Recording User and Resource information

The Black Box records information to reproduce a video-type "movie" of what happens on the screen, including GUI interactions, and end-user events of the application(s) being recorded.

To record user and resource information:

1. Open the Recording Profile screen and click the User & Resources tab.
   
   
2. Select from the following:
   • Select Record Screen Capture to record mouse clicks, key strokes and other GUI input.
   • Select Timer events to record events set by an internal timer of the recorded application.
   • Select Time interval and set its size to set the pace of the recording.
   • Select User events only to record events set by the user and to exclude timer events.
   • Select Apply DirectX for screen captures using Direct X.
3. Select Record User Operations:
   • Select Mask Key Strokes to hide the user's key strokes from the recording.
   • Select Load .NET assemblies information from recorded processes to enhance performance when recording .NET assemblies (see Recording .NET assemblies).
4. Select Record application configuration to allow for inquiring into the application's configuration for trying to access files that do not exist, etc.
5. Select Record System Performance and set its time interval to record additional system counters.
6. Select Enable transaction follow-up by marked HTTP requests when following transactions (see Following a Transaction).
7. Click Apply.