Release Notes
Ranorex 2.3.4 Release (August 23, 2010)
General changes/Features
- Improved support for Visual Studio 2010 (GAC list now correctly shows Ranorex assemblies)
- Added method to get an image of the current mouse cursor
- Improved performance for recording and repository code generation
Bugs
- References to repository screenshots are now updated correctly if a screenshot is renamed
- Improved drag & drop of repository items into recorder view
- Fixed issues with recordings not being marked dirty in Ranorex Studio
- Allow undo/redo after saving a repository or recording
- Report view in Ranorex Studio now correctly supports Print, Print Preview, and Save As
- XML report is now correctly written even if Ranorex process is killed
- EnsureVisible now supports scrolling in WinForms ScrollableContainer controls
- The "class" attribute is no longer used for WinForms elements in RanoreXPath
- Fixed EnsureVisible for WPF ComboBox items
- Fixed code generation for string values containing the Unicode line separator character (U+2028)
Ranorex 2.3.3 Release (July 07, 2010)
Bugs
- Fixed upwards compatibility of Ranorex recordings with external repositories
- Fixed possible NullReferenceException in Ranorex Studio integrated Recorder
- Fixed compatibility with LabVIEW plugin
- Fixed EnsureVisible for a special class of dialog windows
- Fixed selected attribute in option tag for Mozilla Firefox
Ranorex 2.3.2 Release (June 30, 2010)
General changes/Features
- Improved performance and memory footprint for repositories with large screenshots
- Improved recording of drag & drop operations
- Adobe AIR automation libraries have been updated to AIR 2.0 release
- XML logger now supports custom titles and stylesheet URLs
- Image validation now always adds images to the report if validation fails
- Added possibility to disable generating report messages for validation
- Generated repositoriy code now contains a public constructor
- Improved EnsureVisible for web elements
- Ranorex Studio solutions now create a *.sln file for use in Visual Studio
- Improved start time for Ranorex applications
- Added support for Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 and higher
Bugs
- Fixed OutOfMemoryExceptions caused by repositories with large screenshots
- Fixed memory leak when automating WinForms applications
- Fixed possible exception when automating WinForms applications using the 32/64 bit bridge
- Fixed drag & drop of items in a recording
- Fixed NullReferenceException in Studio related to Sidebar configuration
- Fixed getting/setting valueless attributes ("checked", "readonly", "disabled", "selected") for web input elements
- Fixed coordinates/visibility calculation for option web elements
- Empty attributes are now correctly handled for web elements in Mozilla Firefox
- Fixed possible exception when executing PerformClick on a web element that opens a new window
- Images in XML report are no longer overwritten if AppendExisting is set
- Fixed calculation of Visible attribute for list items in WPF combo boxes
- Fixed support for hidden columns in Flex datagrid
Ranorex 2.3.1 Release (May 07, 2010)
General changes/Features
-
Add support for custom column label functions in Flex DataGrids
- Improved usability of License Server Configuration (load, save license; sorting)
- Mouse position information is now displayed in the Spy tracker tooltip
Bugs
- Fixed Silverlight object recognition in IE when Ranorex Addon is installed/enabled
- Fixed PerformClick action for Mozilla web elements inside nested frames
- HasFocus now works correctly for Web elements (Mozilla, IE)
- Fixed WinForms object recognition when AUT and automating application have assemblies with the same name
- Fixed exception occasionally thrown when closing WinForms using Form.Close action
- Fixed a memory leak when automating WinForms applications
- Enabled recognition of child controls of Win32/WinForms ListViews
- Fixed some small Win32 ComboBox issues (e.g. DropDown button visibility)
Ranorex 2.3 Release (April 20, 2010)
Major features
- Added support for Adobe Flex 4.0, including the new spark control family
- Added support for Adobe AIR 2.0(b2) applications
- Added support for Flex AdvancedDataGrid controls
- Added support for transparent automation of 32bit/64bit applications
- Added (optional) Internet Explorer addin which greatly improves automation speed
- Added support for floating licenses through the new Ranorex License Server (optional)
General changes/Features
- Added support for custom item renderers in Flex container controls
- Added support for Windows Forms controls which are embedded in web sites (IE only)
- Added basic support for common Visual Basic 6 controls
- Python support has been improved and IronPython has been updated to version 2.6
- Added a new method of loading Ranorex automation support into Flash applications
- Added support for Win32 checked list boxes
- Ranorex setup is now much faster
- Ranorex Spy now also supports drag-and-drop tracking
- Some usability improvements have been made to the repository editor
Bugs
- Fixed tracking issues regarding transparent windows and MDI form z-order
- The Flex3 automation library and loader should now work with every Flex 3.x version
- Fixed a bug which caused Flex3 scrolling not to work correctly
- A number of python code generation / file renaming issues have been fixed
- A number of RanorexStudio debugging issues have been fixed
- Fixed localization problems in Ranorex files (rxrec, rxsnp)
- Fixed incorrect screen rectangles of elements in nested framesets in Firefox 3.6
- Fixed a memory leak in the Firefox plugin
- Fixed a bug which caused Ranorex Studio to (rarely) crash when changing repository item properties
- Fixed unhandled ThreadAbortExceptions thrown by Find/FindSingle methods when used in special locations (e.g. static constructors)
Ranorex 2.2.2 Release (February 04, 2010)
General changes/Features
- Added support for Flex applications built with SDK 3.5
- Added support for Mozilla Firefox 3.6
- Added support for getting the values of "onXYZ" event handler attributes in Internet Explorer
- Improved handling of Mozilla elements in Ranorex repositories and the support for Mozilla "input" tag values
- Added absolute-path fallback mechanism for repository items if hierarchy search fails
- Improved usability of project browser in Ranorex Studio
- Added API documentation for RepoItemInfo class
- Added RepoItemInfo.AbsolutePath and RepoGenBaseFolder.AbsoluteBasePath properties for repository generated code
Bugs
- Fixed unhandled ThreadAbortExceptions thrown by Find/FindSingle methods when timeout is nearly reached
- Fixed image capturing for layered windows (possible blue screens, Microsoft KB951615)
- Fixed handling of WPF pop-ups (context menu, tooltip) if there's more than one present
- Fixed "Visible" attribute for WPF menu items
- Fixed unhandled exceptions in Ranorex Studio, the repository editor, and the image selection editor
- Fixed problem with lower-case recording files
- Fixed closing of Firefox tab when flash player is active
- Fixed encoding of generated code files
- Fixed WebTestSample where "Back" key press sometimes did not go through on slow Internet connections
- Fixed installing/deinstalling the Firefox Extension using the "Change" button in Windows Vista/7 for limited user accounts
- Fixed code generation for image-based record items after converting them to user code items
- Fixed code generation with embedded repositories (may have caused loss of user and repository code)
- Fixed path generation and tracking of WPF (context) menu items
- Fixed visibility handling in Mozilla
Ranorex 2.2.1 Release (December 04, 2009)
General changes/Features
- Added basic support for "xul" tags within Mozilla HTML DOM
- Added possibility to merge keyboard actions in recorder
- Replay reliability for QT applications improved
- Replay reliability of mouse/keyboard actions in turbo mode improved
- Screenshot capturing and performance of image based recording/replaying improved
- Python templates in Ranorex Studio now set status exit codes
Bugs
- Fixed recorder crash caused by an "Undo" operation on an unsaved recording
- NUnit now correctly works with Ranorex trial version
- Fixed handling of spaces and tabs in Studio code generation
- Fixed getting the available range from Win32 progress bars
- Fixed possible hang when automating WinForms controls
- Fixed backwards compatibility of recordings/repositories in Ranorex Studio
- Fixed possible exception caused by code tool tips in Ranorex Studio
- Fixed bug in Ranorex Studio code generation where user code may be overwritten
- Fixed behavior of keyboard actions involving modifier keys and caps lock
Ranorex 2.2 Release (November 11, 2009)
Major features
-
Firefox 3.x DOM support has been added (via Ranorex addin)
- Image-based recording support has been added
- Image validation support has been added
- A new 'Edit' mode in Spy has been added for improved searching and filtering
- IronPython debugging support has been added
- Recording of mouse movements via hotkey is now supported
- The recorder and repository editor now support undo/redo
- Copy & Paste support for repository items and folders has been added
General changes/Minor features
- Repositories can now contain nested rooted folders, and application folders can be grouped into normal folders
- Generated repository code now includes "Info" objects for every item which provide user-modifiable metadata
- The RanorexPath auto-completion feature in the repository has been improved
- Automatic repository item naming has been improved
- The default timeouts for application folders, rooted folders and repository items have been increased
- Startup performance of Ranorex applications has been improved
- The Flash/Flex plugin now supports the Flash ActiveX control in Windows Forms applications
- The XML Report Logger now supports appending to existing files, custom XSL files and HTML markup logging
- The recorder now provides better detection of existing repository items, resulting in less duplicates
- The mouse wheel can now be used to select element ancestors during validation/image based recording
- Notifications have been added which warn the user if a specific technology limitation is encountered
- Recording hotkeys have been changed to use a master-key scheme (ScrollLock key)
- The Form adapter now provides methods for moving and resizing forms
- A special hotkey has been added for tooltip validation during recording
- Element tracking/highlighting in Spy and Repository has been improved
- Screenshots can now be directly saved from the Spy
- Spy performance has been improved
- Adapters and Elements now provide a TryFindSingle method
- The Validate class now supports NotExists
- Performance for Internet Explorer DOM automation has been improved
- License files can now also be deployed in the test executable path
- About box now displays a list of loaded plugins
Bugs
- General memory usage has been improved
- Fixed a number of small but annoying repository editor GUI bugs
- Fixed a possible hang in Ranorex Studio when changing values in the property grid
- Fixed possible geometry problems when using Ranorex Flash/Flex Loader
- Fixed SetPropertyValue for certain Flex element properties
- The '*' expression is no longer used in generated RanoreXPaths
- The stability of the debugger in Ranorex Studio has been improved
- Fixed a bug which caused the recorder to hang indefinitely in certain situations
- Fixed a bug where automation of WinForms controls in different remote appdomains did not work
- Fixed a possible crash when running Flex tests and the containing browser is closed
- WPF performance has been improved in Recorder/Spy for long lists and large tables
- Key sequences now include a small initial delay which solves potential focusing problems
Ranorex 2.1.4 Release (August 25, 2009)
General changes/Features
- Added support for ezMdiTab (MS Office 2003 tabs) in EnsureVisible
- Manual license authentication is now available online
Bugs
- Automation of WPF controls in the same process is now allowed
- Fixed a bug where popups were not visible in Flash when using RanorexLoader
- Fixed issues with renaming recording/repository dependent files in Ranorex Studio
- Removed dependency (introduced with V2.1.3) on .NET 3.0 Framework for automating WinForms controls
- RanoreXPath index predicates now work correctly with '*'
Ranorex 2.1.3 Release (August 11, 2009)
General changes/Features
- Configuration: A number of new parameters have been added ("General" tab in configuration dialog)
- WPF: Added support for Windows Forms controls which are hosted inside WPF applications
- Recorder: Added support for automatic, time-based splitting of recorded key sequences
Bugs
- Fixed a bug in Ranorex Studio which occured when renaming solution
- Fixed a bug in Ranorex Studio which caused generated user code files to be blank
- Fixed a number of problems in Flash/Flex RanorexLoader related to visibility and resizing
- Fixed a memory leak which occured when Windows Forms AUTs where not properly shut down
- Fixed HasFocus implementation for Win32 elements
- Fixed visibility calculation for Flex elements which are contained in invisible panels
- Fixed visibility calculation / EnsureVisible for WPF item elements
Ranorex 2.1.2 Release (June 30, 2009)
General changes
- Code samples are now available for C#, VB.Net and Python on the Ranorex Studio start page
- RxPath completion now also works in the repository editor
- The repository editor now allows adding blank items to repository folders
- WPF top-level windows now provide the NativeWindow capability
- Improved memory usage when working with a large number of MSAA elements
- Improved object tracking for WPF and Silverlight applications
Bugs
- Fixed a problem with boolean expressions in python code generation
- Fixed the behavior of EnsureVisible in Flash/Flex scrollable containers
- Fixed a bug in Ranorex Studio where creating a file inside a project caused an error
- Fixed a problem with the automation of auto-suggest boxes in Windows Explorer
- Fixed a bug which caused a wrong item duration to be displayed in Ranorex Recorder
- Fixed a bug in the repository editor which in rare cases caused items to be added twice
- Copy/Paste keyboard shortcuts now work properly in Ranorex LogViewer
- Various small cosmetic fixes in the RxPath editor
Ranorex 2.1.1 Release (June 9, 2009)
General changes/Features
Bugs
- Fixed the calculation of web element positions within an iframe when used by an embedded browser
- Fixed a bug which caused EnsureVisible for flex/flash elements to fail in some cases
- Fixed a problem when recording/spying with swapped mouse buttons
- Fixed a bug which caused generated code for delay record items not to use fixed delay values
- Fixed a bug in the repository editor where using 'Abbreviate Item Path' caused the tree to collapse
- Fixed a problem with item postprocessing when using Shift-Escape to stop recording
- Fixed a problem where Ctrl/Alt/Shift keypresses where not recorded correctly
- Fixed a RxPath text rendering issue on Windows 2000
- Repository item naming conventions are now correctly enforced in the repository editor
- Various small cosmetic fixes to Ranorex Studio
Ranorex 2.1 Release (May 20, 2009)
General changes/Features
- Imaging: Allows searching for image features and comparing images
- Recorder User Code Items: custom code parts can now be added as record items in Ranorex Studio
- Adobe Flash/Flex testing support
- Silverlight testing support
- Samples have been improved (available for download from Ranorex homepage)
- RxPath generation has been improved
- The WebDocument interface has been updated
- Improved handling for a number of broken MSAA menubar/contextmenu implementations
Bugs
- Fixed a bug in the WinForms plugin which sometimes caused controls not to be correctly identified
- Fixed recording of disabled WinForms windows
- Fixed recorder behaviour when recording mouse clicks while a key is pressed
- Fixed the appearance of the start page in Studio when no internet connection is present
- Various small cosmetic fixes and updates to the user interface
Ranorex 2.0.2 Release (April 07, 2009)
General changes/Features
- DOM support for HTA web sites
- Improved handling of SysListView32 controls
- Improved handling of linked repositories
- Improved drag-drop handling in repository
Bugs
- Fixed unhandled Win32Exception in Imaging.CaptureImage
- Fixed problems when editing a path in the RepositoryEditor
- Fixed conversion from Screen to Mouse coordinates
- Fixed Imaging.CaptureImage for transparent windows (WPF)
- Fixed code generation for actions with non-default parameters
- Fixed Focus problem with web elements
- Fixed handling of shortcut key combinations
Ranorex 2.0.1 Release (February 24, 2009)
General changes/Features
- Support for x64 added, Spy and Recorder are now available in 64-bit mode.
- Moved from .NET Framework 3.5 to 3.5 SP1 (note that .NET 2.0 SP1 still works for the runtime).
- User Guide is now also available in PDF format.
- Improved python code templates and generated code.
- The Element Tree panel in Studio now includes a RanorexPath editor.
- Generated code classes in C# and VB.Net are now marked as partial.
- Changed edit handling for recording items. You must now click twice to open the editor for the item.
- Added missing drag-drop functionality from Repository editor to Recorder.
Bugs
- Fixed problem where Windows Forms controls where not recognized correctly.
- Fixed a possible memory leak in Imaging class.
- Fixed a problem which caused WPF popups to be recorded incorrectly.
- Fixed handling of newline/tab characters in RanorexPath.
- Fixed flickering problem when capturing parts of the desktop.
- Fixed visibility check for DOM documents which caused recording problems.
- Fixed record/replay behavior for coordinate-only mode.
- Fixed a possible crash in recorder when recording was stopped.
- Fixed handling of non-ASCII characters in object and file names.
- Fixed some naming-related problems in Studio.
- Fixed a few minor GUI glitches in Recorder/Studio.
- Various small bug fixes in WinForms plugin.
- FindSingle() overload with no timeout specified now times out correctly.
- Location.Center is now omitted in generated code for single left-clicks.
Ranorex 2.0 Release (February 06, 2009)
Features/Improvements
- Web-related API has been improved, web elements can now be clicked 'silently'.
- WebDocument elements are now also available as root nodes in the element tree.
- Replay behavior in recorder is now approximately the same as in generated code.
- Project templates in Ranorex Studio have been improved.
- Code samples have been improved.
- Elements dragged from the element tree to the code editor now generate C#,VB and Python code-snippets.
- A per-item EnsureVisible property has been added to the repository, providing more control over playback behavior.
- Added a Delay class which now handles all timing-related tasks.
- Replay execution now tries a fallback (absolute) search if an item in a cached folder could not be found.
- Generated repository folders now contain a 'Self' property which allows access to the element represented by the folder itself.
- Added a MoveTo method to the adapter base class which is also used in generated code for drag-like mouse operations.
- Added a GetApplicationForm method to the Host adapter class for convenient access to a process' main window.
Bugs
- Various issues with linked repositories have been fixed.
- Truncation length for attributes in rxpaths now depends on the attribute itself.
- Various problems with the rxpath editor have been fixed, syntax highlighting has been improved.
- Nested boolean predicates in rxpaths now work correctly.
- Issues related to IE6.0 and combo boxes have been addressed.
- A web-related replay problem which occurred after clicking a link on a website has been fixed.
- Fixed an issue where WPF context menus disappeared before they could be clicked when replaying.
- A number of minor UI-related issues have been fixed.
Ranorex 2.0 Release Candidate 1 (January 19, 2009)
- Report integrated into Ranorex Studio
- Support for VB.NET and Python within Ranorex Studio
- Repository code generation:
Generated repository class changed from static to instance for more flexibility - PlugIn improvements to MSAA and WPF
- Tree structure reorganized for MSAA elements
- Code generation for VB.NET and Python supported by Recorder and Repository
- Improvements to Ranorex Studio watch monitor
- Improved API documentation
- Use of Ranorex Studio internal property grid for repository and recordings
- Method LoadDefaultPlugins() is no longer required
- Many improvements to Adapter classes
- Bug fixes within configuration for code generation (Class name and Namespace limitations)
- Recording and Repository settings can now be set in Ranorex Studio
- Repository item properties (e.g. SearchTime) are now provided through repository instances
- Element overview in Ranorex Spy now contains general properties
Ranorex 2.0 Preview (Build 4977 - December 11, 2008)
Features/Improvements
- Configuration dialog for Ranorex tools
(code generation, timing, search timeouts, ...) - Improvements to configure search timeouts for repository objects
- Usability improvements for Ranorex tools (Recorder, Spy, Repository)
- Drag&drop support for Ranorex Spy tree items (from Spy to repository, from Spy to recording, from Spy to Ranorex Studio code)
- Possibility to share a single repository with multiple recordings
- Better support to for website recording
- PlugIn improvements to WinForms and WPF
- Added InvokeRemotely method to WinForms PlugIn
- Adapter interfaces have been revised
- ToolTip adapter added
- IElement interface replaced with Element class
- Support for reporting (Report class)
- New structure for repositories has been introduced
- Possibility to manually add sleep actions within recording
- Improvements to exception handling
Ranorex 2.0 Preview (Build 4593 - November 07, 2008)
Features/Improvements
- Ranorex Recorder now supports appending a new recording to an existing one
- Various improvements to Recorder and Repository Editor usability
- Added remote .NET object property/method access functionality to WinForms plugin
- RxPath 'simple' mode paths are now of a much better quality
- Added limited support for WPF screenshots/image navigation
- Wpf plugin support for popups has been improved
- Web plugin now supports combo- and list boxes in select tags
- Overall MSAA plugin performance has been improved
- EnsureVisible() functionality has been improved in all plugins
Bug Fixes
- Spy, Recorder and Studio user interface fixes
- Web plugin object recognition fixes, image maps now work correctly
- Various hotkey-related crashes have been fixed
- Recording code generator naming problems have been fixed
- Many minor problems in core and plugins have been resolved
Ranorex 2.0 Preview (Build 4395 - October 21, 2008)
Known Issues
- Ranorex Recorder
- Drag&Drop operations not fully supported
- Ordering of recorded actions might be wrong in some cases (especially if time between actions is small)
- Recording of mouse move only currently not supported
- Ranorex Repository
- Changing folder path can cause an exception
- Ranorex Studio
- Debugger not fully functional
- Ranorex Library
- Role specific implementations partially finished (causes “NotImplementedException” or “NotSupportedException”
- Reporting is currently not implemented
- Limited Support of Applications
- Web automaton limitations (Preview only supports Internet Explorer 6.0 7.0)
- Documentation
- Only API Documentation available
- Only project samples available (for Visual Studio and Ranorex Studio)
