Wiki Page: Is it possible to break a page-based web script into multiple...
In general it is not recommended to split web scripts into multiple transactions when you want to simulate a single user session as, by default, the replay engine simulates a browser shutdown at the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Asynchronous Web Communication on Protocol-Level
Asynchronous Communication Pattern Detection Silk Performer now offers a dedicated project type to facilitate protocol-level testing of web applications, which make use of asynchronous communication...
View ArticleWiki Page: Class files in the project directory are not copied to a remote agent
There is a defect that affects Silk Performer 2009 R2 where the class files from the project directory are not copied to remote agent as they should be. The workaround to this issue is to add the...
View ArticleWiki Page: Description of "Override System incidents" functionality
The "Override system incidents" option influences Service Target calculations used in the Service Target view. If you create a Custom Incident setting the "Override System incidents" option, those...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why do I get the error "ORA-01000: Maximum number of open cursors...
One possible cause of this error is a defect in Silk Performer where Ora8StmtRelease returns before releasing the statement handle (cursor). This results in the number of open cursors increasing with...
View ArticleWiki Page: Is there a limit on the number of characters which can be used in...
The Recorder"s "Start Timer" dialogue box has a limit of 80 characters. If you only use TSD data to store results it is possible to manually edit the timer later in the script, however if using the...
View ArticleWiki Page: Can Silk Performer 2009 be installed on a computer that uses...
Silk Performer cannot be installed on a machine that uses Windows 2000 as the operating system. If this is attempted you will receive the following error and Silk Performer 2009 will not operate. The...
View ArticleWiki Page: How do I resolve WebPageStoreContext(WebEngine: 9 - Invalid...
WebPageStoreContext stores the context of the last page in the history, so that it will be available to all subsequent WebPageLink and WebPageSubmit calls. Silk Performer Help files state "The...
View ArticleWiki Page: Proxy record Rumba with Silk Performer.
It's possible to configure Rumba to send its traffic to the Silk Performer SOCKS proxy using the configuration below. Rumba cannot be configured to use the HTTP proxy unless Rumba Security Server...
View ArticleWiki Page: Silk Product Licensing server.
The Silk product suite, incorporating Silk Performer, Silk Test and Silk Central (and all their respective components) only use Silk Meter as a license server. No other license servers will work,...
View ArticleWiki Page: Silk Performer 15.0 Gui-Level Testing with Silk4J and Silk4NET
Silk Performer 15.0 now allows you to perform GUI-level tests with Silk4J and Silk4NET test scripts. With this new feature it is now possible to use the following Silk Test clients for GUI-level...
View ArticleWiki Page: How can I change the timeout settings used by Silk Performer when...
The timeout settings used by Silk Performer are defined under SETTINGS | ACTIVE PROFILE | INTERNET The "Connect Timeout" defines the length of time Silk Performer will wait before reporting an error...
View ArticleWiki Page: Do Silk Performer Controller and Agent machines have to be the...
Yes, you should always have the Controller and Agents on the same version and build number to reduces the possibility of file version conflicts, and errors. To check the Silk Performer Controller...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why can"t I replay my SAP script when...
The SAP security parameter "sapgui/user_scripting_disable_recording" is used to block access to key events on the SAP server which Silk Performer Workbench needs to access in order to replay, as well...
View ArticleWiki Page: How do I add a host to the hostname cache of a Virtual User?
To add a new host into the host file of a Virtual User use the WebAddToHNC function. This allows you to call a link from the host file of the virtual user to avoid making DNS lookups and also to...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why is the error, "StExecuteTestcase(GUI-Level Testing Replay: 11...
This error can occur if you have attempted to enter more than 255 characters in the SilkTest "OPTIONS | RUNTIME | USE FILES" dialog. There is a 255 character limit in this SilkTest dialog and any...
View ArticleWiki Page: How to I customize the Ora8SetBinary functions scripted for...
SQLT_NUM is the Oracle NUMBER data type for external data type binding. Numeric values of this type are returned from the OCI interface recorded in Oracles propriatary 21-byte binary format which...
View ArticleWiki Page: How do I monitor MSSQL 2008 using Server Analysis Module?
MSSQL 2008 uses perfmon for performance monitoring so it can be monitored using Server Analysis Module in all current versions of Silk Performer however since the introduction of Silk Performer a...
View ArticleWiki Page: Is it possible to record an FTP transaction using Filezilla?
Silk Performer can be used to record against an FTP client like Filezilla by hooking the main executable of the FTP client. To do this you will need to setup an application profile as follows:...
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