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jsc
Regular Contributor
13 years ago

measuring performance to open / create objects

Hi all,



I have to implement a performance-test, that opens and creates data-objects and calculates the time needed to open / create them.



I have to measure the time like this:



1) create object

- start: click on (context) menu entry "new"

- end: a letter is written into a field of the new object



2) open object

- start: doubleclick on the object in a list

- end: a letter is written into a field of the new object



I cannot take the visibility of the new object as the final point for the measurement as the object is still changing a bit after it is visible (the software fakes to be faster).



I am open to all kind of tips or links how this can be done the best way.



Thanks a lot.

Joachim





  • smcmickle's avatar
    smcmickle
    Contributor
    13 years ago
    Hi Joachim,



    I've seen a video tutorial on the website that explains how to catch memory leaks, which could be useful on seeing how much CPU / Memory an action takes.



    What is your definition of performance testing?
  • jsc's avatar
    jsc
    Regular Contributor
    13 years ago
    I need to know the time to open / create an object (= some user form). Time has to be measured from clicking on the command to open / create the form (Button "new" / doubleclick in list) until the first character can be entered in some field of the form.



    cpu and memory usage in this case is not of interest.



    best regards,

    Joachim
  • smcmickle's avatar
    smcmickle
    Contributor
    13 years ago
    Here is the test I just made for my program to attempt to help you. Unfortunately, the aqDateTime object rounds seconds... So each individual result will be rounded down.. IE, doesn't make a difference if the time is 12:00:00 vs 12:00:00.0001 or 12:00:00.9999...




    function timeTest()



    {



    var javaw;



    var sessionWorkspace;



    var internalSessionFrameProxy;



    var stationTreeTable;



    var timeBeforeClick;



    var timeAfterClick;



    var timeDifference;



    var totalTime = 0;



    javaw = Aliases.javaw;



    for(var i = 0; i < 3; i++)



    {



    sessionWorkspace = javaw.frame02.RootPane.null_layeredPane.null_contentPane.C3C.SessionWorkspace;



    //Time before the action

    timeBeforeClick =     aqDateTime.Time();



    // The Action



    sessionWorkspace.InternalSessionFrameProxy3.RootPane.null_layeredPane.null_contentPane.StationBrowserPanel.TreeExplorer.SplitPane.Panel1.StationTablePanel.Panel.ScrollPane.Viewport.StationTablePanel_StationTable.DblClickCell(0, "Description");



    internalSessionFrameProxy = sessionWorkspace.InternalSessionFrameProxy5;



    // Create object and wait for response.



    stationTreeTable = internalSessionFrameProxy.RootPane.null_layeredPane.null_contentPane.NavigableStationEditorController.Panel.Panel.DMS100StationEditorPanel.SplitPane.Panel.DnDTabbedPane.Panel.SplitPane.Panel.ScrollPane.Viewport.StationTreeTable;



    //Check time after response



    timeAfterClick =     aqDateTime.Time();



    timeDifference = timeAfterClick - timeBeforeClick;



    stationTreeTable.ClickCell(1, "Value");



    stationTreeTable.TextField.Keys("time " + i);



    internalSessionFrameProxy.WindowsInternalFrameTitlePane.BasicInternalFrameTitlePane_NoFocusButton.ClickButton();



    javaw.dialog01.RootPane.null_layeredPane.null_contentPane.OptionPane.OptionPane_buttonArea.OptionPane_button.ClickButton();



    Log.Message(timeDifference);



    totalTime = totalTime + timeDifference;



    }



    var averageTime = totalTime/i;



    Log.Message("The average run time out of " + i + " runs is " + averageTime);



    }



    Hope that helps!!


  • jsc's avatar
    jsc
    Regular Contributor
    13 years ago
    Hi Sean,



    thanks for your help, but rounding to seconds is not an option.



    I found a possibility with using new Date().getTime().



    Best regards,

    Joachim