Report.Screenshot opening in new window/tab : Automation API

[artur_gadomski]

Is it possible to make screenshots open in new windows using Report.Screenshot method?
Is it possible to get the html message Report.Screenshot is producing and edit it in my own code?
Is it possible to get the code for Report.Screenshot() so that I could alter it and use it in my code instead of Report.Screenshot?

[Ciege]

Is it possible to make screenshots open in new windows using Report.Screenshot method?

That would be nice. I had to teach myself and others to control click or middle click the thumbnails in the log so that they would open the image in another tab and not lose their place in the log.

I like this idea. +1 make this the way it works or to at least make it an option we can set.

[artur_gadomski]

Since we're talking about screnshots:
It waould also be nice to specify if we want to keep them in a seperate folder. (If not possible now, if possible let me know how). I sometimes generate 100+ screenshots per test, all are named Logsomethingsomething, my logfile is named Log and it's sometimes hard to find it. I would like to have just logfile in my report directory and a folder with images/xls sheet.

[Support Team]

The subdirectory thing is already on our TODO list.
It might also be a good idea to add a "open in new window" link next to the thumbnail.

To answer your other questions: there is currently no easy way of customizing Report.Screenshot()
Here is the code that accomplishes it:

LogData() gets called by Report.Screenshot() with a Bitmap object as data

public static void Screenshot(Element target)
{
	Image screenShot = Imaging.CaptureImage(target, 0, false);
	LogData(ReportLevel.Info, "Screenshot", screenShot);
}

LogData then creates a thumbnail, saves both original and thumbnail to a (new) file and logs the necessary HTML.

To create your own version of this, you need to wrap an XmlLogger instance in a new class implementing
IReportLogger, passing everything through to the XmlLogger, except the LogData() call . Then instead of calling Report.Setup() with an xmlLog file name, use Report.AttachLogger() with a newly configured instance of your custom logger.

public void LogData(ReportLevel level, string category, object data)
{
	const int ThumbWidth = 300;
	const string thumbImgSuffix = "_rxlog_thumb.jpg";
	const string fullImgSuffix = "_rxlog.jpg";

	Bitmap img = data as Bitmap;
	if (img != null)
	{
		Image thumb = img.GetThumbnailImage(ThumbWidth, ThumbWidth * img.Height / img.Width, null, IntPtr.Zero);
		string dir = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(workingFileName);
		
		string fileNoExt;
		string imgFileName;
		string imgThumbFileName;

		do
		{
			fileNoExt = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(logFileName) + "_" + imgCnt;
			imgFileName = System.IO.Path.Combine(dir, fileNoExt + fullImgSuffix);
			imgThumbFileName = System.IO.Path.Combine(dir, fileNoExt + thumbImgSuffix);
			imgCnt++;
		}
		while (appendExisting && File.Exists(imgFileName));

		string msg = String.Format("<a href=\"{1}\"><img src=\"{0}\" alt=\"Screenshot\"/></a>\r\n",
									fileNoExt + thumbImgSuffix, fileNoExt + fullImgSuffix);
		LogText(level, category, msg, false);

		img.Save(imgFileName, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
		thumb.Save(imgThumbFileName, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
	}
}

It should be quite easy to customize the file names, for example, or adding a "target" attribute to the "a" tag to open the image in a new window.

Reporting is currently receiving a major overhaul with 3.0, and we are still open to suggestions and small feature requests.

Michael
Ranorex Team

[artur_gadomski]

Great Thx. With this I should be able to tune screenshots to my liking.