PETA-Designer User Manual

Version 2.4.0

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May 08 2010

Abstract

This document serves as the reference documentation for the PETA-Designer application. It gives a detailed description of the user interface and the provided functionality.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Installation
2.1. Windows
2.1.1. Prerequisites
2.1.2. Installation Process
2.2. Linux
2.2.1. Prerequisites
2.2.2. Installation Process
2.3. Updating
2.4. Uninstalling
3. Wizards
3.1. Creating a PETA Project
3.1.1. Overview
3.1.2. File Selection
3.1.3. PETA Project Settings
3.1.4. The PETA Base Path
3.1.5. Java settings
3.2. Creating a Test Configuration
3.2.1. Overview
3.2.2. File Selection
3.2.3. Adding a Description
3.2.4. Configuring Actors
3.2.5. Configuring Setups
3.3. Creating Test Cases
3.3.1. File Selection
3.3.2. Adding a Description
3.4. Creating Test Suites
3.4.1. File Selection
3.4.2. Adding a Description
3.5. Creating Modules
3.5.1. File Selection
3.5.2. Adding a Description
3.6. Creating Message Templates
3.6.1. File Selection
3.7. Creating Plug-ins
3.7.1. File Selection
3.7.2. Adding a Description
3.7.3. Adding Arguments
3.8. Creating Filters
3.8.1. File Selection
3.8.2. Adding a Description
3.8.3. Adding Arguments
3.9. Creating Data Types
3.9.1. File Selection
3.9.2. Adding a Description
4. Editors
4.1. Editing a Configuration
4.1.1. Defining Actors
4.1.2. Defining Setups
4.1.3. Describing a Configuration
4.2. Editing Tests
4.2.1. The Test Case Editor
4.2.2. Using the Test Case Editor
4.2.3. Test Case Specification
4.2.4. The Filter Selection Dialog
4.2.5. The Plug-in Selection Dialog
4.2.6. Creating Regular Expressions
4.2.7. Values
4.2.8. Creating a Message
4.2.9. Creating Test Modules
4.2.10. Creating Test Suites
5. Launcher
5.1. Project settings
5.2. Suite/Case settings
5.3. Options settings
5.4. Launching tests
6. PETA-Webrecorder
6.1. Recording Web Applications
6.1.1. Starting the HTTP-Recorder
6.1.2. Using the HTTP-Recorder
6.1.3. The HTTP-Recorder Dialog
6.1.4. Recorder Control Panel
6.1.5. Monitoring the Recording
6.2. Generating Test Cases
6.2.1. Starting the Test Case Generator
6.2.2. Test Case Generator Preferences
6.2.3. Other Options
7. PETA-Load
7.1. Installation
7.1.1. Prerequisites
7.1.2. Setup
7.1.3. Configuration
7.1.4. Launching
7.1.5. Uninstalling
7.2. Introduction
7.2.1. Basic Concepts
7.2.2. Component Overview
7.2.3. Test Execution
7.2.4. Test Result Reporting
7.3. Creating Test Components
7.3.1. Creating a Test Suite
7.3.2. Creating an Artifact
7.3.3. Creating a Location
7.3.4. Creating a Deployment
7.4. Executing Tests
7.4.1. Creating a Launch Configuration
7.4.2. Launching the Tests
7.5. Test Result Reporting
7.5.1. Report Selection
7.5.2. Report Folder Selection
7.5.3. Report Time Frame Selection