Ranorex 2.3 released with support for Flex 4 and AIR 2

We are proud to announce that Ranorex 2.3 is released and available for download. The new version includes the following new major features and improvements:

• Support for Flex 4 and AIR 2 Applications
• Floating License option
• Transparent Automation of 32bit/64bit

Full Support for Flex 4 and AIR 2 Applications

The Ranorex Flash/Flex Test Automation Plug-In now also supports testing of Adobe Flex 4 and Adobe AIR 2 (Beta 2) applications. Adobe's new spark control family is fully included and enables great recognition of the latest flex controls.
This new version allows handling of many different flash/flex use-cases, to enable automation for any specific type of application.
Please see the Flash/Flex documentation for additional information...

Floating License option

In addition to the machine-bound license (node-locked license), Ranorex now offers floating licenses as well. This new concurrent license enables to share licenses between multiple computers.

The new floating licenses will be available soon in the Ranorex online store.

Transparent Automation of 32bit/64bit

The new Ranorex 2.3 bit bridge handles testing of 32/64 bit based applications on 64 bit operating systems automatically. Set up your test cases on 32 bit operating systems and run them on 64 bit. 

Release Notes

General changes/Features

• Added support for custom item renderers in Flex container controls
• Added support for Windows Forms controls which are embedded in web sites (IE only)
• Added basic support for common Visual Basic 6 controls
• Python support has been improved and IronPython has been updated to version 2.6
• Added a new method of loading Ranorex automation support into Flash applications
• Added support for Win32 checked list boxes
• Ranorex setup is now much faster
• Ranorex Spy now also supports drag-and-drop tracking
• Some usability improvements have been made to the repository editor

Bugs

• Fixed tracking issues regarding transparent windows and MDI form z-order
• The Flex3 automation library and loader should now work with every Flex 3.x version
• Fixed a bug which caused Flex3 scrolling not to work correctly
• A number of python code generation / file renaming issues have been fixed
• A number of RanorexStudio debugging issues have been fixed
• Fixed localization problems in Ranorex files (rxrec, rxsnp)
• Fixed incorrect screen rectangles of elements in nested framesets in Firefox 3.6
• Fixed a memory leak in the Firefox plugin
• Fixed a bug which caused Ranorex Studio to (rarely) crash when changing repository item properties
• Fixed unhandled ThreadAbortExceptions thrown by Find/FindSingle methods when used in special locations (e.g. static constructors)

Download and get the latest version of Ranorex here