Playback Monitor

During playback you can view the script name, the number of the line that is executing, status icons, and a description of the action in progress from the Playback Monitor.

The Playback Monitor consists of four parts:

• Script name

• Description of action in progress

• Status icons

• Script line number

• Stop and pause or resume buttons

Playback Monitor icons

The Playback Monitor includes four status icons:

Status Icon	Description
	Functional Tester is looking for an object in an application.
	Functional Tester is not looking for an object in an application.
	Functional Tester is waiting for an object in an application to appear or for a script delay to end.
	Functional Tester is executing the current script.

Turning off the Playback Monitor

You can turn off the Playback Monitor.

By default, the Playback Monitor is on.

1. Click Window > Preferences .

2. In the left pane expand Functional Test, expand Playback, and click Monitor.

3. Clear the Show monitor during playback check box.

Related concepts

Use ScriptAssure

Ambiguous object recognition in functional testing

Screen snapshot on playback failure of functional tests

Related tasks

Pausing or stopping script playback

Debugging scripts

Run scripts