# Enabling Debug Tracing in the Tester

By default, the Tester silences debug output. If you wish to see business components framework debug tracing output in the message view while running the Tester, then:

1. To launch the Tester, right-click the application module you want to test and select Test....

2. Provide appropriate connection information in the Connect dialog, and click Connect.

3. Select the node representing your application module at the root of the Tester tree and choose Properties... from the right-mouse menu.

4. In the Application Module Properties dialog that appears, set the `jbo.debugoutput` property to the string value:

   `console` to enable tracing to the message view

   `silent` to silence the output