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eValid Power User's Tips and Tricks can help you use eValid to get better results, quicker, and easier. Each Tips and Tricks item addresss one or two issues that will help you to increase your effectiveness with eValid.

> Recording Hidden Fields

  Some web application pages often contain form fields within the
  page which are not visible but nevertheless play an integral part
  of the application's function and operation.

  eValid has support for testing "hidden fields" that assures that
  the test plays back reliably.

  To identify the hidden values recorded in the script file, eValid
  records these commands with the "HIDDEN" attribute.  For example,
  here is how a hidden field would appear if you ask eValid to
  record hidden fields (see below):

     ...script...
     InputValue 0 1 "HIDDEN" "carTypeID" "4000" "" ""
     ...script...

  To choose hidden field recording open the eValid preferences,
  select "Record/Play Preferences > Record", and then select the
  "Include Hidden Form Elements" option.

  Note that a possible negative effect of recording hidden fields is
  that the length of the script may grow and this may complicate the
  script for future editing.

  A good technique for recording hidden fields is to switch this
  either option on only when absolutely necessary and/or to comment
  out recorded hidden fields that are not needed during script
  playback.