The base state in Silk Test does multiple things:
- Tell Silk Test which application you want to test
- Find the application if it is running
- Otherwise it will start the application
Obviously you don't need the third step, but the other two are still required.
I suggest using *eclipse.exe
as executable pattern and the locator "//Window[@caption='Java EE*']"
which you already have, if you then execute the base state it should return you the main window of Eclipse and you're good to go.