Craig your xml is very clean and easy to read however I can't find an
ncoverexplorer task/block. CCNET gives me an exception and there are no docs
for it. Is this possibly part of the snazzy new 1.5 stuff?

Cheers
Mark

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Craig & Sammi Sutherland <
[email protected]> wrote:

>  Ok, I have some more bad news then – the work in 1.5.0 is for nCover 3.0.
>  We did some joint work together with them (they bribed us with a couple of
> licenses ;-)
>
>
>
> I’ll need some time to look into this for you – but I’ll need some time so
> it might not be until after the week-end.
>
>
>
> For some quick pointers, here is what I remember:
>
> ·         For nUnit – it produces an XML results file (this may need to be
> specified in the command-line args). This file needs to be merged (using the
> merge task) in order for the results to appear in the dashboard.
>
> ·         The configuration for displaying nCover results needs to be
> configured in dashboard.config – this uses an XSL-T file and the XML file
> from the nCover task.
>
> ·         The dashboard caches its configuration settings – if you change
> the config then you’ll need to restart web server to see any changes.
>
>
>
> I think CC.NET used to use nCover 1.5.8. Here is it’s MSBuild task for
> running nCover:
>
>       <target name="test.unit" description="runs unit tests">
>
>             <property name="unittests.fullpath" value="
> ${path::get-full-path(build.dir)}\unittests" />
>
>             <exec program="${ncover-console.exe}" workingdir="
> ${unittests.fullpath}" commandline="//reg &quot;..\..\${nunit-console.exe}
> &quot; &quot;${unittests.fullpath}\${unittests.dll}&quot;  *
> /xml:../${unittests.dll}-results.xml* /nologo //w &quot;
> ${unittests.fullpath}&quot;"/>
>
>
>
>             <ncoverexplorer program="
> tools\ncoverexplorer\ncoverexplorer.console.exe" projectName="CCNet"
> outputDir="${build.dir}" satisfactoryCoverage="80" reportType="4" *
> xmlReportName="CoverageSummary.xml"*>
>
>                   <fileset>
>
>                         <include name="${unittests.fullpath}\coverage.xml"/>
>
>                   </fileset>
>
>             </ncoverexplorer>
>
>       </target>
>
>
>
> And the merge task for including the results:
>
>       <merge>
>
>         <files>
>
>           <file>*build\*-results.xml*</file>
>
>           <file>build\fxcop\*.xml</file>
>
>           <file>*build\CoverageSummary.xml*</file>
>
>           <file>build\ccnet.results-vil.xml</file>
>
>         </files>
>
>       </merge>
>
>
>
> And finally, dashboard.config has the following config:
>
>         <buildPlugins>
>
>             <buildReportBuildPlugin>
>
>                 <xslFileNames>
>
>                     <!-- Other plug-ins omitted for brevity -->
>
>                     <xslFile>xsl\NCoverExplorerSummary.xsl</xslFile>
>
>                 </xslFileNames>
>
>             </buildReportBuildPlugin>
>
>             <buildLogBuildPlugin />
>
>             <!-- Other plug-ins omitted for brevity -->
>
>             <xslReportBuildPlugin description="NCover Report" actionName="
> NCoverBuildReport" xslFileName="xsl\NCoverExplorer.xsl" />
>
>         </buildPlugins>
>
>
>
> I haven’t checked its validity – I need to start work – but it will give
> you a starting point if you need it urgently.
>
>
>
> Craig
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
> Behalf Of *Mark Levison
> *Sent:* Friday, 29 May 2009 8:24 a.m.
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [ccnet-user] Re: I don't understand the section on configuring
> CruiseControl to display NCover?
>
>
>
> I'm using NCover 1.5.8 - the last "community edition" - trying to explain
> to my client why they should by NCover at this stage would cause
> unimaginable pain. I can give CCNET 1.5 a spin - is there an installer? How
> do I figure out what I need to do in terms of NCover?
>
> Cheers
> Mark
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Craig & Sammi Sutherland <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
>
>
>
> I’ve just checked on this – it appears that our documentation is a bit out
> of date L
>
>
>
> First, which version of nCover are you using?  If you are using nCover 3 –
> they have a good tutorial on their site about integrating with CC.NET:
> http://docs.ncover.com/how-to/continuous-integration/cruisecontrol-net/.
>
>
>
> If you are using an older version, let me know what and I’ll see if I can
> put together something for you.
>
>
>
> I should also mention, that in the current version of CC.NET (i.e. 1.4.4)
> we don’t support NCover very well, but in the next version (1.5.0) we will
> be including out-of-box support for it. So if you’re feeling adventurous,
> and don’t mind working with an in-development version, you can try the
> latest development release -
> http://ccnetlive.thoughtworks.com/CCNet-builds/1.5.0/.
>
>
>
> There is some bad news though – because of the way our documentation works,
> we can’t start adding documentation for 1.5.0 until 1.4.4 is released L
>
>
>
>
>
> Craig
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
> Behalf Of *Mark Levison
> *Sent:* Friday, 29 May 2009 7:57 a.m.
> *To:* ccnet-user
> *Subject:* [ccnet-user] I don't understand the section on configuring
> CruiseControl to display NCover?
>
>
> 1) At this stage I get NCover to run. Excellent and I've add the Merge task
> that the docs refer to, but then I'm confused by the section below that
> talks about configuring the webdashboard. My web.config file is just the
> default from the CCNet install, so I have no examples of the including
> plugins (sorry I'm not a web developer by trade). Our dashboard config file
> (also the default) already includes ncover related parts - but none of them
> are named plugin. The page for each build includes an NCover link - but
> nothing appears on that page.
>
> 2) Also our NUnit results are no longer reported how do fix that? Also can
> I do something so that an NUnit failure still fails the build?
>
> Cheers
> Mark
> Configuring your Reporting Application to display NCover results
>
> For displaying the results, CruiseControl.NET *currently supports NCover
> 1.3.3*.
>
> If you are using the Web 
> Dashboard<http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CCNET/Web+Dashboard>,
> edit your web.config file and include the
> ThoughtWorks.CruiseControl.WebDashboard.Plugins.NCover.NCoverReportBuildPluginBuild
>  Plugin.
>
> If you are using [Project Report Web Application], edit your web.configfile 
> and include the
> Coverage.aspx Build Plugin.
>
>
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