Is there a RanorexViewer-Standalone?

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How can I make a Ranorex test report available to colleagues without them having to go through a complete Ranorex installation on their computers? Is there such a thing as a RanorexViewer standalone?

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else42.de On

Ranorex does not yet support a standalone RanorexViewer (this was confirmed to me by Ranorex support on 29 May 2023), therefore the following workaround:

If not yet installed, download the latest version of Ranorex Studio here: https://www.ranorex.com/download-archive/

Copy the following files into a separate folder (correct for Ranorex 10.7.0):

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After starting the RanorexViewer.exe you can open a Ranorex Report (.rxlog).

Licence: Ranorex support writes in the forum: "no licence leased" (Source: https://www.ranorex.info/test-reports-to-non-ranorex-users-how-t14836.html#p56989)

Troubleshooting: When starting on a fresh Windows server (e.g. 2019), the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (Server Manager -> Local Server -> IE Enhanced Security Configuration) prevents the display of the complete test report.

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scsere On

When it's not an issue for you to change the Ranorex reporting options in your project:
Ranorex supports reporting to different formats which do not require a Ranorex installation (e.g. HTML or PDF).

The reporting options can be changed in the test suite's properties dialog in the 'Report' tab. ranorex studio screenshot (First Screenshot from Ranorex documentation) Propterties dialog After enabling HTML/PDF reports, they usually placed in the same directory the test suite is in. More information can be found on their user guide

In my experience the HTML reports are a bit fiddly when opened directly from the file system. The report tries to load resources from other files which most modern browsers do not allow due to the CORS same-origin policy. This can easily be avoided by providing the reports on a web server or by using MS Internet Explorer (or Edge with IE compatibility mode) which treats local files as "same origin".