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All other marks are the property of their respective owners. 2017-10-17 ii Contents TrueLog Explorer 18.5 ........................................................................................5 Getting Started ....................................................................................................................5 TrueLog Explorer Overview ...................................................................................... 5 What You Can Do with TrueLog Explorer ................................................................ 5 Tour of the UI ............................................................................................................6 Best Practice Use of TrueLog Explorer ................................................................. 10 Understanding TrueLog ..........................................................................................11 Analyzing Tests ...................................................................................................... 14 Working With Silk Performer ................................................................................. 20 TrueLog Explorer for Silk Test ................................................................................21 Perspectives ........................................................................................................... 21 Sample Applications ...............................................................................................22 Customizing Session Handling ......................................................................................... 25 Session-Handling Overview ................................................................................... 25 Determining When to Customize Session Handling ...............................................26 Customizing Session Handling ...............................................................................27 Self-Learning Recorder .......................................................................................... 28 Parsing Functions ...................................................................................................29 Session Handling for Web Applications ..................................................................30 Session-Handling Customization Process ............................................................. 31 Using HTTP Parsing Rules .....................................................................................34 Adding Verifications ...........................................................................................................36 Verifications Overview ............................................................................................ 36 Verification Checks .................................................................................................37 Inserting Content-Verification Functions ................................................................ 38 HTML Verification Functions .................................................................................. 38 Response-Data Verification Functions ................................................................... 43 Customizing User Data ..................................................................................................... 46 User-Input Data ...................................................................................................... 46 User-Data Customization Scenarios ...................................................................... 46 Customizing HTML User Data ................................................................................47 Form Data View ......................................................................................................49 Multi-Column Data Files ......................................................................................... 49 Working With Database Applications ................................................................................ 49 Working With Database Applications - Overview ................................................... 49 Sample Database Application - Customer OCI ...................................................... 50 Database TrueLog Structure .................................................................................. 50 Correlations ............................................................................................................ 51 Database Parsing Function .................................................................................... 55 Input Parameter Customization .............................................................................. 55 Verifications for Result-Set Data .............................................................................57 Working With XML Applications ........................................................................................ 58 Working With XML Applications - Overview ........................................................... 59 XML TrueLog Structure .......................................................................................... 59 XML Parsing Functions .......................................................................................... 62 Customizing Session Handling for XML Applications .............................................62 User-Input Data Customization .............................................................................. 62 Verification Functions for XML Applications ........................................................... 62 Working With SAPGUI Applications ..................................................................................64 SAPGUI TrueLog Structure .................................................................................... 64 SAPGUI TrueLog Functions ................................................................................... 64 Contents | 3 Stepping Through SAPGUI TrueLogs .................................................................... 65 Analyzing SAPGUI Test Scripts ..............................................................................65 Replay and Record TrueLogs .................................................................................66 SAPGUI Test-Script Customization ........................................................................ 67 Verification and Parsing Functions ......................................................................... 68 Working With Oracle Forms Applications ..........................................................................70 Working With Oracle Forms Applications - Overview .............................................70 Customizing Oracle Applications 12i Session Information ..................................... 70 Oracle Forms TrueLog Structure ............................................................................ 71 Oracle Forms User-Input Data Customization ....................................................... 77 Content Verification Functions for Oracle Forms ....................................................79 Completing Your Oracle Forms Script Customizations ...........................................80 Working With Citrix Applications ....................................................................................... 80 Silk Performer Citrix Player .....................................................................................80 Citrix TrueLogs ....................................................................................................... 80 Synchronization Problems in Citrix Scripts .............................................................82 Citrix User-Input Data Customization .....................................................................82 Citrix Parsing and Verification Functions ................................................................83 OCR Verification and Parsing .................................................................................85 Working With TCP/IP and UDP-Based Applications .........................................................86 TCP/IP and UDP TrueLog Structure .......................................................................87 Setting ASCII and Hexadecimal Viewing Options .................................................. 88 Comparing TCP/IP and UDP Record and Replay TrueLogs .................................. 88 Working With Terminal-Emulation Applications .................................................................89 Working With Terminal-Emulation Applications - Overview ....................................89 Terminal-Emulation TrueLog Structure ...................................................................89 Customizing Host Screen Display .......................................................................... 90 Stepping Through Terminal-Emulation TrueLogs ................................................... 90 Analyzing Terminal-Emulation Test Scripts ............................................................ 91 Comparing Replay and Record TrueLogs .............................................................. 91 Terminal-Emulation TrueLog Functions ..................................................................92