Summary

Steps

1. First, edit a Login VSI workload to navigate to a field in a desktop or web application. This could be done by VSI_Type_Fixed and VSI Key Commands, VSI_ControlFocus, or VSI_Mouse_Click. Also, a combination of the aforementioned functions could be used to navigate to a text field. Please see the Login VSI Workload Language Reference Guide for the functions supported in Login VSI workloads.
2. After the target text field is being focused on by the Login VSI workload, run a VSI_ShellExecuteWait function which executes the PowerShell script, which contains the code similar to the following, which is for a scenario in which a random username is desired to be typed (note the usage notes):
   • <# This is choosing a random string from the array that contains username1 and username2 and assigning it to the variable named username. -InputObject is a comma-separated value #>
     $username = Get-Random -InputObject username1,username2
     
     <# Adding the assembly named System.Windows.Forms so the string can be sent #>
     Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
     
     <# Amount of time to wait before sending the randomly selected string. This example is 3 seconds #>
     timeout 3
     
     <# This will send the randomly selected string to the field that's already been focused on #>
     $username.ToCharArray() | ForEach-Object {[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait($_)}
3. The VSI_ShellExecuteWait function in the workload would look like, if the path and filename was \\loginvsiserver\loginvsishare\randomtype.ps1:
   VSI_ShellExecuteWait("randomtypefunction", "\\loginvsiserver\loginvsishare\randomtype.ps1")

Properties

Applies to 

Login VSI 4.x

See Also