Re: Setting up Nunit in external tools in VS2005

Hi Charlie,

>> I have set Nunit (2.4.7) up in the VS2005 (pro, sp1) external tools
>> menu using the full path to nunit.exe, "$(TargetPath)"
>> and "$(TargetDir)", as described in the docs. However, when I run it
>> on my unit test project (a class library DLL) I get an "Assembly not
>> loaded" exception for "nunit.framework". If I look at the project
>> configuration in Nunit then the project path seems to have the
>> intermediate directory ("...\obj\Release\..." instead of
>> "...\bin\Release\...").
> 
> VS2005 changed the meaning of TargetPath, etc. from the bin to the
> obj directories. It's annoying. 
> 
> When you say "docs" do you mean the NUnit docs? I'd like to change
> anything that is misleading there. 

Yes, in the file "NUnit 2.4.7\doc\vsSupport.html" there is a paragraph
titled "Running From Within Visual Studio" which suggests using
$(TargetPath) and $(TargetDir).

>> 1) Has anyone else had the same experience with target path being
>> wrong?
> 
> Yup. Most everyone who switches from VS2003 to VS2005.

And so it seems anyone coming from unmanaged C++ in VS2005 where
$(TargetXXXX) means the final output rather than the intermediate
outputs (obj\whatever).

>> Is this a VS2005 bug or could I be doing something wrong to launch
>> Nunit?
> 
> The VS folks think it's a feature. :-)

Hmmmm :)

>> 2) Are there any drawbacks to using the csproj rather than the
>> compiled assembly? I assume I will need to include all my unit tests
>> in this project.
> 
> No disadavantages, but you need to change the name of any test config
> file from something.dll.config to something.config and put it in the
> same directory as the csproj file.  
> 
> You can still have multiple test assemblies if you like. Either run
> each separately or create a .nunit project file that includes all of
> them. The same config file change applies.  

OK, thanks for the tips.

Cheers.
-- 
David McMinn, Maxwell Downhole Technology Ltd.

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