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Subsequent Events	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	12.   Subsequent Events On July 27, 2012, Roper entered into a $1.5 billion senior unsecured five-year revolving credit facility, maturing July 27, 2017, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders. The new facility replaced the Company's previous senior unsecured five-year credit facility, dated July 7, 2008. On July 28, 2012, Roper signed an agreement to acquire Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., a leading provider of diagnostic and laboratory software solutions to healthcare providers, in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.415 billion, including approximately $25 million in cash tax benefits.  Completion of the transaction is subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.

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The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

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