Ranorex Recorder inclusion

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Ranorex Recorder inclusion

Post by James Hirst » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:34 am

I have been led to believe that the Recorder (when it ships) will come with the Pro version of Ranorex - now I see that according to you product comparison tables, it will only ship with the "Premium" version of Ranorex - is this the case?

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Post by webops » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:25 pm

is this the case?
Yes, originally we wanted to ship the Recorder as an alone product, then we decided to put it into a Premium package.
But RanorexPro user will get an attractive offer for upgrading to the Premium version.

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Lack of Recorder in Pro version

Post by James Hirst » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:44 am

Well, two things.

1. I don't wish to upgrade to the "Premium" version as I don't need to do Web Testing

2. I feel very let down that those companies that have evaluated then bought Ranorex Pro - like ourselves - are now being told it won't come with Ranorex Pro and that you'll have to shell out more to get hold of it.

:x

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Post by webops » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:33 pm

Hi James,

We discussed this topic today and decided to ship the Recorder to all existing RanorexPro users with 12 months maintenance.
You will get a full Recorder with every RanorexPro update until your license expires.
After that, you can upgrade to a RanorexPro or RanorexPremium package.

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Post by James Hirst » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:20 pm

Hi Jeno,

Thank you - I applaud your decision to do this :D

When can we expect a working version of the Recorder?

Thanks,
James

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Post by webops » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:40 pm

We fixed some bugs this week and will upload a new Beta next week.
We will send you a notification.
Please try this new version and report us all bugs you find.

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Post by webops » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:36 pm

We uploaded a new Beta of the Recorder today.

You can download it from:

http://www.ranorex.com/products/ranorexrecorder.html

Please try this version and report us any bugs you find.

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Recorder issues

Post by James Hirst » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:08 am

Hi,

I tried it but the only difference I could see was that dummy (0k) .py, .cpp & .cs files are getting generated if I opt to save but STILL, no Python / C++ / C# source code is generated!!!

Also you have pointed me to a time limited version of the product, why is this?

Can you also advise if the recorder.exe + .dll can be run from any location or should they be in the C:\Program Files\Ranorex 1.2\Bin\ directory?

Thanks
James

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Recorder Update

Post by James Hirst » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:23 am

Having tried putting the Recorder.dll in the C:\Program Files\Ranorex 1.2\Bin\Python2.4, I now see generated python, C++ & C# source code in the recorder ouput window.

However the generated file - test.py - is always empty with the message:
"# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# No source code available in this version!
# For more information please visit www.ranorex.com
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------"

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Post by webops » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:42 pm

Can you also advise if the recorder.exe + .dll can be run from any location or should they be in the C:\Program Files\Ranorex 1.2\Bin\ directory?
The Recorder can be run from any location, but it needs some C++ runtime libraries. In some machines you will get the following error:

"This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix the problem."

Please install the Visual C++ Redistributable Package SP1 (VCRedist_x86.exe) if you get this error.
This package is 2.6 MByte and will install some Visual C++ libraries on your machine.
It can be downloaded from the Microsoft download site:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
... no Python / C++ / C# source code is generated!!
We can generate the Source code only after a Replay action.
We have to check some information so please make a recording and replaying first.

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