How can I add additional Test projects to the "Create Unit Tests" context menu in Visual Studio 2015?

Question

How can I add existing Test projects to the right click context menu for "Creating unit tests" in Visual Studio 2015?

It only shows one of the test projects (the project was created using the right click context action). The other project was created using the new project wizard and is not shown.

Is there a way to add existing unit test projects to the dropdown list?

Answer 1

I have not pinned down which step-s are mandatory, but below are the steps which allowed me to add an existing project to the Intellitest "Create Unit Test" list :

• Reference Microsoft.Pex.Framework assembly
• Add "PexAssemblyInfo.cs" file in Properties project's special folder. Edit accordingly.
• In .csproj file, add <TestProjectType>"UnitTest"</TestProjectType> tag, in <PropertyGroup> node
• In .csproj file, add <IsCodedUITest>False</IsCodedUITest> tag, in <PropertyGroup> node (probably not required)
• In .csproj file, add "{3AC096D0-A1C2-E12C-1390-A8335801FDAB}" (Test project type) to <ProjectTypeGuids> tag

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Edit: Sample PexAssemblyInfo.cs content

using Microsoft.Pex.Framework.Coverage;
using Microsoft.Pex.Framework.Creatable;
using Microsoft.Pex.Framework.Instrumentation;
using Microsoft.Pex.Framework.Settings;
using Microsoft.Pex.Framework.Validation;

// Microsoft.Pex.Framework.Settings
[assembly: PexAssemblySettings(TestFramework = "xunit-2.0")]

// Microsoft.Pex.Framework.Instrumentation
[assembly: PexAssemblyUnderTest("{YOUR-PROJECT-NAME}")]
[assembly: PexInstrumentAssembly("System.Runtime.Extensions")]
[assembly: PexInstrumentAssembly("System.Linq.Expressions")]
[assembly: PexInstrumentAssembly("System.Threading")]
[assembly: PexInstrumentAssembly("System.Reflection.Extensions")]
[assembly: PexInstrumentAssembly("System.Reflection")]
[assembly: PexInstrumentAssembly("System.Diagnostics.Debug")]
[assembly: PexInstrumentAssembly("System.Runtime")]
[assembly: PexInstrumentAssembly("System.Threading.Tasks")]
[assembly: PexInstrumentAssembly("System.Collections")]

// Microsoft.Pex.Framework.Creatable
[assembly: PexCreatableFactoryForDelegates]

// Microsoft.Pex.Framework.Validation
[assembly: PexAllowedContractRequiresFailureAtTypeUnderTestSurface]
[assembly: PexAllowedXmlDocumentedException]

// Microsoft.Pex.Framework.Coverage
[assembly: PexCoverageFilterAssembly(PexCoverageDomain.UserOrTestCode, "System.Runtime.Extensions")]
[assembly: PexCoverageFilterAssembly(PexCoverageDomain.UserOrTestCode, "System.Linq.Expressions")]
[assembly: PexCoverageFilterAssembly(PexCoverageDomain.UserOrTestCode, "System.Threading")]
[assembly: PexCoverageFilterAssembly(PexCoverageDomain.UserOrTestCode, "System.Reflection.Extensions")]
[assembly: PexCoverageFilterAssembly(PexCoverageDomain.UserOrTestCode, "System.Reflection")]
[assembly: PexCoverageFilterAssembly(PexCoverageDomain.UserOrTestCode, "System.Diagnostics.Debug")]
[assembly: PexCoverageFilterAssembly(PexCoverageDomain.UserOrTestCode, "System.Runtime")]
[assembly: PexCoverageFilterAssembly(PexCoverageDomain.UserOrTestCode, "System.Threading.Tasks")]
[assembly: PexCoverageFilterAssembly(PexCoverageDomain.UserOrTestCode, "System.Collections")]