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eValid -- Explanation of SetUserAgent Command
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Background
The SetUserAgent command lets eValid "pretend" to be any browser you wish it to be by modifying the value of the User Agent String.

Once adjusted, subsequent actions appear to the server as if arising from the specified agent -- rather than from default browser type.

Command Description
Here is the SetUserAgent command description and explanation.

KEY COMMAND SYNTAX:
Name(...)
ORIGIN EXPLANATION COMMENTS
PROF SetUserAgent "user-agent-string" Edit If the string specified user-agent-string is non-blank, sets that string value as the user agent for eValid. Once set the user agent string setting persists until eValid is re-launched.

Additional Notes
Constraints and limitations on this command are as follows:

  1. If the value used for the command is NOT a valid user agent string relative to the web application server being tested the results may not be realistic.

  2. In some cases the web server will see the user agent string value and will reply with a message indicating that that device type is not supported.

  3. The user agent setting is effective only after you have eValid spawn a sub-window (the original window remains at the system default setting).