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I need to see exactly what requests are submitted & loaded into IE to help
troubleshoot applications. I want to see cookies, post data, requests for
GIFs, scripts, etc. What are the best tools for this? I've found
www.iewatch.com which seems to be on track - are there any others?

Thanks
 
Jez,

See if "Fiddler" tool helps:

Fiddler HTTP Debugger - Fiddler:
http://www.bayden.com/Fiddler/

Fiddler - an awesome tool for viewing/debugging HTTP traffic:
http://blogs.msdn.com/dancre/archive/2004/09/08/226937.aspx

I think it requires .NET Framework is a pre-requisite.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


I need to see exactly what requests are submitted & loaded into IE to help
troubleshoot applications. I want to see cookies, post data, requests for
GIFs, scripts, etc. What are the best tools for this? I've found
www.iewatch.com which seems to be on track - are there any others?

Thanks
 
are there any others?

If you have XP Pro you can use its netcap command line tool.
Then format the trace with Ethereal (freeware)

That captures all TCP-IP packets but it is pretty easy to focus on
the HTTP layer.


Note that if you are looking for a general purpose tracer that you
may occasionally need more than just HTTP traffic to understand
symptoms anyway (e.g. DNS related problems). Also, a proxy layer
sometimes makes normal connections to some sites impossible.
 
Try out IETrace, a newly released shareware.

it has advanced filter to help you filter out traces you don't care. it
shows request/response details include headers, cookies etc in a nice
way.

best part is you have multiple ways to save the captures: summary,
detailed, copy to clipboard, save to file. you can even reload the
capture from a file and restore the history data. A big plus for
communicating between developers and testers, useful for bug
regression, reproducing.

you can try it for free for 30 days, the price is good too.
http://ietrace.jumpersoftware.com
 
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