Modifying an Application Configuration

An application configuration defines how Silk Test Workbench connects to and configures the application that you want to test.
  1. Open the visual test or the VB .NET script.
  2. For a visual test, click the <<Start>> step in the task pane.
  3. In the Properties pane, navigate to the Application Configurations category.
  4. Select the application configuration that you want to modify.
    • For a visual test, click into the application configuration that you want to modify and click Edit application configuration.
    • For a VB .NET script, double-click on the application configuration that you want to modify.
    The Edit Application Configuration dialog box opens.
  5. To specify an executable, type the full path to the executable into the Executable field.
    Note: If you are testing a web application, and you want to specify an executable for the browser, select the custom browser type.
    For example, to start Mozilla Firefox, type C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe.
  6. If you are testing a desktop application and you want to use a command line pattern in combination with the executable file, type the command line pattern into the Command Line Pattern text box.
  7. If you are testing a web application, type the address of the web application into the Navigate to URL text box.
  8. Optional: If you want to test a web application on a desktop browser with a predefined browser size, select the browser size from the Browser size list.
    For example, to test a web application on Apple Safari and in a browser window which is as big as the screen of the Apple iPhone 7, select Apple iPhone 7 from the list.
  9. Optional: Select an Orientation for the browser window.
  10. Optional: Click Edit Browser Sizes to specify a new browser size and to select which browser sizes should be shown in the Browser size list.
  11. If you are testing a mobile native application, specify the name of the mobile application that you want to test in the Mobile app text box.
  12. Click OK.
Note: Do not add more than one browser application configuration when testing a web application with a defined base state.
Parent topic: Application Configuration
Related concepts
Connection String for a Mobile Device
Responsive Web Design Testing
Related tasks
Modifying the Base State from the User Interface
Editing Application Configurations
Detecting Visual Breakpoints
Recording a Visual Test that Tests Multiple Test Applications
Starting an Application from Within a Script
Related reference
Select Application Dialog Box