Coded User Interface Tests - Cannot Enable UITesting Character

Question

I am trying to use assemblies like this in a VS2012 project:

using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting; using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting; using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension; 

However, in my tests, I get a bunch of red ones:

I can create and run locally even with this red color, but I would like, if possible, to solve this problem. My build machine rejects this with the following errors:

  DashboardTest.cs (7): The type or namespace name 'UITesting' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools' (are you missing an assembly reference?) DashboardTest.cs (9): The type or namespace name 'UITest' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools' (are you missing an assembly reference?) UIMap.cs (9): The type or namespace name 'UITest' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools' (are you missing an assembly reference?) UIMap.cs (10): The type or namespace name 'UITesting' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools' (are you missing an assembly reference?) UIMap.Designer.cs (19): The type or namespace name 'UITest' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools' (are you missing an assembly reference?) UIMap.Designer.cs (20): The type or namespace name 'UITesting' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools' (are you missing an assembly reference?) UIMap.Designer.cs (132): The type or namespace name 'BrowserWindow' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) DashboardTest.cs (10): The type or namespace name 'UITesting' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools' (are you missing an assembly reference?) UIMap.cs (12): The type or namespace name 'UITesting' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools' (are you missing an assembly reference?) UIMap.cs (13): The type or namespace name 'UITesting' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools' (are you missing an assembly reference?) UIMap.Designer.cs (22): The type or namespace name 'UITesting' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools' (are you missing an assembly reference?) UIMap.Designer.cs (23): The type or namespace name 'UITesting' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools' (are you missing an assembly reference?) DashboardTest.cs (18): The type or namespace name 'CodedUITest' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) DashboardTest.cs (18): The type or namespace name 'CodedUITestAttribute' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) 

Any tips? All links in my test project are configured to copy local = true.

UPDATE I got links working locally by adding a link to visualStudio.TestTools.UITesting, but the CodedUITest attribute is still blushing, and the assembly still fails with the same errors.

Answer 1

You need to add a link to: Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.CodedUITestFramework

Answer 2

You need to add links, for example, in the following attachment:

Answer 3

In VS2017, I had to use the Visual Studio installer to install the "Coded UI Test" component on my build server. It is located on the tab "Individual components" in the section "Debugging and testing."

Answer 4

Yes. This is what I need too.