The Web Recorder (main) window is used to define a Web transaction. This window is provided in two modes, the IE mode and the direct entry mode. The IE mode is used to define a Web transaction by displaying Internet Explorer windows and recording the browser operations performed in those windows. The direct entry mode is used to edit the step-by-step information that constitutes a Web transaction.
Figure 6-18 Web Recorder (main) window
The following describes the displayed items.
The following table lists and describes the menu items in the Web Recorder (main) window.
Table 6-8 Menu items in the Web Recorder (main) window
Menu bar | Menu command | Function |
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File | Exit | Exits the Web Recorder (main) window. |
Transaction | New | Displays the Create New Web Transaction window and starts recording of a new Web transaction. You specify a name for the Web transaction and the name of the storage file. |
Open | Displays the Select Web Transaction window in which you can select an existing Web transaction to be displayed or edited. | |
Save | Saves the recorded or edited Web transaction information. | |
Save As | Displays the Save As window for saving the recorded or edited Web transaction information under a different Web transaction name and storage file name. | |
Delete Transaction# | Deletes the Web transaction's information from the storage file. | |
Set Transaction | Displays the Set Web Transaction Conditions window in which you can display and edit settings for a Web transaction. | |
Edit | Insert | Displays the Properties window for inserting new step information. The new step is inserted above the step information for the URL selected in the URL list. |
Add Last | Displays the Properties window for adding new step information at the end of the URL list. | |
Delete | Deletes the step information for the URL that is selected in the URL list. | |
Property | Displays the Properties window for displaying and editing the step information for the URL that is selected in the URL list. | |
Scope | Start Scope | Displays the Select Scope window for selecting the information at which a scope start point is to be set. The scope start point identifier is added above the URL that is selected in the URL list as the beginning of the scope. |
End Scope | Displays the Select Scope window for selecting the information at which a scope end point is to be set. The scope end point identifier is added below the URL that is selected in the URL list as the end of the scope. | |
Delete Scope | Enables you to select, for deletion purposes, the start or end point identifier of a scope in the URL list. You can choose whether to delete the scope definition (both the start point and the end point) or to delete just the selected start or end point. | |
Check Scope | Checks whether or not all scopes have corresponding start and end points. | |
View | Go | Displays the Web page whose URL is displayed in Address in the IE window. |
Help | About | Displays the version information for the PFM - Agent for Service Response. |