This document provides an introduction and overview of Load Runner and Win Runner software. Load Runner is an automated performance testing tool from HP that examines system behavior under load. Win Runner is an automated functional GUI testing tool that allows recording and playback of user interactions as test scripts. Both were originally developed by Mercury Interactive, which was acquired by HP. The document describes how each tool works, their typical processes, and provides some facts about Load Runner and Win Runner.

1. Load Runner
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Win Runner
Dr. Himanshu Hora
SRMS College of Engineering & Technology
Bareilly (INDIA)

2. CONTENTS
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Introduction
History
Why We Use This?
Working With Load Runner
Process Flow For Load Runner
Working With Win Runner
Process Flow For Win Runner
How we use it our Company?
Benefits of Automation Testing
Facts about Load Runner
Facts about Win Runner

3. Introduction
• HP Load Runner software is an automated performance and testing
product from Hewlett-Packard for examining system behavior and
performance, while generating actual load.
• HP Win Runner software is an automated functional GUI testing tool
that allowed a user to record and play back UI interactions as test scripts.

4. History
• Mercury (formerly Mercury Interactive Corporation) is now part of
Hewlett-Packard.
• HP Win Runner was originally written by Mercury Interactive. Mercury
Interactive was subsequently acquired by Hewlett Packard (HP) in 2006.
• HP acquired Load Runner as part of its acquisition of Mercury Interactive
in November 2006.

5. Working with Load Runner…
• The Virtual User Generator captures end-user business processes and
creates an automated performance testing script, also known as a virtual
user script.
• The Controller organizes, drives, manages, and monitors the load test.
• The Load Generators create the load by running virtual users.
• The Analysis helps you view, dissect, and compare the performance
results.
• The Launcher provides a single point of access for all of the Load
Runner components.

6. Process Flow for Load Runner
Plan Load
Test
Create Vuser
Scripts
Analyze
Result
Define
Scenario
Run Scenario
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7. Working with Win Runner…
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Win Runner must learn to recognize the objects in your application in
order to run tests.
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Win Runner writes scripts automatically when you record actions on
your application, or you can program directly in Mercury Interactive’s
Test Script Language (TSL).
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You debug the tests to check that they operate smoothly and without
interruption.
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You run the tests on a new version of the application in order to check
the application’s behavior.
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You examine the test results to pinpoint defects in the application.

8. Process Flow for Win Runner
Establish Test Plan
Design Test Case
Execute Test
Write Test Report
Remove Software Defects
Test Complete
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9. How we use it our Company?
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At Symtrax we do Bench-Mark for our product and to define an
optimum use of our product we need to know the limit to our product.
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To identify the limit to our product we make use of the Load Runner
as well as Win Runner software.
e.g.: We have tested the limit for the BC-XOM Connector in the Supervisor
Module using the Win Runner Software to run the same query of printing
the file through the SAP Server.
e.g.: Similarly we use Load Runner to Archive document to our module to
check for the performance of the module when there is access load.

10. Benefits of Automation Testing

11. Facts about Load Runner
• No need to install it on the server under test.
• Uses ANSI C as the default programming language and other
languages like Java and VB.
• Excellent monitoring and analysis interface where you can see
reports in easy to understand colored charts and graphics.
• Supports most of the protocols
• Excellent tutorials, exhaustive documentation and active tool
support from HP.

12. Facts about Win Runner
• Win Runner doesn't support web applications
• Win Runner only supports IE and Netscape Navigator.
• The default time setting of Win runner is 10000 ms.
• The logical name of true and false in Win runner is 1 & 0.
• Win Runner doesn't provide the snapshot of output.
• Win Runner has 3 kinds of Checkpoints,2 kinds of Recordings, and 3
kinds of Exception Handling mechanisms..
• In Win Runner GUI Spy is available.
• Win Runner uses TSL script(Test Script Language)
• Win Runner only works with 32-bit machine

13. Dr. Himanshu Hora
SRMS College of Engineering & Technology
Bareilly (INDIA)