Starting eValid with Common Device Settings

We have been asked many times, "What is the best way to have eValid imitate mobile device XYZ?"

The best solution is to start eValid using the -AGENT switch to specify the User Agent String (UAS) which eValid is supposed to be using.

When eValid starts up it will continue to use that particular UAS until you close that instance.  All of the browsing you do in this mode will be reported to the server as arising from that specified device.

To see how this appears you might want to look at this page:
Starting eValid With A Specific User Agent String (UAS).

This page illustrates how different the delivered HTML appears when it has been tailored by the web server for the particular device. (In this case, an iPad and an iPhone).

Here are a dozen start up sequences for some Common Devices.

Selected User Forum Posts

Beginning in mid-2010 we have directed all technical support questions to the eValid User Forum. We have learned that when one user has an issue, all users can profit from the answer.

Here is an additional selection of some of the posts that we think would be of general interest.

• What is the simplest way to run a server loading test? -- Some trick to make it easy. 
• An iPhone interfere with the operation of my mobile AJAX app -- Details of iPhone imitation. 
• How do you recommend using eValid to test a web service? -- Testing web services the easy way. 
• Adaptive playback feature defeats operation of a playback -- How adaptive playback really works. 
• Does eValid handle mobile devices? -- Dressing eValid as a mobile device. 

Selected User Forum Posts

Beginning in mid-2010 we have directed all technical support questions to the eValid User Forum. We have learned that when one user has an issue, all users can profit from the answer.

Here is an additional selection of some of the posts that we think would be of general interest.

• The capability to do functional testing of a mobile app -- Pointers about testing mobile applications. 
• Can eValid be used to test chat? -- Sure can, here's how. 
• A mobile application compared with the desktop equivalent -- Differences highlighted. 
• Put a blank character into a Data Synthesis value string -- Tricks for data synthesis processing. 
• Your BU Estimates -- How many BUs can eValid really run? 

Selected User Forum Posts

Beginning in mid-2010 we have directed all technical support questions to the eValid User Forum. We have learned that when one user has an issue, all users can profit from the answer.

Here is an additional selection of some of the posts that we think would be of general interest.

1. How important is "realism" in load testing? -- Some of the background on how eValid assures realistic testing. 
2. Time Modal Dialogs -- Hints on timing modal dialogs.
3. Can eValid test AJAX apps that run on mobile devices? -- Dressing eValid to look like a mobile device that runs an AJAX app. 
4. eValid record from the Google search input field -- Recording in the presence of an autocomplete input field. 
5. Which databases and which monitoring environments -- Suggestions about capturing and displaying eValid monitoring data.