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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- 7 May 2008 -- Software Research, Inc. has announced general availability of major new specialized commands in its Patented eValid™ Website Test & Analysis Suite.

eValid has introduced a powerful set of AJAX Playback Synchronization on DOM Element commands that provide direct control of test script playback synchronization by interaction with the current DOM of an AJAX page. This new eValid capability allows testers to address AJAX applications -- which by nature are "asynchronous" -- in a completely reliable way. Once the playback synchronization is determined, eValid test scripts play back reliably, independent of how long the internal AJAX operations require.

eValid scripts that are recorded "from life" can be edited to include the special AJAX synchronization commands. There are eight variations to choose from, a variety that covers all types of AJAX application internal synchronization methods.

"The AJAX synchronization features close a gap that has been around for some time: producing good, reliable, self-synchronizing tests for AJAX applications," said Edward Miller, President of Software Research.

"The tough part about an AJAX application -- whether you are setting up monitoring scripts or you're trying to run multiple scripts in 100's of parallel eValid browsers in a server loading setup -- is to make sure each and every playback stays in sync, that is, maintains playback by waiting until the AJAX part of the applications completes its work. This is a big problem -- when playbacks get ahead of the application playback chaos usually results and the tests are meaningless," Miller continued.

"The eValid AJAX synchronization commands nail this problem directly in the browser -- where the problem is best addressed anyway," Miller concluded.

The AJAX synchronization commands and technical details are explained in the Playback Synchronization on DOM Element command descriptions.

The eValid AJAX Synchronization commands are included in all new eValid orders at no extra charge.

About eValid

eValid is a test-enabled web browser; the current release supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista. eValid V8 license bundles are available for Application Monitoring, Functional Testing/Validation, Test Programming, Regression Testing, Server Loading, and Site Analysis. There is also an International Edition that supports DBCS and foreign-language environments. Prices for product features start at $995.

Evaluation copies of eValid V8 are available from the eValid V8 Evaluation Download. Complete information about eValid is found at www.e-valid.com.

• General Features: eValid is built as a standard web browser. Test and analysis functions are available from GUI pull down menus and on-screen script editing. Support includes DOM viewing, adaptive playback, AJAX synchronization modes, batch commands, automatic test data generation, multi-instance playbacks.

• Application Monitoring Bundle: Full functional testing, special commands for output editing, email support, Rich Internet Application (RIA) support, AJAX synchronization, and interfaces to most popular network status reporting engines.

• Regression Testing/Developer Bundle: Complete record/play functional & regression testing support with object-oriented validation modes, Support for all web protocols, JavaScript, Java Applets, XML, HTTPS, etc. Simple, editable scripting language. Results are in easy-to-read, database-ready log files.

• Server Loading Bundle: Server loads are imposed with multiple eValid copies (including ultra-thin and eVlite versions) for realistic user activity replication, with Full scripting and LoadTest scenario control. Single machines handle over 1,000 users with varying fidelity.

• Site Analysis Bundle: Complete website analysis with a browser-based search spider. User settable search parameters include: run length, depth, page count, blocked-URLs, and string-match values. Scanned pages feed a cascade of filters including: broken/unavailable links, page size, download size, complexity, age, date, and specified HTML or visible text content. Page dependency is visualized with dynamic 3D-SiteMaps.

• International Edition: Full support for Unicode-enabled (DBCS) for all functional, regression, loading and scanning functions. Language pack and all-native OSs are supported.

• Website Monitoring Services: Tests recorded with eValid emulate actual users behavior. Run regularly, they form the basis for sophisticated, in-depth website monitoring. Website properties for which tests scripts are written can include intermediate steps and overall playback times, arrival at pages with specified content, a full range of content validations, multi-tier alerts and failure recovery structures.

• PerformanceTest Services: Fixed-price, fixed-effort standardized server loading projects customized to client needs and done live "over the web" for the most accurate performance assessments possible.

• eValidation Services and WebSiteComp Comparative Analysis Services: Managed eValid-based analysis of WebSites for quality control or for competitive analysis.

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