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I am looking to move my scripts from the box that I developed them on and move them over to other machines that run different versions of the application under test

Assuming that I have runtime licenses installed in each of the machines what are the files that I would need to copy over so that my scripts work of different machines

More precisely, should I be copying over my entire ranorex studio project over to all the new systems (which is how I am doing it now), or should it just be a smaller set of files. Or is there a better way to do this?

You should just need to only copy over the compiled .EXE file.

That is what I thought as well. But when I just copy over the exe and try to execute it this is the error I get.

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or ass
embly 'Common, Version=1.0.3894.20004, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or
one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'Common, Version=1.0.3894.20004, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
'
at Execution.Program.Main(String[] args)

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\M
icrosoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure lo
gging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fus
ion!EnableLog].

Actually, running the exe directly does not work for me unless it is in the context of my project files. In other words, running the exe works for me only when the exe is in the following location /RanorexStudio Projects/myproject/bin/debug/myproject.exe

Is there anything I am missing?

Are you using Visual Studio or the Ranorex Studio?

I use VS. And have had no issues copying just the compiled .EXE to other machines.

That being said,
You do have a runtime (at least) or Ranorex installed on the other machine(s) yes?
You have .NET installed on the other machine(s)?
Do you have a reference to something called Common in your project? If yes, is it marked as copy local?

Edit:
Also if it is an issue with a common.dll or reference make sure that specific version is set to false.

See Here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7wd6ex19.aspx

Ciege is completely right, usually you only need to copy the compiled executable file to the target machine. That being said, you also have to copy all dependent files your executable needs, like text files it should read in or the DLLs of other projects you reference in your main executable.

I guess that you forgot to copy the "Common.dll" (a helper project containing common functionality?) to the target machine. Just put this file in the same directory as the main executable and then you should be able to start your tests.

What you need installed on the machine to execute your automation executables:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1
• Ranorex Runtime Framework (the standard setup, but you can select not to install Ranorex Studio and Samples)
• a valid Ranorex Runtime License

Regards,
Alex
Ranorex Team

Thanks Alex and Ciege!

I was just dropping the exe in a new system. When I drop in all the dll's I am referencing in my code it worked fine. Stupid mistake there