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Hi There,

I have created a test suite to be used to check the status of on of our web based applications.

The test suite is executed at regular intervals using Task Scheduler on a 2012 Virtual server.
Security options - Run only when user is logged on. I have tried different configuration options - Server 2008, Server 2012 etc.

The problem I am finding is that the first part of the test script runs successfully - Open a browser - Enter username and password details, click login.
The next module fails as it cannot find the first element. The report shows a picture of a black screen at the point where it failed.

I can confirm that this all works absolutely fine when I am connected to the VM (using RDP) and the screen is open in front of me. If I close the window (although the session remains open as I did not log off) then when the Test script is run it experiences this problem.

I found an old forum post (2010) that relates to this - http://www.ranorex.com/forum/running-au ... t1295.html

There are work around for keeping RDP sessions open while tests are running but as this is something that we want to run every hour all night every day I cannot really rely on having a remote desktop connection open to a VM all the time to achieve this.

Also I tried the registry fix that should stop RDP form locking the session when the window is closed but this does not appear to make a difference.

Is there no way that a Ranorex Test Suite can be executed on a VM unattended and without an open Remote session?

As Always I would very much appreciate some input - it will be a shame if we have to switch to a non Ranorex solution for the status check.

Thanks

Ben

Hi Ben,

Unfortunately, it is not possible to execute a test without having a user logged into that machine. There are two possible workarounds mentioned here, but again, it’s not possible to execute a test without an active user session.

Thank you for your understanding

Regards,
Robert

I am facing one issue while executing testsuites in Virtual machines.

When i am executing the testsuites through .exe file available in \bin\debug Folder. The testsuites crashes out in the middle of the run.

I have attached the screen shot of the error, which comes up after it crashes out.
Please help me out with this. I need a solution to this as soon as possible.
I am stuck with this issue . I am not able to run any testsuites in virtual machine.

Hello Amrita,

Does this issue only occur if you execute the test via command line (using the executable)? Crashes the test at a specific point/action?

Please provide as much information as possible.

Regards,
Robert