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How can you call Ranorex tests from NUnit or xUnit?

Because Ranorex test suites compile down to standard .NET assemblies, their test classes can be referenced and invoked from an ordinary .NET test project, which lets a UI check run inside the same NUnit or xUnit runner a team already uses for other tests.

using NUnit.Framework;
using Ranorex.Core.Testing;

[TestFixture]
public class LoginUiTests
{
    [Test]
    public void Login_WithValidCredentials_ShowsDashboard()
    {
        TestSuite.Current.Reset();
        var testCase = TestSuite.Current.GetTestCase("LoginTestCase");
        Assert.IsTrue(testCase.Run(), "Ranorex login test case failed - see Ranorex report.");
    }
}

The Ranorex-specific work - element identification, waits, validations - still happens inside the Ranorex test suite exactly as before; the NUnit/xUnit wrapper's job is only to trigger that test case and translate its pass/fail result into an assertion the wrapping framework understands.

This is mainly useful for fitting Ranorex UI checks into a CI pipeline built around .NET test tooling (test discovery, trend reporting, parallel test collections) without giving up Ranorex's own detailed HTML report, which can still be generated and archived alongside the NUnit/xUnit results.

Calling a Ranorex test case from NUnit/xUnit works because Ranorex suites:
In this pattern, the actual UI identification and waits still happen:

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