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User's Guide
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When to enable extensions
Extensions you must
enable manually
You must enable extensions manually for applications that do not run in the
extension's standard runtime environments, as in these situations.
·
You are testing PowerBuilder and Visual Basic applications, which are
not invoked in standard runtime environments.
·
You developed applications in Forté, Java, Oracle Developer/2000, or
Blue Express as stand-alone applications, which you invoke outside their
standard runtime environments.
·
You explicitly change the executable name of a Forté, Java, or Oracle
Developer/2000 application.
·
Your application uses controls that require additional extensions. For
example, if your Forté application contains ActiveX controls that you
want to test, you must manually enable the ActiveX extension for this
application.
The Extension Enabler
The Extension Enabler is the utility that allows you to enable or disable
extensions on your target machines. All information that you enter in the
Extension Enabler is stored in the file extend.ini and allows the Agent to
recognize the non-standard controls you want to test on target machines.
If the default settings satisfy your testing requirements, you do not need to
run the Extension Enabler. Otherwise, you need to invoke this utility to
modify your settings--even if you are testing locally (that is, your target and
host are the same machine).
If you will run your applications on a local or remote Windows target
machine, you should invoke the Extension Enabler from the Windows Start
menu by selecting Start/Programs/<Silk program folder>/Extension Enabler.
To invoke the Extension Enabler on a remote non-Windows target machine,
run extinst.exe, located in the directory on the target machine where you
installed the SilkTest Agent.
For more information about how to use the Extension Enabler, see the online
Help for the extensions you wish to enable for testing non-standard controls
in your application.
On the host machine
On the host machine, we recommend that you enable only the extensions
required for testing the current application, also referred to as the application
under test (AUT). Extensions for all other applications should be disabled on
the host to conserve memory and other system resources.