Friday, January 2, 2015

Selected Recent Forum Posts

Here are some selected posts from our eValid forum:

How to extract links from a page using eValid -- Picking off links, the contents of DOM "anchor tags," is easy with eValid.

Like to test a new gateway -- A new gateway may need testing with lots of different browser types, something eValid can do with ease.

Timing Questions -- Some basic factoids about how evalid times things during a test playback sequence.

JavaScript Errors -- How eValid handles errors in JavaScript during a test playback by noting them in the EventLog.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Selected Recent Forum Posts

Here are some selected posts from our eValid forum:

Documentation answer regarding browsers in private browsing -- About the interaction of the cache and eValid test playbacks.

The future of automated web testing -- The furauter is always hard to predict, but here are some thoughts about where we see automated testing going in the future.

Question regarding screen sizes -- Big screen vs. small screen and some of the issues in regarding to engineering tests that work appropriately.

Having a problem w/eValid on security testing application -- Some general advice about handling eValid behavior across browser versions. 

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Selected Recent Forum Posts

Here are some selected posts from our eValid forum:

eValid taking a long time to load a page -- Wondering about why playback is taking so long? Here are some clues to be looking for.

iPad vs Desktop -- Here are some extended comments about using eValid in "mobile device emulation mode".

Site analysis question -- And, in answer to a common-enough question, yes, eValid CAN run Site Analysis checks while it is imitating a non-PC (non-desktop) device.

Trouble with structural commands -- Here are some suggestions about how to use eValid structural testing commands to match a string expressed as a regular expression.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Selected Recent Forum Posts

Here are some selected posts from our eValid forum:

Currently using JMeter...Why is eValid better? -- For a variety of reasons...let us count the ways!

Can eValid save a part of my screen? -- How-to's on screen saving and comparison.

Using eValid on Windows 7 64-bit OS -- It works fine, but you have to do the installation correctly.

How do I stop my eValid script when an error is detected? -- The right way to set up and use the Alarm-processing commands. 

Monday, October 27, 2014

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Selected Recent Forum Posts

Here are some selected posts from our eValid forum:

Question regarding Virtual Users -- Some of the details about VUs vs. BUs.

Test brittleness question -- Why making tests as bulletproof as possible is a good thing!

Script modifying question -- Some of the factoids about script editing!

Differences between the kinds of testing -- How testing devices, tablets, PCs, smartphones are alike -- and differences.

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Selected Recent Forum Posts

Here are some selected posts from our eValid forum:

eValid taking a long time to load a page -- Here is a question about possible performance issues when you are using eValid to scan a web page using a regular respression (R.E.) match criteria.

A way to record Alarm commands w/o having to edit them -- Editing eValid commands is really easy, but it seems it is always better of the test engineer can record every thing -- including Alarms -- from the GUI. Here's how...

Help with ID tags that are autogenerated... -- Always a problem because ID tags are so important to keep constant to simplify testing. But here are some ways to overcome this issue.

My application doesn't display well on eValid -- If the web server uses "non-standard" constructions, i.e. HTML that does not meet the minimal standard that is imposed by IE, then you can expect problems. Here is some detail on how to contend with this.