Integrating with MSBuild

dotTEST ships with built-in support for integration with MSBuild to simplify running it in MSBuild build scripts environments. Integration with MSBuild scripts is achieved with the following custom MSBuild task:

Parasoft.Dottest.MSBuild.Tasks.dll

Use the following code in your MSBuild script after a task is deployed:

<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Parasoft\Parasoft.Dottest.targets"/> 

	<Target Name="Demo"> 
		<Dottest 
			Configuration="builtin://Demo" 
			Solutions="C:\Devel\FooSolution\FooSolution.sln" 
 			Report="C:\Devel\Report" 
 			Out="C:\Devel\Out.txt" /> 
	</Target>

Target File

The target file must be imported in the MSBuild script. If you use deploy.exe, then you can the following import statement:

<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Parasoft\Parasoft.Dottest.targets"/>

Alternatively, you can import the target directly from the installation directory:

<Import 
Project="<INSTALL_DIR>\integration\MSBuild\Parasoft.Dottest.targets\Parasoft.Dottest.targets 
"/>

Targets can be directly imported from the installation directory when running multiple dotTESTinstallations on a single machine.

MSBuild Task

Use <Dottest> task in your build file to run dotTEST. The following arguments are supported:

Integrating with NAnt

dotTEST ships with built-in support for integration with NAnt to simplify running it in NAnt build scripts environments. Use the following code in your NAnt script after the task is deployed to NAnt:

<target name="analyze">  
	<dottest 
		config="builtin://Demo" 
		report="C:\Devel\Report" 
		out="C:\Devel\Out.txt"> 
		<solutions> 
			<include name ="C:\Devel\FooSolution\FooSolution.sln"> 
		</solutions> 
	</dottest> 
</target>

Loading NAnt Task Library

Integration with NAnt scripts is achieved with the following custom NAnt task:

Parasoft.Dottest.NAnt.Tasks.dll.

This library must be in the same directory as NAnt.exe for the NAnt scripts to detect the dotTEST task. Alternatively, <loadtasks> can be used, which is useful for running multiple dotTEST installations on one machine

<project name="sampleProject" default="test"> 
	<target name="test"> 
		<loadtasks> 
			<fileset> 
				<include 
name="<INSTALL_DIR>\integration\NAnt\Parasoft.Dottest.NAnt.Tasks.dll" /> 
			</fileset> 
		</loadtasks> 
	</target>
</project>

Supported NAnt Task Arguments 

  • config: Defines configuration used during analysis. See Configuring Test Configurations.

  • solutions: Defines solutions that are analyzed. List wildcards in ANT-style format separated by semicolons to analyze two or more solutions:

    <dottest config="builtin://Demo" solutions="C:\Devel\FooSolution\FooSolution.sln;C:\Devel\Bar\**\*.sln" />

    You can also nest <include> elements that point to ANT-style wildcards inside <solutions> elements: 

    <dottest config="builtin://Demo" > 
	<solutions> 
		<include name="C:\Devel\FooSolution\FooSolution.sln"> 
		<include name="C:\Devel\Bar\**\*.sln"> 
	</solutions> 
</dottest>

    See Running Static Analysis.

  • projects: Defines which projects are analyzed. List wildcards in ANT-style format separated by semicolons to analyze two or more projects:

    <dottest config="builtin://Demo" projects="C:\Devel\FooProjects\Qux\Qux.csproj;C:\Devel\BarProjects\**\*.csproj" />

    You can also nest <include> elements that point to ANT-style wildcards inside <projects> elements:

    <dottest config="builtin://Demo" > 
	<projects> 
		<include name="C:\Devel\Foo\Qux\Qux.csproj"> 
		<include name="C:\Devel\Bar\**\*.csproj"> 
	</projects> 
</dottest>

    See Running Static Analysis.

  • websites : Defines which web sites are analyzed. List wildcards in ANT-style format separated by semi-colons to analyze two or more websites:

    <dottest config="builtin://Demo" websites="C:\Devel\Foo\WebSite;C:\Devel\Bar\*.WebSite" />

    You can also nest <include> elements that point to ANT-style wildcards inside <websites> element:

    <dottest config="builtin://Demo" > 
	<websites> 
		<include name="C:\Foo\WebSite"> 
		<include name="C:\Bar\*.WebSite"> 
	</websites>
</dottest>

    See Running Static Analysis.

  • resources: Defines which resources are analyzed. Separate two or more paths to resources with a semi-colon:

    <dottest config="builtin://Demo" resources="Foo/Bar/Baz;Foo/Qux/Garply" >

    You can also nest <res> elements that point to paths inside <resources> elements:

     <dottest config="builtin://Demo"> 
	... 
	<resources> 
		<res name="Foo/Bar/Baz" /> 
		<res name="Foo/Qux/Garply" /> 
	</resources> 
</dottest>

    See Configuring the Test Scope.

  • report: Defines path to the report:

    <dottest 
	config="builtin://Demo" 
	report="C:\Foo\Report" > 
	... 
</dottest>

    See Reviewing Results.

  • settings: Defines the path to settings file: 

    <dottest
	config="builtin://Demo" 
	settings="C:\Foo\settings.properties" >
</dottest>

    See Configuration Overview.

  • nobuild: Disables build of the tested solutions or projects:

    <dottest 
	config="builtin://Demo" 
	nobuild="true" >
	. . . 
</dottest>
  • solutionConfig: Solution build architecture. See Building Solutions and Projects.
  • targetPlatform: Solution build architecture. See Building Solutions and Projects.
  • Out: Path where console output is saved.
  • DottestPath: Path to dottestcli.exe file. Allows users to override the auto-detected dottestcli.exe path. This can be used to support multiple dotTEST installations on one machine.


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