Creating an Agenda

The first step in creating an Agenda is to record your actions as you interact with your Web application.

To create an Agenda:

1.	Start WebLOAD IDE by selecting Start a All Programs a RadView a WebLOAD a WebLOAD IDE.

WebLOAD IDE opens.

Figure 8: WebLOAD IDE Dialog Box

2.	Select Create a new project, and click OK.

The WebLOAD IDE main window opens in Editing Mode for you to begin creating your Agenda.

Figure 9: WebLOAD IDE Main Window in Editing Mode

3.	In the main window, in Editing Mode, click the Start Record toolbar button to begin recording.

The following message appears.

Figure 10: WebLOAD IDE Settings Dialog Box

4.

Click OK.

WebLOAD IDE begins recording all of the actions you perform in the browser, as indicated by the recording notification in the WebLOAD IDE status bar.

Figure 11: Status Bar

A browser window opens.

5.	In the address bar, enter the Web address http://www.webloadstore.com to go to the WebLOAD test site.

Figure 12: WebLOAD Test Site Home Page

6.	Navigate through the site, performing the actions you want to test.

For example:

a.	Click a product to view the product details.

b.	Click Add to Cart to add the product to your shopping chart.

Your actions are recorded and appear in the Agenda Tree as you navigate the site. (If you see additional nodes in the Agenda Tree with different URLs, this may be traffic generated by browser plug-ins or extensions, for example, third-party toolbars.)

Figure 13: The Agenda Tree

7.	Click the Stop Record toolbar button in WebLOAD IDE to stop the recording.

8.	Click the Save toolbar button or click File a Save As to save your Agenda.

9.	Type QuickStart as the name of the Agenda in the Save As dialog box and click Save.

The Agenda is saved with the extension *.wlp.

You now have a basic Agenda that can be used in a WebLOAD test configuration. For complete information on creating, editing and modifying Agendas, and adding functionality to your Agenda, see the WebLOAD IDE User's Guide.