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Summary
This page outlines the procedure in eValid to make a recording that reliably plays back interactions with a PDF file.

Explanation
For example, from Google we can seek out a link pointing to a PDF file and proceed to verify availability by viewing it.

• Step 1: Go to Google and input search for "PDF files"...

  

• Step 2: This generates a list of found items to select from ...

  

• Step 3: Click on any link to view the corresponding PDF file...
  Note: It is assumed that Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed and available for browser invokations.

  

• Step 4: Enable the Advanced Recording mode - "Application Mode"...

  

• Step 5: Next, enable the Advanced Recording mode - "Absolute MouseClicks"......
  Note: both modes are required so that eValid simultaneously recognizes absolute mouse clicks within an application environment.

  

• Step 6: Begin to traverse PDF document inside the reader interface...

  

• Step 7: Notice that every action generates a corresponding script command"...

  

• Step 8: Click on the "Thumbnails" tab...

  

• Step 9: "Scroll" up/down pages...

  

• Step 10: "Click" to change pages...

  

• Sample "pdf.evs" Script
  eValid creates the following recorded script based upon the above actions:

  # # Recording by eValid(TM) # Copyright © 2000-2008 by Software Research, Inc. # Recording made on: Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (IE 6.0.2800.1106) # ProjectID "Demos" GroupID "Autoplay1" TestID "pdf" LogID "AUTO" ScreenSize 1280 1024 FontSize 1 DeleteCache DeleteCookies ######Step 1 and 2: InitLink "http://www.google.com/search?q=PDF+files&hl=en&lr=&start=10&sa" \ "=N" Wait 4271 ElementMouseDown 0 205 "" "PDF Files" "" Wait 140 ######Step 3: FollowLink 0 204 "Simplified Requirements for Creating PDF Files for IEEE Xplore" \ "http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/pubs/confstandards/pdfs/Author-PDF-G" \ "uide-V32-WIN.pdf" "" ######Step 4 and 5: # Application Mode ON Wait 9377 ######Step 6: WindowPos 0 192 126 960 710 xyLClick 0 334 807 0 Wait 1912 ######Step 7: xyLClick 0 334 807 0 Wait 1913 xyLClick 0 267 806 0 Wait 2424 ######Step 8: xyLClick 0 329 808 0 Wait 4356 ######Step 9: xyLDrag 0 1141 620 1136 782 1012 Wait 7300 ######Step 10: xyLClick 0 207 440 0 Wait 1973 xyLClick 0 207 351 0 Wait 1392 xyLClick 0 204 521 0 Wait 6540 xyLClick 0 453 805 0 # End of script.