WebTest FAQ 1 Frequently Asked Questions ---- This is the __frequently__ asked questions page, i.e. a page of questions that WebTest users often have. It is maintained by those users that usually answer question on the {link:mailinglist|http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest} (and are tired from answering the same question too often). If you use this page to post your own personal question, you will be disappointed because you will not get any speedy answer. Please refer to the {link:mailinglist|http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest} for that pupose. ~~Your question may even be deleted here, if it is not a the _frequent_ one.~~ ---- __Q:__ Where do I find more Information about Canoo WebTest? \\__A:__ ~~Online at http://webtest.canoo.com and on the Canoo WebTest Mailing list http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest ~~ __Q:__ How do I use this site? \\__A:__ ~~After logging in to this site, every page has an edit-button at the bottom that enables you to change the page content. You can change the content of this page, e.g. by adding another Q-A section (be careful, see above). You will find out easily how to change the page content. There also is a [snipsnap-help].~~ __Q:__ How do I rebuild WebTest from the source? \\__A:__ ~~Rebuilding WebTest is not needed for using it. It is an advanced task for those that want to change its internal behaviour. Follow the instructions and see the notes under http://webtest.canoo.com/manual/install.html#Rebuilding%20WebTest~~ __Q:__ When I run my tests, I get an endless list of INFO messages scrolling by on my screen. How do I turn these off?\\ __A:__ ~~This is logging on the INFO level. To customize logging you can edit the file log4j.properties that is in the lib dir. E.g. Replace "info" with "off" to suppress any output or "warn" to at least get a message when something is wrong.~~ 2005-01-31 19:24:49.561 2004-06-24 15:16:32.154 comment-WebTest FAQ-1 Hi, is there any where to simulate like 1000 users login to your website using webtest in order to test the stability of your web application? regards, Prettyhandling 2004-08-31 14:24:50.93 2004-08-31 14:24:49.483 comment-WebTest FAQ-2 Webtest is a test functionality tool. For the purpose of load/stress testing you can use tools like Grinder (http://grinder.sourceforge.net - a good tool that i used in the past) or TestMaker (http://www.pushtotest.com/ptt/). You can find an elaborate list of tools at http://www.opensourcetesting.org/performance.php 2004-08-31 20:25:20.56 2004-08-31 20:25:20.423 comment-WebTest FAQ-3 __Is there a list of all the dependencies a WebTest build requires?__ I've been trying to do a full build all day and have come across these complications: __Problem:__ JDK 1.3 complains about versions of groovy.lang classfiles\\ __Solution:__ Switch to JDK 1.4 __Problem:__ Clover ant tasks can't load\\ __Solution:__ CVS clover.jar and clover.license, as per WebTest mailing list __Problem:__ Old version of CVS cannot handle unusual CVS port for WebTest\\ __Solution:__ Upgrade cvs.exe, as per Canoo website __Problem:__ JUnit ant task won't load\\ __Solution:__ CLASSPATH manipulation, as per the Ant Manual __Problem:__ Cannot execute perl\\ __Solution:__ Acquire and install Perl __Problem:__ build.xml packaged in src.zip of Build 501 refers to supplemental buildfiles and other xml files not included in Build 501's build.zip, src.zip, or doc.zip (as acquired from Canoo website)\\ __Solution:__ Do a full pull from CVS and copy over missing files, as needed. __Problem:__ Last Solution cannot reliably call what is built as an accurate reproduction of Build 501\\ __Solution:__ Don't CVS to HEAD, but to Build 501's tag. ~~I'm assuming such a marker exists. I haven't investigated as I'm still learning CVS.~~ 2004-09-10 23:30:41.132 2004-09-09 22:45:03.62 comment-WebTest FAQ-4 For guidance on how to rebuild WebTest I added a Q/A above.\\ For JDK requirements see http://webtest.canoo.com/manual/install.html . The special dependency to JDK 1.4 for the Groovy step is documented under [Groovy] Prerequisites. I appreciate that you collected the solutions for the problems you came across. I understand the whole task took you longer than expected. However, your last sentence is beyond the netiquette.\\ Make sure you read the available documentation before complaining. 2004-09-10 14:08:36.527 2004-09-10 14:02:33.769 comment-WebTest FAQ-5 I am having problems when I try and build Webtest for the first time, and I can't seem to find any help anywhere. I am trying to build installTest.xml from <WEB_TEST_HOME>\doc\samples and I am getting the following error: BUILD FAILED C:\JavaDev\Canoo\doc\samples\installTest.xml:23: taskdef A class needed by class com.canoo.webtest.extension.ExportProperty cannot be found: junit/framework/Ass ertionFailedError I think this has to do with one of two things. 1) My classpath OR 2) Location in which I am attempting to build WebTest. Can somebody please help me out here? Thanks guys. 2004-12-16 16:17:53.791 2004-12-16 16:17:53.606 comment-WebTest FAQ-6 jamapor - I believe you just need to install Junit in ant. If you have a version of junit you could copy the junit.jar to <ANT_HOME>/lib/ - that seems to solve problems like these (or that's what I've read in the mailing list). 2004-12-16 16:58:00.058 2004-12-16 16:57:54.764 comment-WebTest FAQ-7 I seem to have solved the problem. The problem occured because in the installTest.XML file, the reference to the build folder jar's was not declared in the classpath. For example, the following fileset directory needed to be added as well to the classpath: <fileset dir="${webtest.home}" includes="lib/build/*.jar"/> This is because the Junit JAR file was located in this folder, and it was not included in the XML file, as you stated above. The build is now successful. Thanks for the help Ian. 2004-12-16 17:46:15.353 2004-12-16 17:46:14.114 comment-WebTest FAQ-8 Ok. Are you using Ant 1.6.x? I'm assuming then that this also fixes the Clover issues ... b/c I had to symlink clover into my distribution to get it to work. Glad that I could be of help. 2004-12-16 17:51:41.627 2004-12-16 17:51:41.451 comment-WebTest FAQ-9 BTW - This discussion is probably more appropriate for the mailing list, than on the Wiki. Maybe you could post your question on <webtest@lists.canoo.com>. I've still got some questions for you. Where are you adding this <fileset> line? In build.xml (that's what I'm assuming). I add a line like that and it doesn't work (clover at least). 2004-12-16 18:00:55.148 2004-12-16 18:00:54.882 comment-WebTest FAQ-10 I have posted to the mailing list, so please find the above mentioned information there. =) In case you didn't want to wait for the daily update, I didn't add the line in the build file, but rather in the installTest.XML file. 2004-12-16 18:23:58.348 2004-12-16 18:14:24.579 comment-WebTest FAQ-11 ant classpath settings not working for taskdef on a particular machine, but not the other. <project name="SimpleTest" basedir="." default="Login"> <taskdef file="../webtestTaskdefs.properties"> <classpath> <fileset dir=".." includes="**/lib/*.jar"/> </classpath> </taskdef> everything else the same ant 1.6.2 setting classpath through windows 'set classpath=' works, but tedious. 2004-12-16 21:35:00.137 2004-12-16 21:34:59.904 comment-WebTest FAQ-12 Can someone post the resolution to the how do I enable followRedirests question?? Thanks 2005-01-07 21:34:37.325 2005-01-07 21:34:37.127 comment-WebTest FAQ-13 Hi all; I don't know if it's the right place, (please tell me), but I've got a problem with <clickbutton> when my page has a mix of <input type="submit"> and <input type="button"> . They all have the same name "dispatch" as I'm working with LookupDispatchActions. It seems like the first existing <input type="button"> is taken in priority by my <clickbutton label="WhatEver" name="dispatch">. I can't submit anything else as soon as I have a <input type="button">. Everything goes fine if I only have <input type="submit"> on my form. Any idea? Gilles 2005-01-10 16:24:07.587 2005-01-10 16:24:07.409