Is there any .runsettings documentation?

Question

I'm looking for documentation for .runsettings files as used with vstest. Is there an xsd?

I can't seem to find much except for a few example files in the msdn documentation.

Answer 1

Runsettings (VS2012) are similar to testsettings (VS2010) where testsettings is specific to tests written for MSTest. VS2012 supports settings for different adapters. As such, the schema isn't a closed system so an XSD would not be comprehensive.

This MSDN article lists some high level details (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj635153.aspx) for the elements in the runsettings file.

Here's a snippet from that article.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RunSettings>    <!-- Configurations that affect the Test Framework -->    <RunConfiguration>      <MaxCpuCount>1</MaxCpuCount>      <!-- Path relative to solution directory -->      <ResultsDirectory>.\TestResults</ResultsDirectory>       <!-- [x86] | x64          - You can also change it from menu Test, Test Settings, Default          Processor Architecture -->      <TargetPlatform>x86</TargetPlatform>       <!-- Framework35 | [Framework40] | Framework45 -->      <TargetFrameworkVersion>Framework40</TargetFrameworkVersion>       <!-- Path to Test Adapters -->      <TestAdaptersPaths>%SystemDrive%\Temp\foo;%SystemDrive%\Temp\bar</TestAdaptersPaths>    </RunConfiguration>     <!-- Configurations for data collectors -->    <DataCollectionRunSettings>      <DataCollectors>         <DataCollector friendlyName="Code Coverage" uri="datacollector://Microsoft/CodeCoverage/2.0" assemblyQualifiedName="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Coverage.DynamicCoverageDataCollector, Microsoft.VisualStudio.TraceCollector, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a">            <Configuration>              <CodeCoverage>                <ModulePaths>                  <Exclude>                     <ModulePath>.*CPPUnitTestFramework.*</ModulePath>                  </Exclude>                </ModulePaths>              </CodeCoverage>            </Configuration>         </DataCollector>      </DataCollectors>   </DataCollectionRunSettings>    <!-- Parameters used by tests at runtime -->   <TestRunParameters>     <Parameter name="webAppUrl" value="http://localhost" />     <Parameter name="webAppUserName" value="Admin" />     <Parameter name="webAppPassword" value="Password" />   </TestRunParameters>    <!-- Adapter Specific sections -->   <!-- MSTest adapter -->   <MSTest>      <MapInconclusiveToFailed>True</MapInconclusiveToFailed>      <CaptureTraceOutput>false</CaptureTraceOutput>      <DeleteDeploymentDirectoryAfterTestRunIsComplete>False</DeleteDeploymentDirectoryAfterTestRunIsComplete>      <DeploymentEnabled>False</DeploymentEnabled>      <AssemblyResolution>         <Directory Path>"D:\myfolder\bin\" includeSubDirectories="false"/>      </AssemblyResolution>   </MSTest>  </RunSettings> 

Answer 2

I found further information on runsettings (specific to code coverage) here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj159530%28v=vs.110%29.aspx