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Summary
Here is a list of dozen "Hot Topic" pages prepared recently by the eValid technical support team for use by eValid users. Almost all of these pages are in the eValid documentation, so users have direct access to them.

General eValid Usage

• Rate Estimation Example. This shows how to use Data Synthesis to parametrically extract rate information from a shipper's website.

• Desktop & Screen Access Issues. This page is an in-depth discussion of the issues that affect eValid operation when desktop access is required during playback.

• Recommended Screen Layout. This page explains how to arrange various eValid windows on the screen to make record/play script development easier.

• Collecting Performance Data Via Null Playback. If you want to collect page timing information, but you don't to create a script and play it back, this page describes on way to use eValid to generate detailed timings outside the normal record/play paradigm.

eValid Command Behavior

• DOM Element Manipulation/Motion Commands. These commands manipulate a sourceIndex by position in the screen, allowing a number of special effects.

• Summary of Available eValid Script Expansion Techniques. This note describes all of the ways eValid provides to expand scripts with parameters at script playback time.

• Notes on Validating Images. Many websites these days have lots and lots of images, and validating such sites can be a problem. Study this page for sage advice.

• InputValue Adaptive Playback Behavior. This page explains how the eValid Adaptive Playback function works as it processes a range of script variations that exercise a CHECKBOX object.

• Applying the SyncOnURL Command. For many AJAX applications you need to synchronize but AJAX, by its very nature is asynchronous, making synchronized playback hard to achieve. This page explains how to use the SyncOnURL command to synchronize playback of AJAX pages.

Special Applications

• UPS Rate Estimation with Motion Commands. Shows use of the sourceIndex manipulation and motion commands.

• Monitoring Mode Recommendations. These are "best practices" for use of eValid in transation monitoring mode.

• File Upload Support. This page solves the problem of recording file updoad operations.

• Apdex Analysis Setup. This page describes the Apdex metric, used to characterize site wide page download performance.

• File Download Support. If you need to have a script play back download a file (from the Windows Modal Dialog), you'll find the answers here.

• Mapping Guidelines: Simple PASS/FAIL Rules of Thumb. After you've completed your site analysis run and studied the reports, what's OK and what's not OK? Here are some simple suggestions.

• PDF File Recording. Testing of PDF documents necessarily requires use of eValid's Application Mode recording mode, and here is how to apply that to PDF document manipulation.