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visual-studio-2010unit-testingautomated-testsmstestcoded-ui-tests
user128300
user128300

Reputation:

Coded UI Tests: Start application under test only if it is not already running

When using "Coded UI tests" in Visual Studio 2010, is there an easy way to start the application under test (AUT) only if the AUT is not already running?

I know that I can implement such a piece of startup code from scratch, but I wonder whether the Visual Studio test framework offers something out of the box.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5501

Answers (2)

user128300
user128300

Reputation:

It seems as if this can be done using this code:

[TestInitialize]
public void MyTestInitialize()
{
    if (_application != null)
    {
        return;
    }
    Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("ApplicationUnderTest");
    if (processes.Length > 0)
    {
        _application = ApplicationUnderTest.FromProcess(processes[0]);
    }
    else
    {
        _application = ApplicationUnderTest.Launch(@"C:\Path\To\ApplicationUnderTest.exe");
    }
}

The AUT is launched only if it is not already running.

Upvotes: 7

stoj
stoj

Reputation: 679

There isn't a built in method to start an application if it isn't currently running that I am aware of.

It would be trivial to write something custom to do this just be sure that you are able to get your application under test into a known state so a previous test failure doesn't cause all tests run after it to fail. For web applications getting to a known state is likely as a simple as setting the URL but for complicated desktop applications it could be exceptionally complicated to get back to a known state.

Upvotes: 0

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