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Applying stresses

You can apply stress to applications when recording new scripts or additional script steps to test how applications behave under stressful conditions, such as low disk space and memory.

You can also apply stresses when populating the application repository to capture controls that are only displayed under stressful conditions. For example, you may want to simulate a read-only drive to capture an error message dialog box.

Note: You can manually add stress statements to scripts to enable and disable stresses at specific points during script playback. See Adding statements.

1. Click the Stress Recording toolbar button when recording a script or populating the repository.

The Configure Stress dialog box opens.

2. Select any Drive options.

• Simulate drive <letter> with <space> remaining simulates a drive with low space. Select the drive letter, enter the remaining space, and select a unit of bytes.
• Simulate drive <letter> as read only simulates a read-only disk. Select the drive letter.

3. Select any Memory options.

• Simulate memory with <space> remaining simulates low memory. Enter the remaining space and select a unit of bytes.
• Simulate maximum of <space> per allocation specifies the maximum available memory per allocation attempt. Enter the space and select a unit of bytes.

4. Select Disable Windows networking to disable all network adapters on the computer.

5. Click OK to save the changes.

Finish recording the script or populating the repository. If you recorded a script, the stress options you set during recording are applied when you run the script. See Running scripts.