Start Recording dialog box

Record button

Note: For some scripts, this button is the Design Script button. See the relevant protocol reference pages for information on using the design script options.

• To see all the available options, click the More Options button in the top right of the dialog box.
• To see only the basic options, click Fewer Options.

The section of the script into which you want to record. You can choose one of the built-in action sections: vuser_init (for initialization steps), Action (for repeatable steps), or vuser_end (for sign off steps).

If you want to record into an existing action, select it in the dropdown list.

Note:

• For some protocols, for example, Java protocols, this field displays the only available option, for example, Actions.

• For some protocols, for example Web - HTTP/HTML, you can add an action to the script from here. Type the action name in the Record into action field and click the Add button . The new action is added to the script.

Select the mode to use to record your business process. Possible options include:

• Web Browser. For example, Web and Oracle NCA protocols record web applications.

  Note: Recording intranet sites may not work with Microsoft Edge. For information on the workaround for this, see the troubleshooting entry for Recording on Microsoft Edge.

• Windows Application. For example, the Windows Socket protocol records Windows applications.
• Remote Application via Proxy. (For Internet protocols only) Enables the recording of traffic when VuGen cannot run on the client machine, for example, Linux machines, Mac OS machines, and mobile devices. For details on additional options for this mode, see Remote Application via Proxy mode.
• Captured Traffic File Analysis. Enables the generation of an executable Vuser script from a captured traffic file. For details on additional options for this mode, see Captured Traffic File Analysis mode.

Web Browser recording mode:

• In the Application field, select one of the browsers detected on the machine, or browse to the required browser.

• Use private mode: This option is selected by default. Clear the check box if you do not want to open the browser window in private mode.

  Note: The Use private mode option is not supported when using Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.

Windows Application recording mode:

• Specify the path of an executable file, or browse to the application.

Select the IP for the required listening connection, if you do not want to use Default.

This may be required if the default network interface is blocked in your environment, for example, due to security policies.

For applications that require you to specify a working directory.

A working directory is necessary only if your application must know the location of the working directory (for example, reading property files or writing log files).

For some protocols, the default is the local <installdir>\bin directory.

Recording Options

Begins immediate recording of your business process actions.

When creating a script using a captured traffic file, the button starts the analyzing of your captured file.

Opens the target browser or application and the recording toolbar, but does not record your actions until you initiate recording.

The port on which the proxy will listen.

Enables you to select a specific IP for the proxy to use.

Default: All

For Network Virtualization, enables you to select a network interface if there is more than one interface defined on the VuGen machine.

Locate your capture file. The file can be in format .har, .pcap, .cap, or .saz (Fiddler).

For details about creating a capture file in a Windows, Linux, or mobile environment, using an external tool such as Wireshark, see Create a PCAP file.

The IP address of the client whose traffic you want to examine. VuGen typically detects the client side filter by analyzing the capture file.

This option is visible only after you select a .pcap or .saz capture file that contains SSL data and requires a certificate.

Provides a list of the SSL attributes for the servers being analyzed.

Use the Add, Edit, and Remove buttons to manage the entries.

The Add button opens the Add SSL Attribute dialog box, allowing you to add a server and specify its IP address, port, certificate file, and password if required.

This list is not available for .har files—instead, configure the SSL through Fiddler.

Select the mode to use to record your business process:

Web Browser via DevWeb Proxy. Enables you to records events on the local machine into a HAR file, using the DevWeb Proxy Recorder. An executable DevWeb script is then automatically generated from the HAR file.

Remote Application via DevWeb Proxy. Enables you to records events on a remote machine into a HAR file, using the DevWeb Proxy Recorder. An executable DevWeb script is then automatically generated from the HAR file.

Captured Traffic File Analysis. Enables the generation of a DevWeb Vuser script from an existing HAR file.

• Java applet to record a Java applet through the applet viewer.

• Java application to record a Java application.

• Internet Explorer to record an applet within a browser.

• Executable/Batch to record an applet or application that is launched from within a batch file or the name of an executable file.

• Listener to instruct VuGen to wait for the batch file that initializes the configuration and runs an application before recording. This mode requires you to define the system variable _JAVA_OPTIONS as -agentlib:jdhook.

This option is only present for Executable\Batch type applications.