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Network Recording

Setting Recording Options

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Upon startup, if Robot detects installed adapters, API recording and script
generation are extended to include one or more protocols. These protocols are
selected in the Generator Filter tab.

To use these adapters you must:
1. Install and configure each of the adapters.
2. Select

API recorder

in the

Method

tab.

3. In the

Generator Filtering

tab, select the protocol corresponding to the installed

generator filter adapter from the

Available protocols

box and move it to the

Selected protocols

box. An installed generator filter adapter is an exclusive

protocol that cannot be selected in combination with other protocols.

For more information, refer to the Session Recording and Script Generation Extensibility
Reference.

Network Recording

With network recording, Robot records packet-level traffic at the OSI network
interface layer using the "promiscuous" mode of your network card. Network
recording is media-independent, supporting standards such as Ethernet, Token
Ring, and Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI).

Network recording occurs on the wire rather than on the client (as with API
recording).

Choosing Network Recording

To use the network recording method:
1. Click

Tools

Tools >

> Session Record Options

Session Record Options

2. Click the

Method

tab, and click

Network recorder

Clic

k the

Method:Network

tab, and select the client/server pair that you will

record. The default is to record all of the network traffic to and from your
computer. (For information, see Selecting a Client/Server Pair below.)

4. Click the

Generator Filtering

tab to specify the network protocols to include in

the script that Robot generates. (For information, see Script Generation: Setting
Filtering Options on page 6-21.)