on init { These are preprocessor statements, which are not executed at runtime. They are instead processed at early parser stage. You can set a preprocessor condition with: SET_CONDITION() Then you can use such preprocessor conditions to conditionally let the script parser know which code parts shall be used and which code parts shall be ignored. The ignored code parts will never be executed and thus will not waste any resources at runtime. There are also built-in coditions, already defined by the sampler, which allows you to execude script parts depending on certain circumstances. } SET_CONDITION(foo) { This will raise a warning, because it has already been set before. } SET_CONDITION(foo) USE_CODE_IF(foo) message("SET_CONDITION works.") END_USE_CODE USE_CODE_IF_NOT(foo) message("SET_CONDITION does not work!") END_USE_CODE RESET_CONDITION(foo) USE_CODE_IF_NOT(foo) message("RESET_CONDITION works.") END_USE_CODE USE_CODE_IF(foo) message("RESET_CONDITION does not work!") END_USE_CODE SET_CONDITION(bar) USE_CODE_IF(bar) SET_CONDITION(bla) USE_CODE_IF(bla) message("Nested conditions work.") END_USE_CODE USE_CODE_IF_NOT(bla) message("Nested conditions do not work!") END_USE_CODE END_USE_CODE { If you uncomment the following, it will throw an error. } { RESET_CONDITION(somethingthatdoesnotexist) } end on