How to: Configure Visual Studio Ultimate Options for Web Performance Tests

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Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate provides the following configuration options you can specify for Web performance tests:

  • Specify the default starting URL   Specify where Web performance tests will start from in the Web Performance Test Recorder by default.

  • Hidden field matching   Specify if hidden field matching is performed immediately after recording the Web performance tests.

  • Dynamic Parameter detection   Specify if dynamic parameters are detected immediately after recording Web performance tests.

  • Recorder dependents   Specify if recorder dependents are put under page immediately after recording Web performance tests.

  • Internet Explorer Instances   Specify if Web performance tests record from all the open instances of Internet Explorer when while they are recorded.

  • Add or remove content types as binary payloads   You can add or remove content types to be considered as binary payloads.

The options are specified in the Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Options dialog box.

To change the options for Web performance tests

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.

  2. Expand Test Tools, and then click Web Test.

  3. Configure the following options for Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Web performance testing:

    1. Specify the default starting URL   In the text box under Web Performance Test Recorder starting URL, type a valid URL that all Web performance tests will start from in the Web Performance Test Recorder by default.

    2. Hidden field matching   Either select or clear the Automatically extract and bind hidden fields check box to specify if Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate performs hidden field matching immediately after recording Web performance tests.

    3. Dynamic Parameter detection   Either select or clear the Automatically detect dynamic parameters check box to specify if Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate detects dynamic parameters immediately after recording Web performance tests.

    4. Recorded dependents   Either select or clear the Automatically put recorded dependents under page check box to specify if Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate puts recorded dependents under page immediately after recording a Web performance test.

    5. Internet Explorer Instances   Either select or clear the check box by Record from all Internet Explorer browsers open during recording of web tests to specify if Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate should record from all the open instances of Internet Explorer when recording Web performance tests.

    6. Add or remove content types as binary payloads   In Record these content types as binary payload, choose one of these options: click Add and type a content type in the Add Content Type dialog box, or highlight a content type that is listed and click Remove.

  4. Click OK.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Promote Dynamic Parameters to Web Performance Test Parameters

How to: Resolve Web Performance Test Playback Issues Caused by Dynamic Parameters

Reference

Options Dialog Box (Visual Studio)

Concepts

Running Web Performance Tests

Other Resources

Creating and Editing Web Performance Tests