is there a way to use categories and ordered tests in MSTest together?
[TestMethod, TestCategory("UITest")]
public void TestMethod()
{
}
and add a new ordered test to my test project.
well .. calling this method from the command line like:
MSTest.exe /testcontainer:MyOrderedTest.orderedtest
it will execute the testmethod.
but when calling MSTest like the following:
MSTest.exe /testcontainer:MyOrderedTest.orderedtest /category:UITest
it can't find the testmethod..
strange behavior ..
is there a way to do this?
When you use the /testcontainer:[file name] option you tell MSTest to run the tests that are specified in this file. So, your unit test with the attribute [TestMethod, TestCategory("UITest")] will not run because it not contained inside the MyOrderedTest.orderedtest.
You could create a TestList to achieve this behavior which will contain all of your Tests that belong to the UITest category and also the OrderedTest and then run the following command:
MSTest.exe /testmetadata:$(ProjectDir)\TestProject.vsmdi /testlist:ListName