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Adobe Flash/Flex

The Flash/Flex technology limitation will pop up if your Flash/Flex application is not instrumented correctly.
Flash/Flex Technology Limitation
Flash/Flex Technology Limitation

Note: If you need to automate an Adobe AIR application, please read how to do the instrumentation manually for Adobe AIR testing chapter.

The instrumentation Wizard tries to install either the Flash Debug Player for Internet Explorer or the Flash Debug Player for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari or both Flash Debug Players if you like.

Moreover, you can enable the Ranorex Preloader Instrumentation. This allows you – in combination with the Flash Debug Player – to instrument your application under test without the need to alter your application.

Additionally, you can enable logging for the Flash Debug Player. This might be helpful if you have any problems with this kind of instrumentation. In such case you can then simply provide this logging information to our support team.

After installing the Debug Players and activating the Ranorex Preloader, Ranorex should be able to recognize your Flash and Flex applications without any limitations. Restart your application under test and your Ranorex tools to ensure that the newly added instrumentation works correctly.
Finished Flash/Flex Instrumentation
Finished Flash/Flex Instrumentation
If you still have problems within recognition of Flash/Flex applications, please make sure that your applications are not double instrumented, i.e. make sure that you do not use any Ranorex Library or Ranorex Module within your Flash/Flex application.

Google Chrome

To use the preloader method with Google Chrome, you have to disable the internal Flash Player.
This can be done by performing following steps:

  • Display the Plug-Ins details:
  • Disable the internal Flash Player (framed red) and keep the Flash Debug Player (framed green) enabled: