Can VS.Net Unit Test run outside of the IDE?

Question

Is there a way to run a UnitTest project against a compiled DLL outside the IDE? Basically, we have testing procedures for checking the code before we go into production.
I would not want to run tests inside the IDE. I would like the compiled code to be ready to go to release and be able to run the final test with .dll before the final copy.

Is there any command line utility that can do this? Just put both .dlls and get "all good" reports.

Answer 1

I think you are probably looking for [MSTest] ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182486(VS.80).aspx)

To run all the tests in a specific container, you can do something like the following on the command line:

MSTest / testcontainer: MyTestProject \ bin \ debug \ MyTestProject.dll

• [MSTest command line options for .NET 2.0] ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182489(VS.80).aspx)

• MSTest command line options for .NET 3.5

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