Hi,

I am recording a web application, One screen contains Browse field and i need to browse some files from my local machine. This application does not accept same document twice. During replay, it needs to select different files randomly from my machine

Can some one please advice how to overcome this, And also since i selected files from my machine, same script is not running through Load Controller.
Please advice.

Thanks

Hi,

I suppose you are http web protocol. So incase you look into Request where files are being selected for upload, you should find that filename should be specified.

Create a .dat / .csv file containing a single column name as "FileName". Enter 2-3 filename along with the full path and save the file.

Now navigate to the section where the file is getting selected. Right Click on the filename and select "Replace with a Parameter" option. Browse and select the saved .csv / .dat file.
Select unique under the Occurence column.

This would ensure that for every iteration, a new file is selected. Incase you wish to re-use the data in a cyclic manner, once your action is completed, in your vuser_end include a code where the uploaded file is deleted at the end.

As regards running in the controller, pass the filepath in the .csv file with complete UNC path including your machine IP address. Also select Load Generator as your machine IP to ensure faster connectivity.

Cheers....

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V.Umesh Krishnan
QA Consultant

Hi,

First in order to make sure the scripts are accessible from the Controller and Load Generator machines, I suggest you locate them on a network drive/path which is accessible for all machines. Use UNC path to avoid redundant drive mapping on each of these machines

Regarding the random mechanism, it can be solved in several different ways. I suggest you create copies of these files (as many as needed), and name them in a pattern you can control from LoadRunner. For example: File_1.doc, File_2.doc, File_3.doc, etc...

From LoadRunner define a unique number as parameter and while you run the script, just before you reach the browse selection section, concatenate the fixed prefix "File_" with the unique parameter. This way you will make sure the same file is not being uploaded by several different vusers.

I hope it helps

shlomini

Hi Umesh,

Thank you for your reply. It's working fine in Load controller

Thanks,

Hi Umesh,
For some scripts, this is working but for some, it is throwing below warning message and script is failing:
Warning -26488: Could not obtain information about submitted file "C:\Program Files\Mercury Interactive\VUser Generator\scripts\EDMS scripts for Audit Trail Triggers\PFG Electronic chec in\\venkatam2k\EDMS\Test Electronic document 1.doc": _stat rc=-1, errno=2 [No such file or directory]. Using an empty file [MsgId: MWAR-26488]

Actually in my application, we have different screens for uploading a document. In some screens, it is accepting and in some cases, filename is taking from the Path where the script exactly loaded and this is causing problem
Please advice

Hi Sai,

Possible reason could be that you have missed out parameterizing the file path in some scripts.

Please check that no script uses a constant absoulte path as recorded. All scripts should be having the file upload path parameterized and specify the UNC path for all files.

Also introduce a small code to check for file existence prior to the step of uploading the file. The function could be something on these lines -

File *fp = fOpen("file","r");
if (fp)
{
lr_output_message "file Exists";
}
else
{
lr_output_message "File Missing";
)

Specify the path used in File Upload Parmeter at the place where file is used in the first line.

Cheers...

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Regards,

V.Umesh Krishnan
QA Consultant

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