Note
dotCover shares the unit test support with another JetBrains .NET developer tool,
ReSharper
. These two tools have the same
unit test runner engines as well as Unit Test Explorer and
Unit Test Sessions windows.
If you install dotCover after ReSharper, dotCover disables its own unit test runner
so that you can continue using ReSharper's unit test commands and windows;
all additional dotCover commands are integrated in ReSharper menus.
For more information, see Sharing Unit Test Suppport with ReSharper.
dotCover runs unit tests in the Unit Test Sessions window. The window appears automatically when you run tests from the code editor or from Solution Explorer. For more information, see Working with Unit Tests.
The window is designed to help you run any number of unit test sessions, independently of each other, as well as simultaneously. Sessions can be composed of any combination of tests. In the debugging mode, only one session can be run at a time.
The unit test tree shows the structure of tests belonging to a session, which you can filter to show only passed, failed or ignored unit tests. You can navigate to the code of any unit test by double-clicking it.
The progress bar and the status bar display the current progress. You can stop, run or re-build and re-run unit tests at any time.
The Output pane lets you analyze test results and navigate from a failed test's output to the code lines that originated the exception, all with a single click.
The Coverage pane displays the code coverage tree and provides the same controls and
functions as Coverage Results Browser plus the
Show coverage for selected tests
button that allows Viewing Total Coverage of Particular Unit Test Item.
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 | Repeat Previous Run | Repeats the previous test run. |
 | Run All Tests |
Runs all tests in the current session. |
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Cover All Tests with dotCover | By clicking this button, you can run coverage analysis for all unit tests in the test session. |
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Run Selected Tests |
Runs selected tests in the current session. |
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Debug Selected Tests |
Debugs selected tests in the current session. |
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Cover Selected Tests | By clicking this button, you can perform code coverage on the selected tests. |
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Stop Execution |
Stops the current test session. |
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Show All Tests |
Shows successful, failed, and ignored tests in the tree view. |
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Show Only Failed Tests |
Hides anything but failed tests from the tree view. |
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Show Only Ignored Tests |
Hides anything but ignored tests from the tree view. |
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Filter Tests |
Allows choosing any combination of test results (successful, failed, or ignored) to display. |
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Build Settings |
Specifies whether building is required before running tests. Provides three options:
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Track Running Test |
Specifies whether dotCover should select test entries when the corresponding tests are executed. |
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Remove Selected Tests |
Removes selected tests from the current session. |
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Lock Session |
Locks the current test session to prevent extending it with new tests. |
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Show Time |
Specifies whether to show test run duration in the status bar of the Unit Test Sessions window, just below the progress bar. |
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Expand All/Collapse All |
Expands/collapses all nodes in the current tab. |
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Previous/Next |
Navigate to the previous/next item. |
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Show Output |
Specifies whether the preview pane should be displayed, and offers two alternative positions: below or to the left of the tree view. |
 | Export | Click this button to export the data currently displayed in the window in text format, or use the drop-down selector to export the data in XML or HTML format. The Export Data dialog box that appears, will help you to save the data to a file or copy it to the clipboard. |
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Group by |
Groups tests using five alternative sets of criteria:
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Close |
Closes the current tab. |
