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Does DéjàClick record keyboard key strokes as well?Yes. DéjàClick v 1.2.0.0 and later provides the ability to record and replay individual keystrokes for text input fields. For input fields that require it (i.e., those that have onmousedown, onmouseup, onmousepress event triggers), DéjàClick will automatically enable the option for replay. Otherwise, you may enable it manually by ticking the “Replay using keystrokes” checkbox option of the “Event Input” property panel in the Event Properties Sidebar.Back to Top What is the best way to go back a page?Use the browser “Back” button. The Back/Forward buttons are recorded as events.Back to Top Can I choose to omit the notice box that confirms a replay has completed successfully?This is available with v 1.2.0.0 and later. Simply de-select “Notify when Complete” from the Quick Settings drop-down in the Configure Options button, or in Configure Options->General Settings tab, in the Effects section.Back to Top Is there a way to open each bookmarked site in its own individual tab?This feature is available in DéjàClick v 1.2.0.0 and later. You can record the following window and tab operations:Ctrl-T or File->New Tab (open a new tab) Ctrl-W or File->Close tab (close tab) Ctrl-N or File->New Window (open a new window) Ctrl-Shift-W or File->Close Window (close window) DéjàClick will record events for any new windows or tabs you open or close while recording. You may adjust these default settings using the DéjàClick Options dialog under the 'Record Properties tab' in the 'Browser Options' property panel. Note: DéjàClick does not yet record closing tabs using the ☒ button next to a tab or by selecting "Close Tab" from the right-click tab menu list. It will also not record closing windows using Ctrl-W if there are no tabs displayed. These issues will be addressed in a future release. Back to Top Is there a way to change the recorded drop-menu item, for example, if I want to change from the 5th item in the drop-down to the 10th item?Yes. Version 1.4.1.0 allows you to select by position in the list, the item name (what you see in the form), or the underlying value. Just highlight the event and open the “Event Input” property panel. Choose the way you want to change it (position, name, value) and click the drop-down list in the “Select Item” field and select the new item.Back to Top Does DéjàClick support variable input for HTML forms?Yes, DéjàClick v 1.3.0.0 and later includes the ability to use Script Variables if, for example, you need to use a different login id for each replay. Please see Script Variables in this Help wiki. Several examples of using script variables are included.Back to Top How do I filter out AlertSite monitoring hits from Google Analytics?
Back to Top How do I filter out AlertSite monitoring hits from web server logs (analytics software) using User Agent in DéjàClick?You can append a known tag to the User Agent string sent by AlertSite by doing the following:
Back to Top How can I record and monitor an Internet Explorer-friendly website with DéjàClick in the Firefox Browser?This does not work 100% of the time, depending on the complexity of the website interacting with Internet Explorer. The first thing you will need to do is get the User Agent Switcher Add-On from Mozilla.com and add it to your Firefox browser. Once you've installed this Add-On, Firefox will give you the option to record a transaction using a different browser type, e.g., IE8. In Firefox, go to Tools→Default User Agent→Internet Explorer→Internet Explorer 8. Now you can try to record and playback your transaction. If you are able to record and playback your transaction successfully, you will have to change the User Agent string in your Browser Preferences in DéjàClick (see below).Back to Top How do I modify my User Agent String in DéjàClick to emulate Internet Explorer?You will need to access the Properties Sidebar on the left side of your browser. If it is not currently showing:
Back to Top Where can I find a User Agent string example if I recorded using a different version of IE.x?If you recorded your transaction using a different version of IE, go to Firefox→Tools→Internet Explorer x→User Agent Switcher→Test and scroll down the page to where you see:The following XML can be used to import this browser's user agent into the User Agent Switcher extension. <useragent description="User Agent" useragent="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE X.0; Windows NT 6.1)" appcodename="Mozilla" appname="Microsoft Internet Explorer" appversion="4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1)" platform="Win32" vendor="" vendorsub=""/>Only use the text following useragent= without the quotations. Back to Top Is it possible to reuse a variable generated in one step for all steps in the transaction that use that variable?DéjàClick v 1.3.1.0 now includes a checkbox option on the "Add/Edit Script Variable" dialog that tells DéjàClick to calculate the variable's value only once. Setting this option makes the variable's initial value “sticky” when reused across multiple events within a single replay.Back to Top Is there a way to verify the presence (or absence) of text on a screen?Text assertions in DéjàClick are known as Keyword Validations. You can add keywords during record or replay by clicking on the Keyword toolbar button (magnifying glass) after the page has loaded. You must be in paused mode to enable keywording. You can either press the Pause button directly, or click the down-arrow next to the Play toolbar button and select the “Replay Next Action” option from the menu; this steps through and pauses after each page load, and also works for individual events. When the Keyword button is clicked, the “Validation Panel” above the main window opens in “Keyword” mode. Move the mouse around the page and see suggested keywords displayed in keyword panel of the toolbar. Clicking on the page selects the suggested keyword and opens the Add Keyword dialog to let you change the text or modify settings. Click the “Close Keyword Validation” icon to continue to the next page in replay. An error message is displayed if the text is not (or is) found when you replay the recording. Note: changing “Display Level” to “Advanced” in the Add/Edit keyword dialog displays additional options.Back to Top Can I execute JavaScript code in DéjàClick?Yes, DéjàClick v 2.0 allows you to execute custom JavaScript code within a page with JavaScript Validations. You must be in paused mode to enable JavaScript Validation. You can either press the Pause button directly, or click the down-arrow next to the Play toolbar button and select the “Replay Next Action” option from the menu; this steps through and pauses after each page load, and also works for individual events.When the validation button is clicked, the “Validation Panel” above the main window opens in “Keyword” mode. Select “Java...” from the Validation Type drop-down to bring up the “Add JavaScript Validation” dialog, click the checkbox for multiple lines if needed, and enter the JavaScript code to be executed in the page. For more details, go to JavaScript Validation in this Help wiki. Back to Top Is there a way to run my script when Firefox starts up?Yes. The easiest way would be to create a DéjàClick Super Bookmark using the yellow star icon on the toolbar. Make that your startup homepage: in the Firefox Options dialog, in the Startup section of the Main tab, click the "Use Bookmark" button and select the DéjàClick Super bookmark you just created as your Home Page URL. Then, change the "When Firefox starts" option to "Show my home page". Another option is to create a shortcut to execute Firefox and pass your DéjàClick URL via the command line.Back to Top Can I check for keywords in the HTML source code?Yes. Keyword validations can also check the page source content. In Keyword Validation mode, simply select/highlight an area of the web page with the mouse (left click and drag), then click on your selection. The keyword dialog will appear showing the HTML source code for the selected area of the page. You can then edit the displayed source text so that only the specific portion of the page source you want to extract and validate appears. During replay, DéjàClick will validate that your keyword source selection is contained within the page source. You may also switch the keyword dialog's display level to 'Advanced' for additional keyword property options. For more information, go to Keyword Validation in this Help wiki.Back to Top I recorded a script to login to check my email. It worked successfully but the script (XML) file has my password in clear text. Shouldn't it encrypt any password field internally and then use the decrypted value when the script is executed by DéjàClick?DéjàClick v 1.4.0.0 and later includes support for local data encryption, including a new "Security" Configuration Options tab. By default, passwords are now encrypted when a script is saved. Go to Transaction Security for complete details.Back to Top Why does DéjàClick leave open sessions from our application after a measurement is taken? Is the Firefox browser closed after each test is done?DéjàClick transactions are run in private browsing mode within the Firefox browser. After the transaction has been run on one of our monitoring locations, Firefox terminates private browsing mode, while the main Firefox process remains running. Unless your transaction contains a logout that closes the application session, your server might not know about it and could assume the session is still alive. Your transaction should always record a logout step and end the session.Back to Top I need to allow the user of the script to enter some text midway through the script. Is there a way to pause and resume a script during recording and later during playback?Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, adding a simple DéjàNote to one of your script events may do the trick. When a DéjàNote pops up during replay, by default it automatically pauses DéjàClick. Déjà then waits for the Play button to be pressed before continuing. While paused, the user may enter data into the web page form as needed. The DéjàNote itself can instruct the user what to do. For example, first record a simple script:1. power on DéjàClick and press Record 2. enter www.onelook.com as the Firefox URL 3. when the page loads, type 'test' into the search box and press Enter 4. press Stop Now, edit the DéjàClick script properties to clear the HTML input value and add a DéjàNote: 1. open the 'Script Properties' sidebar (4th toolbar button from right) 2. in the sidebar, fully expand the script tree by clicking title bar 3. in the tree, click on the 'Input HTML Form' script Event (event number 3?) 4. expand the 'Event Input' property panel (in sidebar), then clear the input value and press Apply 5. expand the 'Event Notes' property panel, then press the 'Add' button 6. in the 'Add Note' dialog, type 'Enter search term' in the box and change Style to 'Balloon' 7. click OK to close the dialog, then press Play (in toolbar) DéjàClick will now replay the script and display a popup note just after inputting the (empty) value into the search box. At this point the user may then enter their own search term and click the 'Continue Replay' button in yellow notification bar at the top of the page (or they can simply press the toolbar Play button again to continue). The trick here is that we used a DéjàNote to pause replay and we cleared the originally recorded input value to allow the user to enter their own. (See DéjàNotes.) Back to Top I have an existing script and I'd like to append to the end of it. How can this be done?DéjàClick 1.4.0.0 includes support for recording new events onto an existing script while replay is paused. To do this, s elect "Replay Next Action" or "Replay Next Event" from the Play button's drop menu, then press Play repeatedly to step through the recording to the point where you want to start recording new events. When paused at the chosen point in the recording, press Record, then continue browsing to append the new events. Note: opening the DéjàClick sidebar and expanding the script tree by clicking on its title section may be useful in showing what events were and are being recorded.Back to Top What do I do when I get a Status 93 error from AlertSite because of an unexpected dialog pop-up in my transaction?The Properties Sidebar has a Dialog Prompts panel that can be modified to handle a variety of pop-ups. For an example of how that's done, go to Dialog Prompts.Back to Top I don't seem to be able to use TrueScreen. What's wrong?The TrueScreen Module is a DLL which requiresMicrosoft Visual Studio 2005 runtime installed. Ordinarily, this application is included in Window systems. If the runtime is missing, Firefox is unable to load the TrueScreen DLL. The runtime application can be downloaded for free from Microsoft. Do a browser search for Microsoft VS2005 runtime; the Microsoft download site should come up as the first choice of your search. Follow the links for downloading the correct version. This should resolve the problem of running true screen on your desktop.
Back to Top Why do I see Status 82 in my AlertSite console and reports when the transaction completed within the specified timeout?Status 82 does not involve network timeouts, but behind-the-scenes activities occurring inside the Firefox browser itself when a page is loading. Firefox informs DéjàClick about the progress of page loading with multiple notifications, for example:
Back to Top Why does the Capture screen show a page with Private Browsing in my report drilldown?DéjàClick uses this Firefox default page before connecting to a website:
If the Capture screen shows this, it means that we could not connect to your site. You likely had a Status 2, No response from server -- test timed out error before DéjàClick loaded anything else.
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