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Ranorex Projects & Solutions

This Documentation is only for Ranorex 1.x versions.

Click here for the Ranorex 2.0 documentation

The following section shows how to use the project explorer to create and manage test automation solutions.

Ranorex Project

The Ranorex Studio provides 3 different types of project templates:

  • Console Application
  • Windows Application
  • Class Library

The 'Console Application' template is used to provide an executable test case to start tests directly, for example from a build server.

The template type 'Windows Application' allows to create a windows forms based application to start automated tests through an graphical user interface.

Typical 'Class Library' projects often provide commonly used functions (e.g. starting a program via Windows start menu).

By default, all Ranorex project types consist of the following elements:

  • References
  • Code Files
  • Link to RanorexCore.dll

Ranorex project 'HelloTest'

The 'References' folder contains all required .NET assemblies, including the 'RanorexNet.dll'.

A new Ranorex project also contains source code files like 'Program.cs' in case of a C# console application or 'Program.vb' in case of an VB console application. Source code generated by the Ranorex recorder will be stored within a separate code file named 'RecorderData.cs'.

The RanorexCore.dll is required by every Ranorex project. This file is located within the Ranorex installation folder (..\Bin\Net2.0-Pro) and provides the core automation functionality.

Ranorex Solution

A Ranorex solution consists of at least of one Ranorex project. By creating a new Ranorex solution, a new Ranorex project is created automatically, too.

The solution is used to manage multiple Ranorex projects.