Wiki Page: Does SilkPerformer support the testing of SAP ECC/R3 systems?
In order to test a SAP Environment SilkPerformer requires that the SAP client provides "SAP GUI scripting" (which previous versions such as SAP R3 provide) capabilities in order to allow SilkPerformer...
View ArticleWiki Page: Does SilkPerformer support Tiling Servers?
A tile server is also known as a mapping server. It stores maps in graphic format, each graphic having coordinates, and when a user zooms in/out it requests the corresponding graphic to display the...
View ArticleWiki Page: Does SilkPerformer support Time Sharing Option (TSO)?
TSO uses a TCP/IP based protocol and therefore can be recorded at TCP/IP level. For information on things to consider when testing an application at TCP/IP level please refer to: What should I...
View ArticleWiki Page: Error: Failed to determine whether hooking is installed
This error can occur when trying to record a script and an incorrect version of the Silk Launcher service is running. During installation the Silk Launcher service install fails if an older version...
View ArticleWiki Page: Error: HTTP 401 - Access Denied - RespHdrAutNTLM occurring on...
This error can occur when trying to run a LoadTest using an Agent machine which is protected by Microsoft's NTLM security without entering valid user credentials. There are two possible ways to...
View ArticleWiki Page: 'Could not find file' when trying to install Silk Performer plugin...
If the error 'Could not find file' is displayed when trying to install the Silk Performer plugin for Eclipse (Help | Install New Software), the problem is likely to do with the directory which has...
View ArticleWiki Page: Error: LoadtestController: 3201 - License Error: Not all features...
When attempting to replay a script and the following error is reported: "Error: LoadtestController: 3201 - License Error: Not all features are available - execution is denied due to registration...
View ArticleWiki Page: Error: WebEngine: 43 - No response from host - connection lost! ,...
We have discovered an issue in SilkPerformer 15.0 and SilkPerformer 15.5 where server connections are closed with the server header setting “Keep-Alive: timeout=1, max=100”. The issue is that, on the...
View ArticleWiki Page: Errors occurred but error messages are not detailed in the...
This is a known issue in SilkPerformer 6.5, 6.5.1 and 6.6. The problem will occur if you have custom functions in bdh files and are calling these functions from your script. If an error occurs in one...
View ArticleWiki Page: Even though the correct IDL files have been imported into a...
Checking the SilkPerformer recorder log shows that the IDL files have been imported correctly, as shown below //------------------------------------------------------------------ // Recorded...
View ArticleWiki Page: Event Handler does not execute when in a loop
When running a SilkPerformer script where there are long running loops, why is my event handler not triggered when expected? SilkPerformer only checks the run-time to determine if an event handler...
View ArticleWiki Page: Export raw data per user type using Performance Explorer
In order to export the raw data per user type, the below steps has to be done: 1. From Settings System Workbench results tab. Uncheck the “Merge time-series data on agents” option. 2. Then run a...
View ArticleWiki Page: Export/import agent configuration settings between Silk Performer...
This can be achieved by the following method: Export Agent Settings: 1. Click on SETTINGS | SYSTEM | AGENT POOL 2. Click on Export Agent Pool 3. Choose to save the file to a convenient location....
View ArticleWiki Page: Failed to determine whether hooking is installed. Reinstalling may...
There are two known causes for the problem, both of which relate to the internal system registry settings. During the installation of Silk Performer, setup queries the following Registry key to...
View ArticleWiki Page: Files are not downloaded during a Browser Driven Load Test in Silk...
When running a browser driven load test within Silk Performer 15.5 that includes logic to download a file(s) to a local disk, i.e: BrowserSetOption(BROWSER_OPT_FILEDOWNLOAD_SAVEFILE,...
View ArticleWiki Page: Files with .ltcaz extension in the results folder after the test
.ltcaz files are normal zip files. This is the extension used for zipping the files on the agent side to transfer to the Controller machine after a test has finished. If you need the agent results,...
View ArticleWiki Page: Flash Remoting script fails with "WebEngine: 79 - Fatal error...
WebPagePost(WebEngine: 79 - Fatal error inside the Transform dll, Exception in TransformBegin()) This error can occur on replay of a Flash Remoting script and is caused by a known issue in...
View ArticleWiki Page: Forcing the scripting of a HTTP parsing function using a recording...
HTTP parsing rules work on the following basis: During recording, each server response is parsed for rule hits. These are the string values located by the recorder using the search criteria in the...
View ArticleWiki Page: Form Data tab in a TrueLog does not display the data for a form post
When the form post is implemented in a BDH function file outside of the main BDF script file, the "Form Data" tab in the TrueLog will not show any data; you should check the "out-data" tab in these...
View ArticleWiki Page: Getting an ‘Agent Locked’ message when manually assigning agents
Silk Performer 2010 SP1 may report the message "Assignment of load to agents has failed because at least one of the agents is locked, unavailable, or has insufficient capabilities." if agents are...
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