[ptt-users] Query on TestMaker install requiring Firefox

[Olivier Dony]

D'oh, sorry for the partial answer, I'm not used to this new phone yet..


On 22 Dec 2007, at 01:05, Olivier Dony <olivier.dony at denali.be> wrote:

> On 21 Dec 2007, at 17:33, "Louise Ledwith"  
> <louise.ledwith at itarus.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I am new to TestMaker – just trying to work my way through the ins 
>> tall as part of my trialling various load testing tools.  When ins 
>> talling the TestMaker installer it is asking me to browse to the l 
>> ocation of my Firefox file.  But we do not use Firefox at the comp 
>> any I work at – we use IE7.
>>
>> Does TestMaker require Firefox?
> It does not require Firefox, but one of the methods available to  
> record a test does depend on a Firefox plugin. There are other ways  
> to create and record tests in Testmaker though, for example I think  
> there's a recorder proxy that should work with IE7.

BTW, even if your company uses IE7,, maybe you can still install  
Firefox on the side, for the purpose of recording tests.
It is not that TestMaker supports Firefox specifically, but its plugin  
system is very useful for creating great browser extensions.

As for the installer asking for Firefox, just skip it if you can, or  
try browsing to a location where you have created a file named  
firefox...


>> Does TestMaker work with IE7?
As I said in my partial post, I think you can indeed use IE 7 to  
record tests for TestMaker. Note that in the end TestMaker simulates a  
browser when running the tests, so there is no more IE/Firefox  
involved anyway, when running the tests. It is only for recording.



>> Has anyone got TestMaker working on a Vista PC?  We are currently  
>> using XP Pro but have plans to migrate to Vista early in 2008.
I don't see why it wouldn't work on Vista, since it is a Java based  
software. Just get Java 6 installed and that should be enough.


Olivier
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