Trouble doing the Flex AIR Instrumentation : Automation API

[Mourasman]

Hey guys,

I'm trying to automate an AIR application but I'm having trouble doing the instrumentation. I'm following all the steps in here but it still doesn't work after all that. I've also tried adding the ranorex .swc to the "libs" folder in the project to no good...

Has anyone ever had this problem?

Regards,
Mourasman

[Support Team]

Hi,

Normally there shouldn't be a problem to instrument your air application with the lib method. Which version you air do you use? Did you try to use the Ranorex Module instrumentation method instead of the lib method? Do you get a limitation popup if you try to track any element in your air application?

Regards,
Peter
Ranorex Team

[Mourasman]

Currently, I'm using AIR 3.1 (Flex 4.6.0) and I'm trying to instrument the app using the Module method but where do I add these lines?

var rxloader : Loader = new Loader();
FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.parent.addChild(rxloader);
rxloader.name = "__rxloader";
rxloader.width = 0; rxloader.height = 0;
rxloader.load(new URLRequest("RanorexAutomation.swf"));

Where's my initialization code when all I have is an .mxml file? (I'm new to Flex, so this may be a stupid question, but I've already google'd it without success...)

And yes, I'm getting the typical warning pop-up regarding bad instrumentation.


Thanks,
Mourasman

[Support Team]

Hi,

Did you do the steps of Adobe Flex: Load the Ranorex Lib into your Flex application?

The correct steps for your Flex/Air would be How to load the Ranorex Module into your Flex/AIR application.

Regards,
Martin
Ranorex Support Team

[Mourasman]

Regarding the first method, on step 7, what is the output directory, that I should add to the trusted locations, when you're exporting your AIR application to an installer (.exe)? I assume it's the installation path, right? At least, that's what I've been doing... As for the other steps, I'm doing all of them, including step 4.

As for the second method, where do I paste all that code? All I have is an .mxml file and if I try to put that code inside the <fx:script> tag, it returns "Access of undefined property FlexGlobals". Do I need to import anything else?

Regards,
Mourasman

[Support Team]

Hi,

What I know, Flex 4.6 is a pre-release version of Flex and we didn't test this till today. We will investigate some time to check if the instrumentation works with the current method or not. Maybe we need to do some changes in code to support Flex 4.6. In Ranorex 3.2.1 this support will be available then.

Are you sure you use Air 3.1 or do you use 3.2?

Regards,
Peter
Ranorex Team

[Mourasman]

Absolutely, I'm using 3.1.0.4880.

Thanks for looking into this,
Mourasman

[Support Team]

Hi,

The best way to solve your problems/issues and answer your questions might be a remote session.

We will contact you to find a date within calendar week 2 for the remote session.

Best Regards,
Martin
Ranorex Support Team