User Guide

26 Advanced Concepts
2. In the Options dialog box, select the Run tab.
3. Select the Normal option for the Run mode. This is the default option.
4. Increase the amount of the Delay Each Step Execution By option to some number of
milliseconds. The default value is 0.
5. Click OK to save your changes.
6. Rerun your test. If you still experience problems, increase the amount of the delay and
rerun the test.
Delaying startup test time
When you change an application, or recompile the application when QTP launches it in the
browser, you should consider delaying the time that the tests start after the browser launches.
If you immediately start a test but the application has not finished instantiating all of its
objects, QTP might record failures.
To delay the start of the test:
1. Select Tools > Options.