Screenshots in recording : General Questions

[Robes]

Hello. I am a trial user. I've been messing around with Ranorex to get a feel for its capibilities, and I have come across a feature that I haven't been able to use. This feature is the screenshot box in the recording screen in ranorex studio. I've done a search for "screenshots" in the Ranorex user guide to see if I could get anything on what this box does, but couldn't find anything.

I have attached a picture. The feature I am asking about is in the black frame.

I would appreciate if someone could post a brief description about what this feature does. Thank you.

[Support Team]

Hi,

the "Screenshot" button you've mentioned en/disables a tab holding the screenshot of the currently selected recording step.
So, in your case the Screenshots frame doesn't hold any content, as you do not have selected a recording step.
If you have some recording steps in your recording and you select one of them, you will see a screenshot of the action perfomed by the selected recording step.

Regards,
Tobias
Support Team

[Robes]

Is there a setting in options that i need to enable? Here is an image of me setting up a simple recording. I have the first step selected, and there is no image in the screenshot box.

I have "Capture a screenshot for each step" in recording settings enabled.

Thanks.

[slavikf]

Pressing a key usually doesn't generate screenshot.
Try to create recording with mouse clicks on some GUI elements and you will see screenshots.

[merry334]

I used some screen recorder to help me record screenshot, and its quality is good.

[Todor]

If you want a screenshot go into the .cs File of the recording. At the part, where you want a screenshot you simply write:

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Report.Log(ReportLevel.Info, "Now, your program will take a screenshot!");
Report.Screenshot();


So you can make screenshots after each step and you don't need cope with that messy screenshot button
You can use it before or after any action you let the program do in your recording and the Screenshots are then visible in your report, that you get at the end of your test



With kind regards and in hope i have helped you