Hi Michael, Thanks for the information. I'll give a try when I set up my next test attempt.
Trevor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Stover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "JMeter Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 2:17 PM Subject: Re: Newbie: Customizing test plans > If you need a proxy server to reach your webapp from your browser, then > you need to start JMeter with information about the proxy server. See > http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/usermanual/get-started.html#proxy_server > > You'll be able to simulate your applet (from your server's > point-of-view) if it sends http requests to the server. If it does, > JMeter's proxy server should be able to record those requests. > > -Mike > > > On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 11:32, Trevor Johnson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm pretty new to JMeter. I set up some basic tests and tried some of the options for recording > > operations to save as a test plan. I haven't had much luck with this yet. I am running Apache and > > Tomcat on a local PC behind my firewall and proxy server. My browser has the settings it needs > > so that I can get outside. I haven't been able to record anything through JMeter yet. I guess my > > proxy settings are interfering with JMeter. > > > > The site I want to test is an applet/servlet so once I get past the index.html page all I have > > are the jar files. Even the security is handled by the applet. How do I record this traffic so that I > > can do some basic testing? > > > > I understand how I can use the HTTP request to send a username and password to a page but > > how do I handle something like this where the applet is prompting me for the information? Can I even > > use JMeter to test this kind of setup? > > > > I had one of the Java guys modify the main servlet to write out all the requests it received to a > > file in the test plan element format so that I could paste this back in to a test plan but this only > > gives me a certain amount of control. Its still a canned test and can't respond to results it receives. > > > > I am a programmer but I haven't spent much time with Java (yet) so I guess I'm looking for some > > place to start to get an understanding of how to write all these custom test applications I see > > everybody is talking about. > > > > I know I've been rambling a bit but I like what I see so far with JMeter and I would like to be able to > > use it but I can't seem to get past the testing of a simple "HelloWorld" level. I have been reading > > through the JMeter docs but I still feel in over my head at the moment. > > > > Thanks in advance for any hints, suggestions, readings, etc. > > > > Trevor > > > > > > Trevor Johnson - Customer Support Specialist > > Tel ext: 2571 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Marine Division > > CARIS www.caris.com > > Tel: +1-506-458-8533 Fax: +1-506-459-3849 > > > > CARIS 2004 - Where Waterways Meet > > 9th International User Group Conference and Educational Sessions > > 22-25 November 2004, Hotel Hafen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany > > Visit www.caris.com/caris2004 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more. > -- > Michael Stover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Apache Software Foundation > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
