TestRunner for Visual Studio 2005 Manual

Options

TestRunner is designed to be configurable. Each of the major areas has a set of options that can be configured. These are reached from the Visual Studio Tools | Options menu, look for TestRunner.

Coverage

  • Coverage Enabled: when true coverage and profiling is on.
  • Hit Marker Color: allows you to customize the gutter marker for hit lines.
  • Include Test Fixtures: when true, test fixtures are counted for coverage statistics.
  • Miss Marker Color: allows you to customize the gutter marker for missed lines.
  • Show Hit Lines: when true, hit lines are marked in the gutter.
  • Show Missed Lines: when true, missed lines are marked in the gutter.

Output

  • Clear Output on Start: when true, the TestRunner tab of the Output Window is automatically cleared on a new test run.

Performance

  • Performance Cool Spot Color: allows you to customize the color for performance markers when the line isn't hot.
  • Performance Hot Spot Color: allows you to customize the color for performance markers when the line is hot.
  • Show Line Performance: when true, performance markers are drawn in the Visual Studio editor.

Test Tree

  • Fail Color: used to draw test indicator balls and marks.
  • Load on Build: when true, the TestRunner window test tree reloads automatically on a successful build.
  • Not Run Color: used to draw test indicator balls and marks.
  • Pass Color: used to draw test indicator balls and marks.
  • Solution Mode: when true, the TestRunner window test tree loads all projects in the solution, when false it load the startup project only.

Text Editor

  • Clear on Start: when true, the test result maker boxes from previous runs are cleared on each new test run.
  • Mark Failing Tests: when true, mark failing tests.
  • Mark Passing Tests: when true, mark passing tests.
  • Use Error List: when true, insert failing tests into the Visual Studio error list like compile errors.