Wiki Page: Why is a document taken from cache even though the document has...
During replay when using SilkPerformer 2007 patch 3 you may find that a page is taken from the SilkPerformer document cache even though when the page was first initially requested by the SilkPerformer...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is a page sometimes requested from the server when it should...
Silk Performer caches pages requested with page-based level functions (HTML documents - content-type: text/*) just as long as they stay in the history. By default the last 5 pages are stored, plus...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is a TCP/IP request to the Loop back IP Address "127.0.0.1" on...
After you have recorded against a Web Based application you may on occasions notice that the generated BDF Script as well as containing the expected Web requests (such as WebPageUrl) also contains...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is an overview report not generated after my load test completes?
After a load test has been completed and you click on "Explore Results" and then "Display your results in easy-to-see graphical form by using the Silk Performance Explorer", the overview report should...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is CPU usage high when testing IMAP4?
As SilkPerformer replays IMAP4 at TCP/IP level, scripts run in a stress test mode putting high load on the CPU . The test then becomes throughput rather than a Virtual User limit. What counts in stress...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is data contained in CSV file not read correctly when it is...
There is a known issue in SilkPerformer 7.4 which affects the parsing of a CSV file if data contained in the file is enclosed by double quotes. This has the affect that any characters subsequent to the...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is it better practice to use keyboard-shortcuts than...
Communication between Citrix clients and servers consists of exchange of user inputs (keyboard /mouse) and screen shots. As Silk Performer performs "screen-scraping" during the recording of a Citrix...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is it possible to record the Document management program from...
To solve the problem follow the steps below: Go to the Xerox download page and download a piece of client software called the DocuShare Windows Client, DSCLIENT.EXE. Once this is installed it creates...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is it recommended to disable DHCP before adding IP addresses...
Disabling DHCP is recommended because it means that the IP addresses used on replay are those you see in the System Configuration Manager dialog. Alternatively if you have DHCP enabled this means you...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is it that sometimes the Session ID capture GUI on TrueLog...
The Session ID capture facility in Truelog Explorer will only work with Content-Type : text/html and in many cases the content returned is not text/html. For example the data returned may be...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is my CSV data changed through the SilkPerformer Graphical...
There is a known issue in SilkPerformer 2007 and 2008 where a data file is opened in CSV format within SilkPerformer and then closed by clicking the OK button, this causes the data to be changed...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is my Overview Report missing some transactions from the User...
When viewing your load test .tsd data as an Overview Report, the transaction counts in the User Types section may appear tobe les than that given in the General Information section. However, this is...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is my Recording Rule not making the substitution correctly...
There are two known issues when using recording rules which have been addressed with the release of a patch for SilkPerformer 7.2 (SP72_Patch_02_ParsingRules) and this issue has been fixed in later...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is my virtual user log file missing data?
There is a known issue with Silk Performer 7.3 build 2657 were virtual user replay log files do not contain all the appropriate data, this is caused by the default white space masking in the virtual...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is the fWait parameter, Minimum time or minimum mean time that...
When browser-level Web traffic is recorded using the SilkPerformer recorder, a wait time is included at the end of recorded functions to tell the replay engine how long to wait before executing the...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is the Java Settings button under the Application Profile...
The reason why the "Java Settings" button under the Application Profile is not editable (as shown below) is that Terminal Services is being used to install Silk Performer and is not set in...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is the message "Cookies are not enabled" reported in the...
This is a common message generated by the execution of JavaScript code contained in the source code of pages loaded by TrueLog Explorer. This can normally be averted by disabling JavaScript execution...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is the message "Error the following plug-In(s) could not be...
This error message has previously been traced to the presence of nonstandard folders or files in the Plugins folder of the SilkPerformer root directory. This is found at the following location:...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is the message "Reply was fragmented" displayed in my...
This message is displayed because fragmentation is in use by your Server. There are hardly any environments where IIOP message fragmentation makes sense as IIOP is split into packets by the underlying...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is the message "Silk TrueLog Explorer can't interpret the...
This message is reported if you have recorded the script with the incorrect terminal type selected. To resolve you must select the correct terminal type and re-record the script. The terminal type can...
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