How to append report to an existing report file in 4.0.3 ?

[troy]

Hi,

The method Ranorex.Core.Reporting.TestReport.Setup(), it seems to over-write the specified file.

Is there any way to tell it to append new report(maybe after reboot system)to an existing log file?

Many thanks in advance!

[Support Team]

Hello,

In general the class TestReport provides structured reporting functionality if you do not use Ranorex Studio and its generated test suite.
Are you using Ranorex Studio for your tests?
I am afraid that I do not completely understand what you are trying to do.
Could you please describe your issue in more detail?
Thank you!

Regards,
Bernhard

[troy]

Hello,

In general the class TestReport provides structured reporting functionality if you do not use Ranorex Studio and its generated test suite.
Are you using Ranorex Studio for your tests?
I am afraid that I do not completely understand what you are trying to do.
Could you please describe your issue in more detail?
Thank you!

Regards,
Bernhard

Yes,Bernhard. I'm using Ranorex Studio 4.0.3 for automation test.

Here is my issue detail:
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//set up a report first
Ranorex.Core.Reporting.TestReport.Setup(ReportLevel.Debug, "c:\test.rxlog",true);
//report some infomation
Report.Success("test pass...");
Report.End();
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Then I need to reboot test machine, and run a Ranorex test case again,

Using below method will always overwrite the existing report file("c:\test.rxlog")
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Ranorex.Core.Reporting.TestReport.Setup(ReportLevel.Debug, "c:\test.rxlog",true);
Report.Warn("How to append msg to a existing report? ");
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So how could I appending report messages(but not overwrite) to the existing report file("c:\test.rxlog") ?


I'm looking forward to your professional and kindly help, many thanks!

[odklizec]

Try this...

Ranorex.Core.Reporting.TestReport.Setup(ReportLevel.Debug, "c:\test.rxlog",true);
XmlLogger.AppendExisting=true;

[troy]

Try this...

Ranorex.Core.Reporting.TestReport.Setup(ReportLevel.Debug, "c:\test.rxlog",true);
XmlLogger.AppendExisting=true;

Thanks,odklizec.
I tried what you mentioned, but it also did not work.

//set up a report first
Ranorex.Core.Reporting.TestReport.Setup(ReportLevel.Debug, "c:\test.rxlog",true);
XmlLogger.AppendExisting=true; 
//report some infomation
Report.Success("test pass...");
Report.End();

Report "c:\test.rxlog" will be generated, and show a green message "test pass..."

Then reboot test machine, and run below sentences:

//set up an existing report, and need to appending new messages to it
Ranorex.Core.Reporting.TestReport.Setup(ReportLevel.Debug, "c:\test.rxlog",true);
XmlLogger.AppendExisting=true; 
Report.Warn("How to append msg to a existing report? ");

Check the same report "c:\test.rxlog" , but there is only a warn message shows "How to append msg to a existing report?", the previous existing message "test pass..." disappeared

Obviously, the new report messages also overwrote the existing report messages, how to avoid this ?
Is there any other way?

[odklizec]

Yes, you are right. The report file is always overwritten. OK, let's wait for the answer from RX support folks. Maybe I got the purpose of XmlLogger.AppendExisting wrong or we use it in a wrong way?

[Support Team]

Hello,

The XmlLogger.AppendExisting property is unfortunately not working for the 4.x report. This is a method which can be used in the old 2.x Report. Unfortunately it not possible to add a message to an existing Report file, if you use the TestReport class.

Regards,
Bernhard

[troy]

Hello,

The XmlLogger.AppendExisting property is unfortunately not working for the 4.x report. This is a method which can be used in the old 2.x Report. Unfortunately it not possible to add a message to an existing Report file, if you use the TestReport class.

Regards,
Bernhard

Bernhard,thanks for your answer! Is there any schedule to fix this issue?
We are looking forward to see AppendExisting function works for the 4.x report.

[Support Team]

Hello,

This is not really a bug in Ranorex.
The old 2.x Report provided this functionality because there was no TestSuite structure.
The new TestReport class doesn't provide this feature because this would break the structure in the report.
It is not really recommended, but you can create your own Report using the XMLLogger class.

Regards,
Bernhard

[oliverhu]

Bernhard

This will be so unreasonable.Once rebooted, we need to create a completely new report.