Hi Olga,
Currently, you can test Silverlight out-of-browser applications with TestComplete only via the UI Automation engine. Please, see the help topics in the
Testing Silverlight Applications via UI Automation section to learn how you can test Silverlight applications by using this approach.
However, we have a suggestion to implement the Silverlight Open Application Support feature for Silverlight out-of-browser applications in our database and your question has increased its rating.
Even if you try to record a test with a Silverlight out-of-browser application by using the functionality of the
Silverlight Open Application Support plug-in (it is used by default in TestComplete), you can record
coordinate clicks, dragging, etc. However, as you have mentioned in your post, the recorded script doesn't contain any actions at all in your case. Most likely, you are testing an out-of-browser application under Windows Vista or a later operating system with the User Account Control (UAC) enabled and the tested application is running with higher privileges than TestComplete has. In this case, in order to test the application, TestComplete must be running with the same or higher user permissions than the tested application has. You can --
* Launch TestComplete with administrator permissions (right-click TestComplete's shortcut and select
Run as administrator from the context menu).
* Add your Silverlight application to the
Tested Applications collection in your TestComplete project and launch the tested application directly from TestComplete (see the
Preparing Test Projects for Testing Silverlight Applications via UI Automation topic to learn how you can add a Silverlight out-of-browser application to the Tested Applications collection).
For more information, please see the
Testing Applications With TestComplete Under Windows Vista and Later Operating Systems help topic.
Thank you for your interest in testing Silverlight applications with TestComplete.
