This section describes how you can enhance your cross-browser test set by testing with
Google Chrome.
Silk4NET supports recording actions and replaying tests on
Google Chrome 50 or later, and supports replaying tests and recording locators on
Google Chrome versions prior to version 50.
- When starting to test on
Google Chrome 50 or later, with no running instance of
Google Chrome open,
Silk4NET starts a new instance of
Google Chrome. This new browser uses a temporary profile without add-ons and with an empty cache.
- When starting to test on an instance of
Google Chrome 50 or later, which is already running,
Silk4NET restarts
Google Chrome with the same command line arguments that were used when the instance was initially started. This restart is required to
enable the
Silk4NET automation support.
- When testing with
Google Chrome 50 or later, the
Google Chrome instance is closed when shutting down the Open Agent or when starting to test another application outside
Google Chrome.
Tip: If you want to execute an existing test script with
Google Chrome 50 or later,
Micro Focus recommends that you use a base state or that you add a command to the test script to navigate to the URL.
Example 1
If the running instance of
Google Chrome 50 or later was initially started with the command
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe www.borland.com,
Google Chrome opens to
www.borland.com after the restart.
Example 2
If the running instance of
Google Chrome 50 or later was initially started with the command
C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe,
Google Chrome opens to
about:blank after the restart.