Unit Testing with MSTest.exe

[GuyCox]

I'm attempting to initiate profiling using the MSTest.exe application and the /testcontainer argument and not having much luck .

A console message pops up an error message that quickly disappears before it can be viewed.

The working directory isn't addressed in the application note.

Is there a way to capture the console message? What is the relationship of the Start Directory to the location of the resulting results file?

[Brian Donahue]

Thanks for your post. It's difficult to tell what's going on but if you want to see the console message I guess you could profile cmd.exe with arguments /K "mstest /testcontainer x" and that should theoretically keep the console open.

I don't quite understand the last bit... are you talking about Memory Profiler's current directory setting and the results produced by MSTEST?
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[GuyCox]

There is a working directory in the options dialog -- it may have not been available when the the tech note on unit testing was writtin for version 6.3.

Whre are the testing results saved when running a unit test with MSText.exe?

[Brian Donahue]

I'd assume they go in the working directory. I'd check the documentation for mstest. I'm afraid I don't know that much about it.
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[GuyCox]

[Brian Donahue]

I think you want to try this:

[GuyCox]

I take it that you didn't actually try the command line. I got pretty much the same error with your commandline cut and pasted into the command shell --


C:\Users\Guy\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\RedGateAntsDemo\TestProject1\bin\Debug>profile /e:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Stud
io 10.0\Common 7\IDE\mstest.exe /args:"/testcontainer:TestProject1.dll"
ANTS Performance Profiler Command Line Utility V6.3.0.147
==============================================================================
Copyright c Red Gate Software Ltd 2010-2011


== Initialising profiler

ANTS Performance Profiler evaluation
log4net:WARN XmlHierarchyConfigurator: Unable to set property [securityContext] on object [log4net.Appender.FileAppender] using value [log4net.Uti
l.NullSecurityContext.Instance] (with acceptable conversion types)

Exception
=========

System.NotSupportedException:
The given path's format is not supported.
at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CanonicalizePath(String path, Boolean needFullPath)
at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CreateListFromExpressions(String[] str, Boolean needFullPath)
at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.AddPathList(FileIOPermissionAccess access, AccessControlActions control, String[] pathListOrig,
Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath, Boolean copyPathList)
at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission..ctor(FileIOPermissionAccess access, String[] pathList, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean nee
dFullPath)
at System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(String path)
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C:\Users\Guy\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\RedGateAntsDemo\TestProject1\bin\Debug>

[Brian Donahue]

Sorry didn't mean to not be thorough, but there was an obvious error with your command line. But now it looks like some bizarre error coming from Profiler. I would hazard a guess it can't write entries to the log file (%userprofile%\local settings\application data\red gate\ants performance profiler 6) Are there permissions on that folder?
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[jrg]

I think you're missing the closing " after mstest.exe.