Custom Action by Inheritance

[narmand]

I followed the steps on this url (http://www.ranorex.com/blog/custom-smart-actions) to link a class to my recording module. When i initially followed the steps it didnt work, I tried on another sample project and it worked, so I decided to try again on my "real" and this time it didnt work. Work as in I could not view the methods on the recording module when I added a user code item to the script. The drop down was empty.

This is what I did:
1) Project, create a C# class
2) pasted my method to the class
3) open the <RecordingName>.UserCode.cs file and add a colon followed by the name of the base class to the existing declaration of the class
4) Added a recording module
5) insert a user code, nothing appears in the drop down
6) created a new recording module and nothing happens
What is the proper sequence ? Do i need to create the recording module first?

[odklizec]

Hi,

Do you have, by any chance, the class file stored in a folder? In this case, the class name must be preceded with that folder name!

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What happens, if you start typing after the colon? Do you see the class name in IntelliSense popup screen?

[alexpayne]

I know this thread is a year old, but I ran in to the exact same problem and thought I could offer some insight for anyone coming after me.
In my case, the issue was that one of the parameters had the type Ranorex.Element. I changed it to Ranorex.Adapter and it worked.

I guess there are some object types that Ranorex won't let you use for parameters.

[odklizec]

If you want to pass a repo element to custom method, it must be declared either as "repoiteminfo" (Ranorex.Core.Repository.RepoItemInfo) or "adapter" (Ranorex.Adapter).