Automation Guide Application testing Testing web and RIA applications Testing Silverlight applications

 Supported Silverlight technologies

Supported Silverlight technologies

Silverlight applications are rich internet applications (RIAs) which are executed in web browsers. In-browser mode is the most common way to use them.

Supported Silverlight runtime versions

You must have Silverlight version 5 installed on the TestArchitect test machine. You can download it from http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/.

Supported Silverlight application types and modes

• In-browser applications
• Out-of-browser applications, that is, Silverlight applications deployed on a local computer. (Refer to Testing out-of-browser applications for details.)
• HTTPS protocol communication
• Windowless mode (in which a Silverlight plug-in’s content is displayed directly by the browser window, rather than in a separate rendering window).

• TestArchitect can test only Silverlight applications that are compiled and packed into an application package (.xap file) from which a wrapper web page can load the applications. Note that TestArchitect does not currently support Silverlight applications that are loaded by wrapper web pages directly from *.xaml files containing the applications’ source code.
• If HTTPS protocol communication is employed, you must first install a TestArchitect Certificate Authority.

Supported web browsers

The tested Silverlight applications must run in the following browsers:

• Internet Explorer version 10 or 11, including Silverlight 5 applications running in both 32¹ and 64-bit versions of Internet Explorer.

  Remember:
  It is highly recommend that you clear the browser cache and set the page’s zoom ratio to 100% before testing. Refer to Preparing a web browser for more information.

Supported desktop operating systems

• Windows 7, 32¹ and 64-bit versions.