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Execution Settings

Execution settings is the largest subsection of Preferences containing:

Execution Settings Execution Settings Execution Settings

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, Playlist, or Group Test.

Webdrivers & Browser​

  • 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.
  • Close browser after execution - Closes any browser opened by a Scenario before continuing to the next Scenario.
  • Close browser when exiting Cycle - Closes any browser opened by a Scenario when Cycle closes.
  • Use custom Chrome browser - Used for pointing Cycle at a custom Chrome browser to test Electron-based applications.
  • Web Screenshots - Cycle takes a screenshot when a web step fails. Turn this off to disable that behavior.