> Handling Cookies and Session Cookies
* Basic Ideas
When navigating to or entering a secure session in a website, you
are often prompted by a message -- usually a Modal Dialog -- which
informs the user of the current state of the browser. For
example, it might tell you that you don't need to log on because
you already are logged on. It knows this because the server has
left a session cookie (which stays in memory for some length of
time) or a cookie file stored in the browser cache area.
If you've deleted the server's cookie from your cache, or if
you've turned off your browser and restarted it before playback,
the server will behave differently. The bad news is that your
test script might fail.
To test this type of websites, you have to be aware that there
will be different server responses depending on how the script is
launched and the state of the browser.
* Assuring Consistent Playback: Session Cookie Used
Playing back an eValid test script which visits a login site that
uses a session cookie requires some care.
By launching it normally (for example, by using "eValid: Open
eValid > Load Script > Playback Script") causes eValid to pause
for manual intervention upon displaying of a Modal Dialog
indicating either the current status or a user log in prompt.
Running the same script multiple times withOUT closing eValid may
cause the website to maintain a state where subsequent runs are
not presented with the same security window after the initial
login.
For scripts that require constant opening and closing of the
eValid browser such as running a script in batch mode, we
recommend the use of the ModalDialog Commands of eValid to
simulate the interaction on a security alert on screen.
Because the session is constantly terminated due to the closing
and opening of eValid The user can also use the -S switch to
suppress modal dialogs which may appear unexpectedly during script
playback.
However, scripts that are run multiple times without eValid being
closed only produces the security window once, during the
beginning of playback and does not return unless the eValid
session is terminated or closed.
* Changing eValid Settings
To change your existing cookie settings click on "eValid >
Settings > Cache Manager" or Press F2.
Command line switches on cookie management can be found in the
eValid User Manual ("eValid: Help > Documentation > User Manual >
Technical > Command Line").
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