For an overview of the activities required to create a protocol, see Quick Start.
The HP Protocol SDK (Software Development Kit) provides you with the tools to create a custom protocol. A protocol created with this SDK enables LoadRunner to run load tests on a previously unsupported application.
Most applications can be tested with one or more of the many protocols provided with LoadRunner, such as HTML, SMTP, Citrix, and Oracle NCA. However, if you need to load-test an application that cannot be tested adequately with any of the existing protocols, you can use this SDK to create a custom protocol.
This section includes:
How Protocols Work Within a Test Run
Features Not Supported by the SDK