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Vocabulary/Terminology
Below are ~250 terms that are part of the regular eValid working technical vocabulary.
When the term referers to a particular application areas that area is indicated via the Key.
Note that the columns in this table can be sorted up/down by clicking on the column heading.
Key Definitions
L = LoadTest, G = General, F = Functional Test,
R = Regression Test, M = Monitoring, S = Site Analysis
| TERM | Key | DEFINITION |
| .evl File | L | An eValid LoadTest file (evl = eValid LoadTest file) used to run multiple eValid's for server loading. |
| .evs File | R | An eValid script file (evs = eValid Script) used to record a sequence of actions to apply to the browser. |
| $NAME=value | G | The format for string substitution of "value" into the parametric variable "$NAME" |
| -B Switch | F | Batch mode switch to specify the name of the script file to play back. |
| -DATA Switch | F | Batch mode switch to enable enable assignment of $NAME=value pairs within a parameterized script file. |
| -DATASYN Switch | F | Batch mode switch to enable operation of Data Synthesis mode. |
| -I Switch | F | Batch mode switch to enable interactive mode operation. |
| -Minimize Switch | F | Batch mode switch to specify playback after minimizing the eValid browser. |
| -O Switch | G | The keep browser open after launch (command line switch) is used to study behavior of a resident, quiescent browser at the end of the LoadTest session. |
| -PM Switch | F | Batch mode switch to specify the value of the Playback Multiplier to apply to the script. |
| -S Switch | F | Batch mode switch to enable suppression of modal dialogs during playback. |
| 3D-SiteMap | S | A graphical presentation of a Web site which has been analyzed. |
| _eValid | L | A special command available only to LoadTest scripts that invokes a separate eValid for loading purposes. |
| Absolute Left Click | F | A recording of a left click at an absolute location on the browser screen. |
| Absolute Mouseover | F | A recording of a mouseover at an absolute location on the browser screen. |
| Absolute Right Click | F | A recording of a right click at an absolute location on the browser screen. |
| Acceptance Test | G | Formal tests conducted to determine whether or not a system satisfies its acceptance criteria and to enable the customer to determine whether or not to accept a system. This particular kind of testing is performed with the STW/Regression suite of tools. |
| Adaptive Playback | F | A feature by which a test playback is modified dynamically to assure continued operation of the test. |
| AJAX | G | Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, a method of Rich Internet Client (RIC) based primarily on use of the browser's JavaScript engine as the "computer of the future". |
| ALARM Flag | F | A flag that signals a timer ALARM (described in detailed in the Event Log). |
| ALARM Message | F | An ALARM message written into the playback logs, usually as the result of an Alarm Timer setting exceeded. |
| ALERT Message | F | An alert message written into the playback logs. |
| Append To Logs | F | The option which provides for eValid to append data to the existing logs. |
| Applet | F | Java object encoded to operate in the browser face. |
| Application Mode | F | Operating mode for eValid when the underlying window is not a browser-based object (c.f. Browser Mode). |
| ASCII | G | American Standard Code for Interchange of Information -- the regular character set. |
| AUT | G | Application-under-test. |
| Authenticate User | F | Confirmation that a user has been accepted by the server. |
| AUTOPLAY Key | F | A script-based license key that authorizes playback of the script in any environment independent of licenses status. |
| Back | G | An eValid command that navigates back to the prior page. |
| Back Button | G | A browser button that navigates back to the prior page. |
| Back-to-back Testing | G | For software subject to parallel implementation, back-to-back testing is the execution of a test on the similar implementations and comparing the results. |
| Bandwidth | L | The aggregate amount of maximum bandwidth of all tests in the scenario. For example, if 25 tests are run in parallel each at 22 Kbps maximum bandwidth, then the overall bandwidth is 550 Kbps. If one or more tests is run without any limit, then the bandwidth of that Scenario is the same as the natural bandwidth of the channel on which it is run. |
| Base Page | G | A single HTML page or otherwise created WebSite element, typically corresponding to one file on the WebSite. Only refers to the HTML document itself, not including Web Page elements (images, applets, etc). |
| Base Site Option | S | This option decides whether or not to include the Base Site in the site analysis search. |
| Batch File | G | A file containing a series of commands to be executed. A batch file is normally used to automate a multi-step process into one single execution. |
| Breakpoint | F | An eValid feature which issues a message to the user and requests confirmation before continuing. |
| Broken Link Report | S | Report of pages that are broken or unavailable (error code 404 or greater) |
| Broken Links | S | Links which refer to pages that are found not available |
| Browser Mode | G | Operation for regression testing and load testing that occurs within the eValid browser and does not require any desktop access (c.f. Applicaton Mode). |
| Browser Protocols | S | In site analysis, a special set of rules or guidelines that are followed by the browser when it makes a connection. |
| Byte Count | S | In a 3D-SiteMap, the total number of bytes associated with the page. |
| CallScript | F | An eValid command that causes the current script to invoke a named script, with parameter substitutions. |
| Checksum | R | A number calculated based on the content of a specified object. |
| Child Page | S | A page linked to from the parent page. |
| Child Window | G | A window that is launched from the parent window (the main window). |
| Click Depth | S | In a site analysis run, the number of levels (number of clicks) from the root to the page. |
| client side | G | Operations performed with the browser as the "client" relative to the we "server" |
| Command Delay | F | Amount of time to add to playback after completing each command. |
| Command Line Switch | G | Added parameters to eValid when invoked from the command line to control and produce a desire output. |
| Commit Charge | L | How much RAM all current processes take (including all eValids) Read this value from the Task Manager Display |
| Complexity | G | A relative measurement of the "degree of internal complexity'' of a software system, expressed possibly in terms of some algorithmic complexity measure. |
| Controlled Analysis | S | An eValid site analysis mode in which the user can choose timed, interactive, or event based scanning. |
| Cookie | G | A temporary file placed in the cache that preserves information specific to a website or web page. |
| Custom Log | F | Subset of the event log containing only events that match a user-defined profile. |
| Custom Log Filter | F | The file containing the keywords that control which event log records are written into the custom log. |
| Dashboard | G | eValid's off-browser control panel. |
| Data Synthesis File | F | A file containing a number of $NAME=value pairs, to be applied successively to a script during playback. |
| DBCS | G | Double-Byte character set used for non-ASCII characters. |
| Defect | G | Any difference between program specifications and actual program behavior of any kind, whether critical or not. What is reported as causing any kind of software problem. |
| Delay Multiplier | F | The multiplier used to expand or contract playback rates. |
| Delete Cache | F | The eValid command/option to delete the cache (but not the cookies stored there). |
| Delete Cookies | F | The eValid command/option to delete cookies stored in the cache (but not other files stored there). |
| Dependent Site | S | In some cases a page download involves retrieving components from more than one WebSite, the dependent site. For example, a base page can refer |
| Depth | S | In a site analysis run, the number of levels (number of clicks) from the root to the page. |
| Depth Limit | S | The maximum depth from the starting page (number of clicks) for the site analysis search. |
| Depth/Deep | G | Number of repetitions (parameter in *evl file). |
| Detailed Timing | F | Most detailed level of timing detail in event logs. |
| DOM | G | Document Object Model |
| Download Time | S | In a 3D-SiteMap, the total time the page took to download. |
| Duty Cycle | F | The percentage of time a test takes with no delays vs. the total time the test takes including all included "think time" delays. |
| DWindowSet | G | Desktop Window Set, an eValid specification of a particular non-browser window. |
| Dynamic Link Check | F | Visits all of the links on the current page at playback time. |
| Elapsed Time | F | Total Elapsed Time displayed in the Log Files. |
| End-to-end testing | G | Test activity aimed at proving the correct implementation of a required function at a level where the entire hardware/software chain involved in the execution of the function is available. |
| Environment Variable File | F | A file containing a number of $NAME=value pairs, to be applied to the current script during playback. |
| Element | G | Page element or object. |
| Error Codes | G | Numeric values that are assigned to a number of different error conditions. |
| ERROR Flag | F | A flag that signals an ERROR (described in detailed in the Event Log). |
| ERROR Message | F | An ERROR message written into the playback logs. |
| Error | G | A difference between program behavior and specification that renders the program results unacceptable. See Defect. |
| Event Log | F | Event log containing a full record of playback activity. |
| eVLite | L | An alternative playback engine which which is able to playback any eValid script with limited fidelity. It is designed to generate a workload of up to 1000 users per copy. See the eVLite Documentation for additional details. |
| EVX | G | A browser utility used by eValid to present results in HTML. |
| Exclude URLs File | S | The file containing string fragments that block URLs from inclusion in a site analysis search. |
| Extension Inclusions | S | In a 3D-SiteMap, a specification of which extensions to include/exclude in the display. |
| Extrinsic | F | A recording that involves some kinds of external input, e.g. manual editing, to include commands |
| Favorites Button | G | A browser button that displays the user's favorites. |
| Fidelity | F | Degree of accuracy in replaying a playback script. A playback can be FULL (full browser mode), TEXT (text only) or URL fidelity (URL only). |
| Flag Processing | F | The ability in eValid to handle a variety of playback error and warning flags. |
| Focus | F | An eValid command that causes the named window to come into focus on the desktop. |
| Focus | G | Whether a page is "in focus" in the operating system. |
| Font Button | G | A browser button that helps choose the font size. |
| Footprint | L | How much RAM one eValid browser takes. Read this value from "Mem Usage" in the Task Manager Display. |
| Form Fill Delay | F | Amount of time to add to playback after completing each form entry. |
| Form Test Wizard | F | The standard test produced by a eValid wizard that exercises all parts of an HTML FORM. This is the test that would very likely be created by a manual tester recording a "full exercise" of all of the fields and options (radio buttons, push buttons, etc.) on a single WebSite page. It has "standard" playback modes that detect various kinds of errors and report them to the user. |
| Forward Button | G | A browser button that navigates forward to the next page. |
| Frame | G | A part of a web page specified in a FrameSet definition. |
| Frame Path | G | An internal representation of the frame or iframe on which an object resides. |
| Full Browser Mode | S | Mode where the entire page is fully downloaded and rendered. |
| Functional Testing | F | Exercise of a product to confirm operational readiness. |
| Group Name | F | Name of a group of tests within a Project. |
| GUI | G | Graphical User Interface -- what the user sees. |
| Home Button | G | A browser button that navigates the browser to the defined home page. |
| HTML Element | G | A complete part of the HTML file of a page. |
| HTML Monitor | M | An HTML page displaying the results of the current loadtest being executed. It provides the user with run count information as well as timing data from the LoadTest. |
| HTTP, HTTP/S | G | HyperText Transfer Protocol/Secure |
| HTTP Headers | F | eValid can impose additional details on a URL request that involves ammending the header information in the HTTP request, available in most URL related commands, e.g. GotoLink. |
| Idempotent | F | A property of a test that assures that the test returns the object under test to the original state. |
| IDX | F | Object index, a numerical quantity extracted from the DOM, that localizes a particular DOM element. |
| Immediate Family | S | In a 3D-SiteMap the option to show only the immediate parents and children of a page. |
| Initial State | F | The record/replay system in eValid is aimed at reproducing state transitions in a way that allows for in-sequence factual validations, and this assumes a constant (known) initial starting state. See also "Idempotent". |
| Include Sites File | S | The file that incldues the names of additional websites to be included in the site analysis search. |
| Include Sites Option | S | This option specifies additional websites to include in the site analysis search. |
| Incoming Links | S | In a 3D-SiteMap, the number of arriving links (from parents) at a page. |
| Intrinsic Recording | F | A recording made using natural recording is said to be intrinsic if it does NOT involve use of any recorded actions that do NOT result from direct browser interaction. Otherwise it is extrinsic. |
| Java | G | A programming language, not unlike C++, that is used to program applets that are interpretively executed by Java applet viewers associated with several InterNet browsers. Some say that Java := ((C++)--)++. |
| JavaScript | G | A scripting language that is hosted in most browsers (including eValid). Sometimes called "JScript". |
| JRE | G | Java Runtime Environment, required in eValid to support certain charts, including the 3D-SiteMap display. |
| LAN/WAN | L | Whether the tests are being done entirely on a LAN (where transfer times are very small) or on the WAN (where transfer times can be expected to be larger). |
| Large Pages Report | S | Report of pages that are larger than the specified total byte size. |
| Launch Interval | L | Number of msec to wait between eValid LoadTest launches. |
| Link Limit | S | The maximum number of links to analyze in a site analysis search. |
| Link Test Wizard | F | The standard test produced by a eValid wizard that checks all links from a page. This is the test that would very likely be created by a manual tester recording a "full exercise" of all of the links on a single WebSite page. |
| Load Testing | G | Applying increasing amounts of load on a server to determine bottlenecks and blockages. |
| LoadTest Chart | L | Chart of minimum, average, maximum per-class playback times. |
| LoadTest Monitor | L | Page indicating status of individual eValid browers during LoadTest playback time. |
| LoadTest Script | L | eValid has the capability of invoking eValid from within a script and when the script does this it is called a LoadTest script. |
| LoadTest Timeout | L | Maximum time for a load test run before automatically closing. |
| LoadType | L | An eValid command available to LoadTest scripts that specifies the type of load to impose. |
| Lock/Unlock | F | A command which, when executed prevents other instances of eValid from gaining focus. This command is usually used when there are two or more eValid browsers requiring focus to execute a command. |
| Log Name | R | The name of one of eValid's log files |
| Main Window | G | The eValid main browsed page. |
| Max Download Time | F | Maximum time to wait for a download to complete before declaring an ERROR. |
| Maximize Command | F | An eValid command that Maximizes the specified window. |
| Mean | G | Average value of a set of values. |
| Mem Usage | L | Current working set size that resides in memory. This will go up and down depending on what the eValid browser is doing. Figure on about 2-4 MB for a quiescent eValid copy. Read this value from the Task Manager Display. |
| Message Log | F | Subset of the event log containing only messages. |
| MESSAGE Message | F | A comment written into the playback logs. |
| Minimize Command | F | An eValid command that Minimizes the specified window. |
| Modal Dialog | F | A type of WebSite response that produces a window that takes control and does not give up control until the user takes some action. Examples include popups that ask for an OK before collapsing. |
| Modal Popup | F | Type of popup that can be suppressed by eValid. |
| Monitoring | M | Making sure that a script plays back consistently over time, to verify website operation. |
| Mousedown Event | F | An event in which the user's mouse is brought down at a predefined area. |
| Mouseout Event | F | An event in which the user's mouse is leaves a predefined area. |
| Mouseover Event | F | An event in which the user's mouse is brought over a predefined area. |
| Mouseover Pause | F | The amount of time (in msec) more than which will cause a mouseover event to be recorded. |
| Multiple Chart | F | A chart that shows the complete event sequence in the log file. |
| MVM | G | Microsoft Virtual Machine |
| NAV | F | Parameter that tells eValid to expect a navigation event after this command (which is not implied). |
| NO_NAV | F | Parameter that tells eValid NOT to expect a navigation event after this command (which is implied). |
| Node | S | Element in the 3D-SiteMap that corresponds to one URL in the display. |
| Normal Background Mode | S | Mode of site analysis where pages are mapped and images are checked but not downloaded. |
| NT Service | G | Allows eValid to be able to run without the current user having to log on and invoke eValid. |
| Object-Mode | G | WebSite elements are treated as objects with respect to their handling and interpretation by the eValid engine. |
| Off Site Links Switch | S | Determines whether to visit links that are "off-site" to the current scanned website. |
| Off-Site Pages Report | S | Report of pages that that are "off-site" relative to the current site analysis search. |
| OffSite Page | S | A page not in the WebSite that is referenced somehow by the WebSite. |
| Old Pages Report | S | Report of pages that are older than the specified minimum page age. |
| OnAlarm Command | F | An eValid command that names the file to which control is passed when an Alarm flag is thrown. |
| OnError Command | F | An eValid command that names the file to which control is passed when an Error flag is thrown. |
| OnSite Page | S | A page or file that is used or accessible within the WebSite. |
| OnTimeout Command | F | An eValid command that names the file to which control is passed when an Timeout flag is thrown. |
| OnWarning Command | F | An eValid command that names the file to which control is passed when an Warning flag is thrown. |
| OOPs Page Report | S | Report of pages that contain the specified OOPs page string. |
| Oops Page | S | A page on a WebSite that is delivered in lieu of simply letting the "404" error code cause the browser to throw a "broken page" image. An OOPs page probably has to be searched for using a string match on some site specific phrase. |
| Orphan Files | S | Files that are currently residing on a server but cannot be accessed through a web browser because there are no pages which refer to these pages. |
| Outgoing Links | S | In a 3D-SiteMap, the number of departing links (to children) at a page. |
| OverTime Alarm | F | A command issued in the script to set a value, which when exceeded issues an alarm message with user specified text. |
| Page Metrics | G | Special popup showing detailed properties of the currently viewed page. |
| Page Title | G | The title string for a page. |
| Page Tuning | F | Determining the slowest elements of a page to help improve user experience. |
| PageMap | G | An eValid feature that displays page properties interactively with current page displayed. |
| Parent Page | S | A page which is linked from a parent page. |
| Pause Playback Button | F | An eValid browser button that pauses the current playback activity. |
| Peak Mem Usage | L | This is the largest amount of memory the eValid browser has required since it was launched. Read this value from the Task Manager Display. |
| Performance Chart | G | Graphical representation of event log data in the Performance Log. |
| Performance Log Subset | F | Subset of the Event Log containing only performance data. |
| Performance Log | G | Data extracted from the Event Log which can assist in the analysis of how a sequence of one or more pages are downloaded from the server to the client side browser. |
| Performance Test | F | A Type of test conducted to measure & analyze how quickly a page and its components are downloaded from the server. |
| Persistent Cookie | G | See Cookie. |
| Play Value | F | A setting in the playback script that overrides settings from within the environment. |
| Playback Data Dialog | F | Screen of possible report selections at end of playback. |
| Playback Only Thin Client | L | A smaller version of eValid which also has a smaller execution footprint designed for playback only LoadTest scripts to maximize the number of eValid copies running on one machine. |
| Playback Status Notification | F | Screens of varying colors that indicate no error (Green), warnings (Yelllow), or errors (Red). |
| Print Button | G | A browser button that launches the page printing sequence. |
| Profile | G | A collection of stored setting values associated with a name to which eValid's settings can be restored. |
| Project Name | F | Name of a test project. |
| Purge Log | F | Purge the contents of the log. |
| Query String | F | The collection of "NAME=value" pairs that appear at the end of a URL after the ? and delimited by &'s. |
| Quick Background Mode | S | Mode for site analysis where both the page and the images in a page are mapped. |
| RealTime Recording | F | Records a script with Wait commands to simulate actual times taken to complete a recording. |
| Record Button | F | An eValid browser button that starts a test recording. |
| Refresh Button | G | A browser button that refreshes the current page. |
| Registry Settings | G | eValid preferences as well as user profiles are saved in the registry settings. |
| Regression Testing | G | Testing which is performed after making a functional improvement or repair of the software. Its purpose is to determine if the change has regressed other aspects of the software. As a general principle, software unit tests are fully repeated if a module is modified, and additional tests which expose the fault removed, are added to the test set. The software unit will then be re-integrated and integration testing repeated. |
| Regular Expression | S | Mathematical representation used in site analysis string searching to meta-describe string matches. |
| Reload Command | F | An eValid command that reloads the specified window. |
| Rep Count (LoadTest Depth) | F | The maximum number of times a single test is repeated in a LoadTest Scenario. |
| ResetTimer | F | Resets all eValid Timers to 0. |
| Respawn Interval | L | Switch to specify the number of playbacks to complete before respawning (closing and re-launching) the eValid browser. A switch setting of 0 = never respawn. |
| Resume Command | F | An eValid command that Restores the specified window to the prior size and location. |
| RIC | G | Rich Internet Client, usually built with AJAX methods. |
| Root Node | S | In a 3D-SiteMap, the node (URL) at the center of the display. |
| Run Forever | P | An eValid playback option that replays the current script indefinitely (until stopped manually). |
| Run Multiple | P | An eValid playback option that replays the current script a specified number of times |
| Run Synthesized | P | An eValid playback option that will run a script according to data in a Data Synthesis File. |
| SaveFullHTML Command | F | An eValid command that saves the complete HTML as extracted from the post-rendered DOM for the page. |
| SaveHTML Command | F | An eValid command that saves the HTML as delivered from the server. |
| Scenario Editor | L | A special program that is used to assist in creating an eValid LoadTest *evl file. |
| Scenario Notation | L | We denote an N-wide, M-deep, n-respawn test as an NxM-n test. |
| Scenario Width | L | The maximum number of parallel executions in a LoadTest Scenario. |
| Scenario | L | The *evl file that is running. |
| Script File | F | The file in which eValid records actions on the browser face and from which it replays user activity. |
| Script Size | G | Number of non-comment lines in the script. |
| Script URLs | G | Number of URLs referenced in the script. |
| Secondary Pages | G | The set of pages that is loaded automatically when a primary URL is loaded into the browser. |
| SecureDataID Command | F | An eValid command that specifies one [or more] secure data ID strings. |
| Serve Type | L | The ability of eValid to render pages as text or simply return the base page, excluding unnecessary files such as *.css, *.js, etc. |
| Server | G | A server is the computer program (housed in a computer) that serves requested HTML pages or files by the client. |
| ServeType | L | An eValid command available to LoadTest scripts that specifies how to serve the current page. |
| Session Cookie | G | An internal state the is remembered for the lifetime of the current browser session, and is erased only when the browser is closed. Sometimes called a "transient cookie". |
| Simple Timing | F | Simplest (lowest level) of timing detail in event logs. |
| Simulate | F | Simulates a fixed speed (e.g. 56 kbs) |
| Single Chart | F | A chart that shows a single (the last) event sequence in the log file. |
| Single Step | P | In paused mode, play one command forward in the current script file. |
| Single Step Playback Button | F | An eValid browser button that single steps the current playback activity one command forward. |
| Singleton Test | F | An "atomic" test, i.e. a fixed set of actions that does something for which PASS or FAIL calculation by SMARTS is worthy of noting and recording. |
| Site Analysis | S | Systematic analysis of all web pages on a website to analyze performance and content problems. |
| Slow Pages Report | S | Report of pages that take more than the specified amount of time to download. |
| Speed | F | The user-specified speed to use when simulating a modem. |
| SpotCheck Test | F | Tests and verifies a specific part of a page for unexpected changes. |
| Standard Timing | F | Moderate level of timing detail in event logs. |
| Starting Page | S | The page at which eValid site analysis starts. |
| Stateful Playback | F | Playing back actions in a way that preserves user/browser state beginning with the Initial State and allowing validations at intermediate states. |
| Static Link Check | F | Visits the links on a page that exist at the time of the recording. |
| Stop Button | G | A browser button that stops the current browsing activity. |
| Stop Playback Button | F | An eValid browser button that stops the current playback activity. |
| String Match Report | S | Report of pages that contain instances of the specified string. |
| SubFrame | G | Part of a web page that is defined as a Frame. |
| SubFrameSet | G | Set of frames used in a web page. |
| Sub Window | G | Child window. |
| Sub-Browser | G | An instance of eValid that is invoked during recording a child page launched from the parent page. |
| Sub-WebSite | G | The set of children pages at and below a given "root page". |
| SubWindowCloseAll Command | F | An eValid command that closes all currently open child windows. |
| Tag Inclusions | S | In a 3D-SiteMap, a specification of which tags to include/exclude in the display. |
| Test Name | F | Name of a a specific test (test file). |
| Test Script | G | The *evs file that is used to compose the scenario. |
| Test Suite | G | A collection of tests that in aggregate qualify a software product. |
| TextFile | G | A simple file containing only text and no internal formatting information. |
| Time Limit | S | The maximum amount of time to spend on the site analysis search. |
| TIMEOUT Flag | F | A flag that signals a page TIMEOUT (described in detailed in the Event Log). |
| TIMEOUT Message | F | A TIMEOUT message written into the playback logs. |
| Timer Alarms | F | A command which when executed can send email messages should a specified threshold be exceeded. This is commonly used when monitoring websites. |
| Timing Chart | G | Graphical presentation of the Timing Log. |
| Timing Log | F | Subset of the event log containing only timing data. |
| Timing Log | G | Data extracted from the Event Log which contains all the timing data obtained during script playback. |
| Total KByte Limit | S | The maximum number of KBytes to download in a site analysis search. |
| Total Links | S | In a 3D-SiteMap, the total number of arriving and departing links at a page. |
| Total Time | F | Total time it takes for one script to complete playback. |
| Transaction Testing | M | Applying content preserving test to a website. |
| URL | G | Universal Resource Locator, the "address" of a web page or web page component. |
| URL Height | S | In a 3D-SiteMap, the indicator that distinguishes a metric value by node height. |
| URL/Page Limit | S | The maximum number of URLs (Pages) to analyze in a site analysis search. |
| Validate All Text | F | The standard test produced by an eValid wizard that records for validation of all the text on a page. This test would be equivalent to the one produced by a human tester visiting each separate test passage and manually asking eValid to Validate Selected Text for all of the text in the page. |
| Validate DOM Element | F | Confirm that a specified component of the DOM has not changed since the recording was made. |
| Validate Image | F | Confirm that the properties of a specified image have not changed since the recording was made. |
| Validate Page Properties | F | Confirm that all of the properties of a page have not changed since the recording was made. |
| Validate Screen Rectangle | F | Confirm that the checksum of a specified screen rectangle has not changed since the recording was made. |
| Validate Selected Text | F | Confirm that a specified section of visible text has not changed since the recording was made. |
| Validation Process | F | The act of confirming that the same facts about a page are true at playback time that were true a record time. |
| Visible Outline | F | eValid can draw a visible outline around a screen images on which it is performing a synchronization. |
| Wait Ceiling | F | Maximum Wait time, specified in the Preferences. |
| Wait Floor | F | Minimum time for a Wait command. |
| Wait Multiplier | F | The number by which a wait time is multiplied during script playback. "Real Time" mode is achieved with a [default value] delay multiplier of 1.0. "As Fast As Possible" is achieved with a delay multiplier of 0.0. |
| Wait | F | Elapsed Time recorded from one command to the next. |
| WaitRandom | F | An eValid command that waits a random amount of time, as specified in the command. |
| WaitRedirect | R | An eValid command used to redirect the browser after completion of download of a page. |
| WARNING Flag | F | A flag that signals a WARNING (described in detailed in the Event Log). |
| WARNING Message | F | A message written into the playback logs indicating some kind of non-normal behavior. |
| Web Spider | S | A program which scans pages or websites by following each link and generates various information based on the type of search conducted. |
| WebPage Segment | G | A passage of text only information, represented as a string, within the internal representation of the page. |
| WebPage | G | One HTML or otherwise created WebSite element, typically corresponding to one file on the WebSite. Includes all elements (images, applets, etc). |
| WebSite | G | The WWW site of interest, either local or accessed over the WWW. A collection of related WebPages. |
| WID | G | See Window ID. |
| Width/Wide | L | Number of simultaneous browsers (number of _eValid commands in *evl file). |
| Window ID | G | The current ID number of the window (the main window is always ID = 0, and other sub windows are numbered according to the order in which they were created). |
| WindowClose Command | F | An eValid command that closes the specified window. |
| Windows Scheduler | G | A windows utility which allows user to configure and run a specific task or application within the specified date and time. |
| Working Folder | G | The area at which eValid will place results. |
