Re: unit testing in visual studio
Well, I believe you can read the current random port that it wants to use from the config (so if you desired, you could do that). However, you should be able to simply change the project properties so that instead of using the inbuilt asp.net webservice, it uses your local IIS one. Infact, you can just set the port in the same properties area (right click the web project, select Properties go to the Web tab). On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Geoff Appleby geoff.appl...@gmail.com wrote: I've got a weird situation going on. Hopefully someone knows which (probably simple) button to click to do to get it working the way i want it. I've got a largish solution full of different projects. also part of the solution is a set of testing projects. one of the projects in the solution is a web service (simple boring web service, not wcf or anything). the web service project is set to, when debugging etc, use the asp net file system based development web server, and is set to always start listening on the same port (say, ). and that works fine and when just running in the debugger everything is good and the web service gets called on port . When i run unit tests, however, it somehow knows there's a web service involved - and it starts the web service, but starts it on a random port. All well and good, except that all my code that in the other projects that call the web wervice pull the url to use from the app.config file that specifies the port of . End result - all the calls to the web service fail because its been started on some other port. Interestingly, i've noticed two strange behaviours: 1) if i manually start a new debugging instance of the web service, it will start on . If i leave it running and then start the unit tests, it ALSO starts teh web service on a random port, but the tests i have that call code that invokes web service succeed because it can connect on . 2) one of my tests, so far, test a function that lives INSIDE the web service and relies on a the HttpContext object. Iv'e decorated this unit test saying HostType(ASP.NET), AspNetDevelopmentServerHost(file system path to the web service) and UrlToTest(http://localhost:/WebForm1.aspx;) ... and it happily runs the test inside the file system web server...on the RANDOM port, not port - which means the test always succeeds, regardless of point 1) above. I've read up on the webtesthelper.redirecturl (or words to that effect) helper class, but that's no good because it works on a web service reference object - and in my case the web service reference object is buried deep within a class library - my test is calling a public method on the class library that internally instantiates teh web service object and invokes it, all based on config file values. so in short - anyone know how to stop the test engine starting the web service on a random port, but to start it on a fixed port instead? -- Geoff Appleby Blog: http://blogs.crankygoblin.com/blogs/geoff.appleby/ -- silky http://www.programmingbranch.com/
Re: unit testing in visual studio
But you're pretty fool. --Original Message-- From: silky To: Geoff Appleby Cc: ausDotNet ReplyTo: michaelsli...@gmail.com Subject: Re: unit testing in visual studio Sent: Feb 26, 2010 14:45 On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Geoff Appleby geoff.appl...@gmail.com wrote: Heh. I'm a fool. I've already set the port that way. And that works in all cases _except_ when launching unit tests. -- silky http://www.programmingbranch.com/ Sent from my BlackBerry Storm
Re: unit testing in visual studio
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Geoff Appleby geoff.appl...@gmail.com wrote: But you're pretty fool. ... So, what system are you using to run the unit tests though? Test Driven.NET? I'm now slightly intrigued as to why it's randomly changing the port on you. -- silky http://www.programmingbranch.com/
Re: unit testing in visual studio
Just the built in test projects that are part of 2008 team developer. --Original Message-- From: silky To: Geoff Appleby Cc: ausDotNet ReplyTo: michaelsli...@gmail.com Subject: Re: unit testing in visual studio Sent: Feb 26, 2010 14:51 On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Geoff Appleby geoff.appl...@gmail.com wrote: But you're pretty fool. ... So, what system are you using to run the unit tests though? Test Driven.NET? I'm now slightly intrigued as to why it's randomly changing the port on you. -- silky http://www.programmingbranch.com/ Sent from my BlackBerry Storm
Re: unit testing in visual studio
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Geoff Appleby geoff.appl...@gmail.com wrote: Just the built in test projects that are part of 2008 team developer. ohhh, I see. Well, I've never used that. Have you looked at things like this? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404693(VS.80).aspx -- silky http://www.programmingbranch.com/
Re: unit testing in visual studio
No I hadn't. But it have me an idea. Inside that file that I'd never thought to look inside. In there the web service URL had a port specified of 0. So in notepad I changed it to and its all behaving as expected now. Cheers :) --Original Message-- From: silky To: Geoff Appleby Cc: ausDotNet ReplyTo: michaelsli...@gmail.com Subject: Re: unit testing in visual studio Sent: Feb 26, 2010 14:55 On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Geoff Appleby geoff.appl...@gmail.com wrote: Just the built in test projects that are part of 2008 team developer. ohhh, I see. Well, I've never used that. Have you looked at things like this? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404693(VS.80).aspx -- silky http://www.programmingbranch.com/ Sent from my BlackBerry Storm
Re: unit testing in visual studio
And how many times have you said that? :) --Original Message-- From: silky To: Geoff Appleby Cc: ausDotNet ReplyTo: michaelsli...@gmail.com Subject: Re: unit testing in visual studio Sent: Feb 26, 2010 15:18 On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Geoff Appleby geoff.appl...@gmail.com wrote: No I hadn't. But it have me an idea. Inside that file that I'd never thought to look inside. In there the web service URL had a port specified of 0. So in notepad I changed it to and its all behaving as expected now. Phew. I'm glad I slightly redeemed my initial foolishness in this thread, otherwise I may have had to quit programming. Cheers :) De nada -- silky http://www.programmingbranch.com/ Sent from my BlackBerry Storm
Re: unit testing in visual studio
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Geoff Appleby geoff.appl...@gmail.com wrote: No I hadn't. But it have me an idea. Inside that file that I'd never thought to look inside. In there the web service URL had a port specified of 0. So in notepad I changed it to and its all behaving as expected now. Cheers :) Can you confirm what file that is? BTW I have worked with the Unit Testing random port like so: TestMethod(), _ AspNetDevelopmentServer(WebService1, _ C:\My Projects\MGM\Snc\Web Interface, /) _ Public Sub HelloWorldTest() Dim target As OurMultiUrlService = New OurMultiUrlService Dim expected As String = Hello, world! Dim actual As String target.Urls.Clear() target.Urls.AddRange(WebSetup(TestContext, WebService1)) actual = target.HelloWorld() Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual) End Sub '''- ''' Function: WebSetup ''' ''' summary ''' Determines the actual URL for the web services named. ''' /summary ''' ''' param name=TestContextThe current test context./param ''' param name=WebServiceNames ''' The name of the web service, as specified in the ''' see cref=Web.AspNetDevelopmentServerAttribute.Name / ''' parameter. ''' /param ''' ''' returnsThe array of actual URLs./returns ''' ''' remarks/remarks ''' ''' revisionhistory ''' 081017 MEH Created. ''' /revisionhistory '''- Public Function WebSetup(ByVal TestContext As TestContext, _ ByVal ParamArray WebServiceNames() As String) As String() For i = LBound(WebServiceNames) To UBound(WebServiceNames) Dim url = http://localhost/; Dim webservice = New HttpPostClientProtocol webservice.Url = url Assert.IsTrue(WebServiceHelper.TryUrlRedirection(webservice, TestContext, _ WebServiceNames(i))) Assert.IsTrue(i = LBound(WebServiceNames) _ OrElse WebServiceNames(i - 1) webservice.Url) WebServiceNames(i) = webservice.Url Next Return WebServiceNames End Function -- Regards, Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.)
