2 methods for load test with scripting, confused about which one to use..

Until now, I have seen two method to handle Load test with scripting and I am confused which one I need to follow ?





1.Method

This method is the example used in Advanced Load Test with scripting help page. It makes everything in script including running Internet Explorer.

This example deals a very simple page and does not handle much user or parametrization from a database.



2.Method

And the other method which uses recorded tasks request, dealing with 4 vuser.



Both of the examples does not deal with running test with much user and parametrisation. The codes are written below.



Please any idea will be helpful.



Best Regards. 



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 Code for the 1.Method



function Main()

{

var p, w, w1, Pg;

Options.Web.TreeModel = "Tree";

// Obtain the browser process and the web page window

p = Sys.Process("IEXPLORE");

w = p.IEFrame(0).Window("Shell DocObject View").Window("Internet Explorer_Server");

// Go to the Google search page

Pg = w.ToURL("http://www.google.com/");

// Enter "TestComplete" in the search field

w1 = Pg.Form("f").Table(0).Cell(0, 1);

w1.Textbox("q").value = "TestComplete";

w1.SubmitButton("btnG").Click();

// Wait until the results are loaded: "http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=TestComplete&btnG=Google+Search"

w.Wait();

Pg = w.Page("http://www.google.com/search*");

// Click the first link

Pg.Panel("res").Panel(0).Panel(0).Link(0).Click();

}



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Code for  the 2.Method



function TestLoginLogout()

{

var TestInstance, HTTPTask, request, VUser

TestInstance = LoadTesting.CreateTestInstance("Test")

for (i = 0; i < 5 ;i++) {

HTTPTask = LoadTesting.HTTPTask("TaskLoginLogout1")

request = HTTPTask.Connection(1).Request(5)

if (i = 0) {

request.BodyVariables.Item("UserName") = "vuser1@hotmail.com"

request.BodyVariables.Item("Password") = "123465" }

if (i = 1) {

request.BodyVariables.Item("UserName") = "vuser1@hotmail.com"

request.BodyVariables.Item("Password") = "123456" }

if (i = 2) {

request.BodyVariables.Item("UserName") = "vuser1@hotmail.com"

request.BodyVariables.Item("Password") = "123456" }

else

if (i = 4) {

request.BodyVariables.Item("txtUserName") = "vuser1@@hotmail.com"

request.BodyVariables.Item("txtUsrPassword") = "123456" }

// create a virtual user and add it to the test instance

VUser = LoadTesting.CreateVirtualUser("VU_" & i)

VUser.Task = HTTPTask

VUser.TestInstance = TestInstance

}

}