MSTest: No tests are run because no tests are loaded or the selected tests are disabled

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gerryLowry picture gerryLowry · Feb 22, 2010 · Viewed 59.2k times · Source

I have a c# solution with the following structure:

mySolution
  myProject
  myProject.MSTests
    References
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework
    sutMSTests.cs

sutMSTests.cs: 

[TestClass()] 
public class sutMSTests
{
    [TestMethod]
    public void MyTest0()
    {
        Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.Assert.AreEqual(4, 2 + 2);
    } 
}

When I try to run the tests via Test, Run, All Tests In Solution, I get the following on the VS2008 status line:

No tests are run because no tests are loaded or the selected tests are disabled.

Test, Windows, Test View shows no tests.

Note: I created the tests manually (works for xUnit.net) instead of using Microsoft's wizards.

I've compared my hand created MSTest setup to the setup another test that I generated using the wizard and they appear to be sufficiently similar.

Question: What are the most likely causes of the error message above?

Edit 2010-02-25: More information:
I right clicked the Solution Items folder, and choose Add, New Project, type Test Projects,Test Documents::Visual Studio Test Project template.

The new project's default do nothing test "TestMethod1" was detected and passed.
However, my test did not show up ... so I copied and pasted my test method into the default test test project "TestProject1".

My test was detected in "TestProject" BUT not in its original location.

I closely compared the files, organization, and settings of "TestProject1" with my hand created test project.

At this point, I am guessing that some setting gets made by the Visual Studio Test Project template that is not easily detectable.

imo, it should be just as easy to create a test project by hand as it is to create one with the Visual Studio Test Project template.

please note: I'm not saying that I'm against using the Visual Studio Test Project template; for me, I like to understand what's behind the curtain since this makes me imho a much better programmer.

Answer

Dan F picture Dan F · Jun 17, 2010

Another one for the googlers - this one turned out to be my problem, and it's embarrassingly boneheaded of me. Make sure that your test project is set to build in whatever solution configuration you're using. If the test assembly isn't being built, VS won't be able to find any tests in the non-existent assembly, and you'll bang your head against the wall for a while :-)

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