The IE Recorder (main) window is used to define an IE scenario. This window is provided in three modes: the record mode, edit mode, and replay mode. The record mode is used to define a series of Internet Explorer operations on the screen as an IE scenario. The edit mode is used to edit an IE scenario. The replay mode is used to replay an IE scenario and measure the response time.
Figure 6-3 IE Recorder (main) window
The following describes the displayed items.
Table 6-1 Result of operations in relation to number of tabs
No. | Number of tabs in the IE window section | Operation | Result of operation |
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1 | 1 #1 | Open window #2 | Add a new tab to render the content of the new window. |
2 | Close window | Immediately after close the tab, add a new tab displaying a blank page. | |
3 | More than 1 | Open window #2 | Add a new tab to render the content of the new window. |
4 | Close window | Close a tab. Which tab to close depends on the script. | |
5 | Close tab | Close the tab. When you click View menu and then Close Tab, close the active tab. When you close tab from the context menu, close the tab which you have clicked. |
Operation List
+--Tag info
| +--Tag name:tag-name
| +--Attributes
| | +-- attribute-name=attribute-value
| | ...
| +--Inner text:contents-of-inner-text
| +--Tag position
| | +--Within the same tag:nth-occurrence-within-the-same-tag
| | +--Within the same inner text:nth-occurrence-within-the-same-inner-text
| +--Same tag count:number-of-the-same-tags
| +--Same inner text count:number-of-the-same-inner-text
| +--Page transition:Occurred or Not occurred
operation-icon operation-number operation-name value
Table 6-2 Operation information in the Operation list
Operation icon | Operation name | Value | Description |
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![]() | Click link | The value of the inner text | Clicking links on the page in the IE window. |
![]() | Enter text | The value of the entered text in the text box (the password is not displayed) | Entering texts in the text box on the page in the IE window. |
![]() | Select check box | The value of the inner text | Selecting check boxes or radio buttons on the page in the IE window. |
![]() | Select value | The value of the inner text | Selecting drop-down list on the page in the IE window. |
![]() | Click button | The value of the inner text | Clicking buttons on the page in the IE window. |
![]() | Enter address | The entered URL | Entering URL on the addressbar in the IE window, and then clicking ![]() |
![]() | Go forward | -- | From the menu in the IE window selecting Go forward, or clicking ![]() |
![]() | Go back | -- | From the menu in the IE window selecting Go back, or clicking ![]() |
![]() | Refresh | -- | From the menu in the IE window selecting Refresh, or clicking ![]() |
![]() | Navigation | The URL of the accessed page | Operations representing the URL access. Note that the Navigation operations are not Click link operations. Rather, the Navigation operations are the URL access operations without entering the URLs in the addressbar or so. |
![]() | Close tab | The page title on the tab | Closing the tab in the IE window. |
![]() | Popup dialog box | -- | Operations in the pop-up dialog box when you operate in the IE window. |
![]() | Tag-name tag | -- | Operations of the tags which the IE Recorder can record by default but are not listed above (except, for instance, Click link or Enter text). |
![]() | user-defined-operation-name | -- | Operations which users defined. You can define the user-defined operation names by registering in the IE Recorder action condition definition file (jpcvierec.conf). |
Table 6-3 Tag info displayed in Operation list
Displayed information | Description | |
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Tag name | Tag name when recording is done. | |
Attributes | Attributes of the tag. If the tag has multiple attributes, displays all the attributes. Attributes with the default values are displayed although not defined in the HTML file. | |
Inner text | Displays the inner text (the string between the start tag and the end tag). | |
Tag position | Within the same tag | Displays the nth occurrence among the same tag in the HTML file. |
Within the same inner text | Displays the nth occurrence among the tags with the same inner text. | |
Same tag count | Displays the number of the same tags in displayed in the Tag name of the HTML file. This count includes the operation-target tag itself. | |
Same inner text count | Displays the number of the tags with the same inner text. This count includes the operation-target tag itself. | |
Page transition | Displays whether the page transition occurred. If occurred, Occurred is displayed. If not, Not occurred is displayed.#1 |
The following table lists the shows the menu items in the IE Recorder (main) window:
Table 6-4 Menu items in the IE Recorder (main) window
Menu bar | Menu command | Function | |
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File | New | Creates a new IE scenario. | |
Open | Opens the existing IE scenario file and display the IE scenario. | ||
Save | Saves the recorded or edited IE scenario. | ||
Save As | Saves the recorded or edited IE scenario under a different storage file name. | ||
Exit | Exits the IE Recorder (main) window. | ||
Edit | Delete | Delete one operation selected in the Operation list. | |
Delete All Operations after the Selected Operation | Deletes all operations after the selected operation in the Operation list. | ||
Operation Settings | Displays the Operation Settings window where you can see and edit the settings. Edit the settings when the target HTML file is modified after recording or when the IE scenario cannot be replayed properly. | ||
Change Password | Displays the Change Password window where you can change the password when the IE scenario is recorded. For details about the kind of passwords you can change, see 6.2.3 Change Password window. | ||
IE Recorder Settings | Displays the IE Recorder Settings window where you can change the settings about recording and replaying the IE scenario. | ||
View | Go To | Back | Displays the previously-viewed URL in the browser history in the IE window section. |
Forward | Displays the subsequently-viewed URL in the browser history in the IE window section. | ||
Home Page | Displays the home page in the IE window section. | ||
Stop | Stops rendering the page in the IE window section. | ||
Refresh | Refresh the page in the IE window section. | ||
Source | Displays the HTML source code of the currently viewed page. If the currently viewed page does not contain HTML source code, displays none. You can display the source code even if the page forbids displaying the source code. | ||
Close Tab | Closes the tab in the IE window section. | ||
Action | Record | Records the IE scenario. If you already recorded one or more operations, adds operations to the existing record. | |
Replay | Replays the IE scenario. Use this when you check whether the IE scenario is properly replayed. | ||
Replay by Step | Replays the IE scenario by step. As you watch the IE scenario step by step, you can check the replayed page and the next operation-target link. | ||
Stop | Stops recording or replaying the IE scenario. | ||
Set Breakpoint | Sets breakpoint in the selected operation. You can set multiple breakpoints. Use breakpoints when you stop the IE scenario on the way to check the IE scenario. | ||
Delete Breakpoint | Deletes breakpoint. Note that you cannot resume replaying when you delete breakpoint of the operation which you paused while you replayed IE scenario. | ||
Measurement Test | Replays the recorded IE scenario and starts measurement. Use this test when you check the guideline threshold value, the timeout value, the factors of replay failure. | ||
Scope | Set Start Scope | Displays the Start Scope Settings window to set the start scope. Add the selected start scope in front of the selected operation in the Operation list. | |
Set End Scope | Displays the End Scope Settings window to set the end scope. Add the selected end scope behind the selected operation in the Operation list. | ||
Delete Scope | Deletes the selected scope in the IE scenario. | ||
Rename Scope | Renames the name of the selected scope. | ||
Scope List | Displays the list of scopes. | ||
Tools | Simplified Registration | Registers the measurement conditions to the measurement condition registration file, based on the information of the currently displaying IE scenario. Before you register the measurement conditions, make sure that you stop PFM - Agent for Service Response in advance. If the IE scenario file exists, the following measurement condition is added to the measurement condition registration file: TASKID: the lowest and unused task ID is given. TASKLABEL: IE Scenario-Task-ID (Task-ID is replaced by the value of TASKID) INTERVAL: 180 TIMEOUT: 30 IESCENA_FILE: IE-scenario-file-name | |
Edit esptask.xml | Opens and edits the measurement condition registration file by the text editor. When you edit the measurement condition registration file, make sure that you stop PFM - Agent for Service Response. | ||
Internet Options | Displays the Internet Properties dialog box in the IE windows. | ||
Help | About | Displays the version information for the PFM - Agent for Service Response. |
Table 6-5 Accelerator keys turned off due to the Internet Explorer setting
Accelerator keys turned off | IE Recorder operation in Internet Explorer 7 to 10 |
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File | Y |
Edit | Y |
View | N |
Action | Y |
Scope | N |
Tools | N |
Help | Y |