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Description of Script
This AUTOPLAY script illustrates eValid Visual Performance and Multiple Playback steps.
Script Playback
The script shown in the table below is can be copied and pasted into the
Script Dialog for playback by eValid:
Important Note: This script is an example and may not work with your environment or setup. You may need to re-record a similar script to get correct resultes.
| Example Script |
# AUTOPLAY9=>:uj-hm}r, # # eValid AutoPlay Script. # (c) Copyright 2000-2012 by Software Research, Inc. # ProjectID "Demos" GroupID "07-16-03" TestID "11" LogID "AUTO" #Set PlayValues PlayValue _PC 20000 PlayValue _PM 1.0 PlayValue _PT 80000 # Check screensize and adjust font ScreenSize 1024 768 FontSize 1 # Reposition Screen to upper right corner # WindowPos 0 270 0 753 696 # MessageWindow "MESSAGE" [seconds [x y w h]] - display MESSAGE in a new browser window MessageWindow "<LINK REL="stylesheet" type="text/css" " \ "href="http://www.e-valid.com/Parts/newevalid.css">" \ "<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 BGCOLOR=lightyellow " \ "WIDTH=220 BORDER=1><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP>" \ "<IMG SRC="http://www.e-valid.com/Images/eV_white_top_30x25.gif" " \ "ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=25>eValid helps improve user's " \ "experience of websites by optimizing pages so they are " \ "fast loading and efficient.<P>eValid can do this easily " \ "and accurately because, as a browser, the timing data " \ "eValid collects is 100% real. <P>eValid reports the " \ "results about download times the same way your users " \ "experience them.<P>You get accurate, clear results for " \ "<b>immediate improvements in your website performance</b>." \ "</TD></TR></TABLE>" \ "" 0 1 2 269 392 # MessageBox "MESSAGE" - display MESSAGE in a modal pop-up MessageBox "Welcome to eValid. You are about to view a playback " \ "with regard to the Visual Performance feature of eValid." Wait 2000 MessageWindow "<LINK REL="stylesheet" type="text/css" " \ "href="http://www.e-valid.com/Parts/newevalid.css">" \ "<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 BGCOLOR=lightyellow " \ "WIDTH=220 BORDER=1><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP>" \ "<IMG SRC="http://www.e-valid.com/Images/eV_white_top_30x25.gif" " \ "ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=25>Tuning a page involves a " \ "few simple steps.<P>Start by typing the URL of the page " \ "you want to analyze, in eValid's address bar.<P>Choose " \ "a page that you suspect is a problem, or the page with " \ "the most images or graphical components." \ "</TD></TR></TABLE>" \ "" 0 1 2 269 290 Wait 2500 GotoLink 0 "http://www.microsoft.com/" "" Wait 3000 MessageWindow "<LINK REL="stylesheet" type="text/css" " \ "href="http://www.e-valid.com/Parts/newevalid.css">" \ "<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 BGCOLOR=lightyellow" \ " WIDTH=220 BORDER=1><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP>" \ "<IMG SRC="http://www.e-valid.com/Images/eV_white_top_30x25.gif" " \ "ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=25>We begin recording by " \ "clicking on eValid's toolbar: <p><b> Record > Start " \ "Recording</b></P> <p>Then click:<p><b> Record > Timer > " \ "Read Timer</b></p> <p>So the elapsed time will " \ "read into the event log." \ "</p></TD></TR></TABLE>" \ "" 0 1 2 269 392 Wait 3500 GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/page.tuning.script.start.recording.gif" "" Wait 3000 GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/page.tuning.script.timer.gif" "" Wait 3000 MessageWindow "<LINK REL="stylesheet" type="text/css" " \ "href="http://www.e-valid.com/Parts/newevalid.css">" \ "<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 BGCOLOR=lightyellow " \ "WIDTH=220 BORDER=1><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP>" \ "<IMG SRC="http://www.e-valid.com/Images/eV_white_top_30x25.gif" " \ "ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=25>Once you have completed " \ "recording click <b>Record > Stop Recording </b>on the " \ "toolbar.<p>Here is how the script appears, ready to " \ "be run. </TD></TR></TABLE>" \ "" 0 1 2 269 288 GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/page.tuning.script.stop.recording.gif" "" Wait 3500 GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/page.tuning.script.jpg" "" Wait 2500 MessageWindow "<LINK REL="stylesheet" type="text/css" " \ "href="http://www.e-valid.com/Parts/newevalid.css">" \ "<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 BGCOLOR=lightyellow " \ "WIDTH=220 BORDER=1><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP>" \ "<IMG SRC="http://www.e-valid.com/Images/eV_white_top_30x25.gif" " \ "ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=25>To get accurate timing " \ "data we recommend repeating the page retrieval at " \ "least 10 times.<P>This will make it possible to " \ "average out Web latencies in your web pages " \ "download times.<P>This is achieved through multiple " \ "playbacks click:<p> <b>Settings > Record/Play " \ "Preferences</b> <p>Set the <b>Multiple Playback n " \ "value</b> to <b>10</b>. " \ "</TD></TR></TABLE>" \ "" 0 1 2 269 380 GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/pagetuning.pprefer.livedemo.gif" "" Wait 3000 GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/page.turning.playback.settings.gif" "" Wait 3000 MessageWindow "<LINK REL="stylesheet" type="text/css" " \ "href="http://www.e-valid.com/Parts/newevalid.css">" \ "<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 BGCOLOR=lightyellow " \ "WIDTH=220 BORDER=1><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP>" \ "<IMG SRC="http://www.e-valid.com/Images/eV_white_top_30x25.gif" " \ "ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=25>To obtain the complete " \ "picture for this page you also want to select: " \ "<b>Project/Log Management</b><UL><LI>Turn on " \ "detailed timings.<LI>Ask for the Performance " \ "Log.<LI>Append to Logs.<LI>Never Use Cache.</UL>" \ "Now, simply play back the test.</TD></TR></TABLE>" \ "" 0 1 2 269 329 Wait 3000 GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/page.tuning.setting.jpg" "" Wait 3000 GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/cache.manager.jpg" "" Wait 3000 MessageWindow "<LINK REL="stylesheet" type="text/css" " \ "href="http://www.e-valid.com/Parts/newevalid.css">" \ "<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 BGCOLOR=lightyellow " \ "WIDTH=220 BORDER=1><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP>" \ "<IMG SRC="http://www.e-valid.com/Images/eV_white_top_30x25.gif" " \ "ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=25>To start runing the multiple " \ "playbacks, select:<p><b>Playback > Control " \ "Playback > Run Multiple</b>.</TD></TR></TABLE>" \ "" 0 1 2 269 329 GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/pagetuning.livedemo.gif" "" Wait 3000 #Wait 2000 #GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/pagetuning.playback.livedemo.gif" "" Wait 3000 GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/playback.summary.jpg" "" Wait 3000 MessageWindow "<LINK REL="stylesheet" type="text/css" " \ "href="http://www.e-valid.com/Parts/newevalid.css">" \ "<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 BGCOLOR=lightyellow " \ "WIDTH=220 BORDER=1><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP>" \ "<IMG SRC="http://www.e-valid.com/Images/eV_white_top_30x25.gif" " \ "ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=25>At the end of the " \ "playback, click <b>View Selections</b> to find:" \ "<UL><LI>Playback timing logs.<LI>Charts based on " \ "the logs.<LI>The playback report summary (shown)." \ "</UL>Now, let's take a look at the Performance " \ "Chart.</TD></TR></TABLE>" \ "" 0 1 2 269 315 GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/eVPerformance.html" "" Wait 3000 MessageWindow "<LINK REL="stylesheet" type="text/css" " \ "href="http://www.e-valid.com/Parts/newevalid.css">" \ "<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 BGCOLOR=lightyellow " \ "WIDTH=220 BORDER=1><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP>" \ "<IMG SRC="http://www.e-valid.com/Images/eV_white_top_30x25.gif" " \ "ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=25>Each vertical bar " \ "represents one complete download of the page you " \ "are analyzing.<P>As you move the cursor over each " \ "section you find the name of the component.<P>Look " \ "for individual components that consistently take a " \ "<b>long time</b>:<P>Bar 3, 11, 19, 21 point to the " \ "same components that need optimization. " \ "</TD></TR></TABLE>" \ "" 0 1 2 269 366 Wait 1000 xyMouseOver 0 589 664 Wait 2000 xyMouseOver 0 666 559 Wait 2000 xyMouseOver 0 667 553 Wait 2000 xyMouseOver 0 667 517 Wait 2000 xyMouseOver 0 667 502 Wait 2000 xyMouseOver 0 669 490 Wait 3000 GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/pagetuning.detailschart.livedemo.gif" "" Wait 3000 # MessageWindow "MESSAGE" [seconds [x y w h]] - display MESSAGE in a new browser window MessageWindow "<LINK REL="stylesheet" type="text/css" " \ "href="http://www.e-valid.com/Parts/newevalid.css">" \ "<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=10 BGCOLOR=lightyellow " \ "WIDTH=220 BORDER=1><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP>" \ "<IMG SRC="http://www.e-valid.com/Images/eV_white_top_30x25.gif" " \ "ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=25>eValid gives you " \ "a unique level of detail in evaluating the " \ "properties of a page.<p>You can identify which " \ "elements on this page need to be trimmed to " \ "improve overall performance.<P>Count on eValid " \ "to give you Real Data, in Real Time, for immediate " \ "results.<p>For more details, run the <b>Page Tuning " \ "Tutorial</b> below.</TD></TR></TABLE>" \ "" 0 1 2 269 366 Wait 5000 GotoLink 0 "http://www.e-valid.com/Products/Demos.9/AutoPlay/Demo4/end.html" "" Delay 3000 # End Recording |
Additional Notes
The scripts eValid creates use one command per line.
In the script example shown some long lines have been folded for readability.
The line foldings used are respected by eValid.
