Performing Static Testing of Web Applications
AdminStudio 2021 | 21.0 | Application Manager
You can use the Execute Tests button in the Application Manager ribbon to statically test web applications for browser compatibility. You can test a single web application or a group of web applications simultaneously.
When you have a web application selected and you click the Execute Tests button, Application Catalog runs all of the selected browser compatibility tests in the Operating System Compatibility Tests category.
Note:You can also perform interactive testing of web applications using the Launch Web Test button in the ribbon. See Performing Web Application Testing and Performing Dynamic Testing of Web Applications.
Tip:Web applications are not automatically tested at import, even if the Automatically Execute Tests After Import option on the Import Options tab of the Application Catalog Options dialog box is selected.
To statically test web applications for browser compatibility with Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge performs the following steps:
To perform static browser compatibility testing of web applications:
| 1. | Configure the tests that you want to run by performing the steps in Configuring Testing Options on the Analyze Tab. |
| 2. | Open the Analyze tab of the Application Catalog Options dialog box, and set the Maximum number of links to crawl option to the desired number of links. |
Application Catalog will crawl the pages of the web application and run the selected browser compatibility tests on each page, up to the maximum number of links specified. The default value is 10.
| 3. | Open the Analyze tab of Application Manager. |
| 4. | Specify the web applications you want to test by selecting a web application or group in the tree. |
| 5. | Click Execute Tests in the ribbon. Testing is initiated and messages are displayed in the Output window. When testing is finished, Completed testing package(s) is displayed in the Output window. |
| 6. | View the test results, as described in Viewing Operating System Compatibility Test Results. |
| 7. | Manually resolve any issues that were detected, as described in the Manual Fix section of each test’s documentation, as described in Browser Compatibility Tests. |
See Also
Filtering Test Results by Suppressing Errors/Warnings