Create and edit recordings

How to create a new recording

Click the 'Record' button to trigger a new recording. The Recorder will be minimized and the running recording session is indicated by the Ranorex Recorder tool bar.

: Starts or appends a new recording session

: Ranorex Recorder toolbar

Stop a recording by clicking the 'Stop' button of the Recorder's toolbar.

Playback speed settings

The playback speed of each recording can be defined individually. Use the speed factor text box to increase replay speed by a factor value. In order to replay all actions as fast as possible activate ‘Turbo Mode’ by clicking the button within the tool bar. By activating ‘Turbo Mode’ the value for speed factor is ignored. Both settings impact the code generated by the Recorder.

: Replay settings within Ranorex Recorder

The repeat count value is used to run the recording in a loop but does not affect the generated rercording code.

How to edit and change existing recordings

Sometimes it is necessary to add a new action item or to delete a wrongly recorded action item. Delete one or more selected items using the tool bar button ‘Delete’. Adding single actions can be done by selecting one of the add action buttons from the tool bar (Mouse Item, Validation Item, Keyboard Item, Key Sequence Item). Select a position where to insert a new action item and click the ‘Add Mouse Item’ button.

: Adds a new action item of type mouse action

: Assign one of the available objects from the repository

If a required object does not exist in the current repository, open the 'Element Browser' tab within Ranorex Studio and track the required element to search for it. After tracking an item simply drag&drop it from the element browser directly into the repository browser.

You can also extend an existing recording using the context menu item ‘Record From Here’. In that case the Recorder inserts all newly captured user actions at the current position.

: Inserts a new recording into an existing one

Use the tool bar buttons to add, delete or move Ranorex Recorder actions items.

Toolbar short cuts
	Moves Selected Item up	Moves the currently selected item up
	Moves Selected Item down	Moves the currently selected item down
	Delete Item	Deletes the currently selected item
	Undo	Undo the last action within the recording
	Redo	Redo the last action within the recording
	Add Mouse Item	Inserts a new mouse action item at the current position
	Add Validation Item	Inserts a new validation item at the current position
	Add Keyboard Item	Inserts a new keyboard item representing a single keystroke (e.g. Enter, Esc)
	Add Key Sequence Item	Inserts a new key sequence item represented as string
	Add Delay Item	Inserts a time delay action
	Add User Code Item	Inserts a user code action
	Add Logging Item	Inserts a user log message