random technical notes

VSTest.Console.exe should be used from .NET Framework 4.6.1 instead of MSTest.exe to run unit tests from command line.

MSTest.exe brings “No tests to execute” error message.

More info:

• run Visual Studio manage and unmanage unit tests from command line
• Using VSTest.console from the command line
• Running automated tests from the command line

Microsoft Test Framework “MSTest V2”

Welcome to the “MSTest V2” repository, the evolution of the Microsoft Test Framework and Adapter. “MSTest V2” is currently in use in a variety of scenarios including:

• in the relevant in-box unit test project templates (Visual Studio 2017 Preview 4 onwards)
• in the Create Unit Tests wizard (Visual Studio 2017 Preview 4 onwards)
• in the Create IntelliTest wizard (Visual Studio 2017 Preview 4 onwards)

This is a fully supported, open source and cross-platform implementation of the MSTest test framework with which to write tests targeting .NET Framework, .NET Core and ASP.NET Core on Windows, Linux, and Mac. You can read more about MSTest V2 here.

GitHub

MSTest is used for Managed C#, C++ Tests and Test Execution Command Line Tool (vstest.console.exe) for unmanaged C++ tests.

MSTest example:

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\MSTest.exe" /testcontainer:managed_unitTest.dll /testsettings:mysettings.testsettings

Test Execution Command Line Tool example:

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow\vstest.console.exe" unmanaged_unitTest.dll /Settings:mysettings.testsettings /platform:x86

Additional links:

• Writing Unit tests for C/C++ with the Microsoft Unit Testing Framework for C++
• Verifying Code by Using Unit Tests
• Run Tests in Your Build Process