Add content file in unit testing output directory

Question

I'm new with unit testing in visual studio and I want to load a physical xml file. This file is in the unit testing project as a Content and it's copied in the output directory.

So, when I compile the project, the xml file is in the output directory. But when I execute the test, a new directory is created with all dependent DLL, but the xml file isn't copied.

The content of the Xml is needed to execute the test. I execute this code to retrieve the path of the Xml file in the execution folder :

private static string GetXmlFullName()
{
    // GetApplicationPath use the current DLL to find the physical path
    // of the current application
    string executeDirectory = AssemblyHelper.GetApplicationPath();
    return Path.Combine(executeDirectory, "content.xml");
}

The exception is :

System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: 'd:\***\solutiondirectory\testresults\*** 2012-06-13 17_59_53\out\content.xml'.

How can I add this file in the execute folder?

Thanks in advance. (and sorry for my english ...)

Answer 1

You need to place a DeploymentItemAttribute on the test class.

For example to include all files in the Data folder

[TestClass()]
[DeploymentItem("Data")]
public class MyTestClass
{
    ...
}