Thnx Peter, JMeter is able to download the media file. I'm able to see that using Tree Listener which shows the content-type and the content-length of the response received. I guess that should be enough to confirm that Jmeter actually downloads the media file.
Regards, Srinath On 10/3/05, Peter Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 10/3/05, Srinath vaidyanathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a question regarding a web application i'm currently performance > > testing using Jmeter 2.0.3. It's actually a online quiz application > > where > > users can log on and take multiple-choice quizzes. This is my question. > > > > For some quiz questions, There is a media attached to it , in most cases > > it's a wmv file. To answer the question the user has to initially click > > the > > media file and play it before he can answer the question correctly by > > selecting one of the choices and go to the next one. Now I currently > > have a > > working jmeter test plan that logs in as a user goes through every quiz > > question by selecting one of the answer choices. But I would also like > > the > > test plan to actually simulate a real-life user by clicking on the media > > file before answering the question. Would that be possible? > > > > AFAIK, that's not going to be possible. You can have jmeter download the > media file, but it can't extract data out of it. that's rather hard to do > and I don't know of any tool free or commercial that can do that. > > now when the user takes the quiz on the browser and clicks the media file, > > the browser recognizes the extension it and immediately opens Windows > > Media > > Player to play it. But Jmeter will not be able to do that, because it > > will > > not know how to deal with the Response. but what i would like is some > > confirmation that the media file was actually clicked. > > > > Thanks > > Srinath > > > > > have you looked at the logic controllers to see if one of them will work > for you case? > > like maybe the if controller > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/usermanual/component_reference.html#If_Controller > > peter > >
