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Version: 2.29

Execution Settings

Execution settings is the largest subsection of Preferences containing:

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Playback​

  • Step delay: Adds additional wait time between steps to slow down execution for easier viewing.
  • Step delay (Nonaction steps): Secondary step delay specifically for steps that do not trigger any action outside of Cycle itself.
  • Keystroke delay: Adds a delay between individual keystrokes.
  • "Once" wait time: Determines the upper limit for how long steps using the 'Once' keyword should wait before failure.
  • Default connection timeout: Determines the upper limit for how long Cycle should wait before timing out on a terminal connection attempt.
  • Default "within" Terminal wait time: Determines the upper limit for how long steps executing inside of a terminal should wait before failure.

Failure strategy​

  • Determines what Cycle should do in the event of a failure on a single Feature File, playlist, or group test.

Browsers (WebDriver)​

  • ChromeDriver: The location of the ChromeDriver.exe for opening a Google Chrome browser with Cycle.
  • InternetExplorerDriver: The location of the IEDriverServer.exe for opening an Internet Explorer browser with Cycle.
  • MicrosoftEdgeDriver: The location of the MicrosoftWebDriver.exe for opening an Edge browser with Cycle.
  • Download WebDrivers: Redirects to user manual page with links to download WebDrivers.
  • Default waiting timeout (ms): Sets the amount of time in milliseconds that Cycle will wait to find an element or validate a condition before failing a step.
  • Element finding strategy: Tells the WebDriver how to search for elements, either Frame to search through all frames automatically or Normal to avoid iframes and handle them with steps.
  • Run Chrome Headlessly: Runs Chrome browsers without rendering them onscreen.
  • Run Edge Headlessly: Runs Edge browsers without rendering them onscreen.
  • Close browser after execution: Closes any browser opened by a Scenario before continuing to the next Scenario.
  • Save failure screenshots: Cycle takes a screenshot when a web step fails. Turn this off to disable that behavior.
  • Additional switches for Chrome and Edge: Lets you set browser options if needed.
  • Custom Chrome browser location: Used for pointing Cycle at a custom Chrome browser.

Windows applications​

  • WinAppDriver: The location of the winappdriver.exe for opening a Windows application with Cycle.
  • Download WinAppDriver: Redirects to user manual page with links to download WinAppDriver.
  • Close apps after execution: Closes any apps opened by a Scenario before continuing to the next Scenario.