Using Ranorex 2.x with Ranorex 1.5 based code : Automation API

[balajichandan]

Hi,
How to use Ranorex 2.1 with the code base developed with Ranorex 1.5.
We already a Automation Suite developed with Ranorex 1.5. When I tried to use the same with 2.1 version, it did not work. I have seen vast changes and Application class itself is not found. How can we make 1.5 code base compatible to 2.1.

[Support Team]

Hello,
Ranorex 2.X doesn`t support code execution of Ranorex 1.5 based code. The internal structure is completely rewritten and therefore not compatible.

But you can use the versions side by side.
Blog about this topic: http://www.ranorex.com/blog/using-ranor ... me-project

Regards,
Christian
Ranorex Support Team

[balajichandan]

I wanted to try 2.1 version as I consistently see Access Violation error.

If I have side-by-side installation of Ranorex 1.5 along with Ranorex 2.1, I will not be able to use Ranorex 2.1 dlls as reference. So, I could not verify my old code using Ranorex 2.1. Then, in my case, side-by-side installation will not help me to verify access violation issue.

I already tried with Ranorex 1.5.2 as well 1.5.1.5519 versions as suggested by your team, but still we could see the problem. I also tried with Application.ResetRanorexCore() function call.

The major problem here is when I use Ranorex 1.5, once I get access violation exception, Ranorex could not identify any controls and subsequent test cases fails, which is a blocker for Automation process. We faced this issue when we ran 180+ test cases. But now with 45 test cases also, we could see this.

Can you give us some pointers to overcome this deadly situation and continue with our Automation.

[Support Team]

Please, see the following forum thread for a possible solution to the Ranorex 1.5 AccessViolationException issue:
ranorex-could-not-identify-any-controls-after-sometime-t804.html

Regards,
Alex
Ranorex Support Team