Document Object Model (DOM) browser extension is a SilkTest add-on component for testing Web applications. DOM browser extension communicates directly with the Web browser to recognize, categorize and manipulate objects on a Web page. It does this by working with the actual HTML code, rather than relying on the visual pattern recognition techniques currently employed by the Virtual Object (VO) extension.

SilkTest Agent is a SilkTest component that receives testing commands from the SilkTest Host and interacts with AUT (Application Under Test) directly. SilkTest Agent usually runs on the same machine where AUT is running.

Segue testing methodology is a six-phase testing process:

1. Plan - Determine the testing strategy and define specific test requirements.
2. Capture - Classify the GUI objects in your application and build a framework for running your tests.
3. Create - Create automated, reusable tests. Use recording and/ or programming to build test scripts written in Segue's 4Test language.
4. Run - Select specific tests and execute them against the AUT.
5. Report - Analyze test results and generate defect reports.
6. Track - Track defects in the AUT and perform regression testing.

1. Run SilkTest.
2. Select Basic Workflow bar.
3. Click Open Project on the Workflow bar.
4. Select New Project.
5. Double click Create Project icon in the New Project dialog box
6. One the Create Project dialog box, enter your project name, and your project description.
7. Click OK.
8. SilkTest will create a new subdirectory under SilkTest project directory, and save all files related to the new project under that subdirectory.

The SilkTest testplan is an outline that provides a framework for the software testing process and serves as the point of control for organizing and managing your test requirements. A testplan consists of two distinct parts: an outline, which is a formatted description of the test requirements, and statements, which are used to connect the testplan to SilkTest scripts and testcases that implement the test requirements.

Answer1:
Use GetCaption () method......

Answer2:
Either use "sCaption" Property or "GetCaption" Method
Syntax - ControlName.sCaption
or use GetCaption () Method
Syntax - ControlName.GetCaption ()

A testplan file contains text lines. There are 5 types of text lines in a testplan file:

1. Comment - Marked in green color: Providing commentary information.
2. Group descriptiton - Marked in black color: Providing descriptions for groups of tests. Tests in a testplan can be grouped into multiple levels of groups.
3.
4. Test description - Marked in blue color: Providing descriptions for individual test.
5. Testplan statement - Marked in dark red color: Providing relations to link scripts, testcases, test data, closed sub testplans or an include file to the testplan.
6. Open subplan file marker - Marked in magenda color: Providing relations to link sub testplans to be included in a master testplan.

If your Web application has pages other than the home page, you should also record their page objects into the test frame:

1. Make sure your Web browser is active and showing another page of your Web application.
2. Make sure SilkTest is running.
3. Click File/Open menu.
4. Select your test frame file. For example: HomeFrame.inc.
5. Click OK to open the test frame.
6. Click Record/Window Declarations menu. The Record Window Declarations dialog box shows up.
7. Click your Web application window. Web page objects are recorded in the Record Window Declarations dialog box.
8. Press Ctrl+Alt to pause the recording.
9. Click "Paste to Editor" button. All recorded objects will be inserted into the test frame.
10. Repeat this for other Web pages, if needed.

The DOM browser extension uses the following syntax for Web UI objects:

Browser.BrowserChild("page_title").html_class("object_tag")

1. "page_title" is the title of the Web page, defined by the HTML <TITLE> tag.
2. "object_tag" is the label of the HTML element. How a HTML element is labeled depending on the type of HTML element.

A test frame is a text file, which records the following types of information for a Web application:

1. Comment: Commentary information.
2. wMainWindow: A string constant to identify your application's home page.
3. Home page window: An object of class BrowserChild window that holds application home page.
4. sLocation: The URL of the your application's home apge.
5. sUserName and dPassword: User name and password if needed to login to your Web application.
6. BrowserSize: A pair of values to indicate the size of the browser window.
7. Home page objects: A list of all objects on the home page, such as HtmlImage, HtmlText, HtmlLinks, etc.

Answer1:
1. Identify the process handle and
2. kill it First child and then the MainWindow.


Answer2:
Integer HWnd=Browser.GetHandle() ///before child popup opens
....then your code
While Browser2.Exists()
{
If Browser.GetHandle()!=HWnd
Browser.Close()
Else
Browser2.SetActive()
}
You can also use window caption in the former code.


Answer3:
I think the tag to identify the parent and child are not unique, that is why the parent is closed...try to make the window id unique and then close the page...
First activate the child using and then close....It should work....

Answer1:
If you use QA Partner, you should know, what to work it is possible only with one application, because include file (xxxxx.inc) only one. You can work it is possible with different windows, but only from one application.

Answer2:
As far as the QA Partner list - I would say it is dead. The SilkTest list at Onelist.com (this list) is much better anyway, since all the messages are archived for people to go back and search on. Plus, each user can control how they want it - each message or in digest mode.

Answer3:
As I know, you can work with several applications simultaneuosly. QA Partner/SilkTest doesn't limit you from that. You can run into the problem with using the default recovery system for all applications under test, but this problem can be solved too.

Retrieve text from disable textfield.Silk is not recognizing that disable object. How can I come to a conclusion? I am having a web based application. In one web page there is a radio button.Selection of that radio button open an applet window. Now if I want to take the declaration of that window, It fails to recognise the same.Silk is properly configured to recognise Java based CS application.How to resolve such issues?


If you want to retrieve data from a disabled textfield, you should first disable the Agent option "OPT_VERIFY_ENABLED" and the you can use GetText. The steps are:
Agent.SetOptions("OPT_VERIFY_ENABLED", false)
Print(TextField.GetText())

And coming to your next question, the answer is same, disable all the Agent options. Steps:
1.In the Options menu, click on Agent menu item.
2. In Agent Options window, click on Verification tab.
3. Uncheck all the options, except the last one (verification of application ready)
4. Click OK.

In your TestCaseExit () function you can incorporate like
If condition == 1
do this
If condition == 2
do that

Testplan attributes are user defined characteristics to be associated with test group descriptions and/or test descriptions. You search, identify, and/or report test cases based on values of the different attributes.