How to dismiss file / save dialog originating from OS in HP Loadrunner Truclient

Question

I have the exact same requirement as this question, except this is for Loadrunner 12 in Firefox.

Using TruClient all script action works till it open window's ( OS ) modal dialog and stuck at handling this modal dialog. Are there any solutions or workarounds to handle this ?

I want to do two things.

1. Measure time till it open modal dialog

2. Cancel the dialog and move on to next steps

Answer 1

1. This is an OS step with zero server interaction and is completely dependent upon the performance of the underlying operating system. You should address this in functional testing with QTP and the timing capability built in there. You appear to be commingling functional testing wither performance in the asking of this question. And, if the call up of the common dialog is slow how will you post your defect to Microsoft for them to fix it on your timeframe?
2. Have you considered using a standard web virtual user which runs at the presentation layer of the OSI model and which does not have the GUI dependencies of the Application layer?