Edit - Record

The Record tab captures HTTP requests from MS Internet Explorer while browsing pages and converts them into requests for Web Roller. To achieve this, upon each start Web Roller launches a small transparent proxy engine which listens for HTTP requests on port number specified in Settings, and modifies the MS Internet Explorer proxy settings to make it use this built-in proxy. The Internet Explorer proxy settings are restored to the original values when you exit Web Roller. You can also restore the proxy settings manually (see below).

You can use Web Roller to capture requests from other browsers as well. In this case you will have to manually set the proxy server name and proxy port of your specific browser to the same values that are set in the Settings dialog. For more details on how to do this please refer to your browser's Help.

Each of the captured HTTP requests is displayed in the Log Area. Thus all user activity on a web site is decomposed into separate simple requests. The desired set of requests can be exported as a set of requests which will be listed in the Requests section.

Controls:

 
- starts recording browser requests;
- stops recording browser requests;
- sets the IE global proxy settings to the values from the Settings dialog;
- resets the IE global proxy settings to original values;
- exports the requests listed in the Log Area to the active test script.

All captured requests are displayed as separate lines in the Log Area (request method, server and URI are listed). Before adding requests to the active script, you can filter the contents of the Log Area using file extensions: right-click a request line and select one of the following: