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Global test initialize method for MSTest

Asked 2009-09-15T14:12:49.770
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Quick question, how do I create a method that is run only once before all tests in the solution are run.

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Create a public static method, decorated with the AssemblyInitialize attribute. The test framework will call this Setup method once per test run:

[AssemblyInitialize]
public static void MyTestInitialize(TestContext testContext)
{}

For TearDown its:

[AssemblyCleanup]
public static void TearDown() 
{}

EDIT:

Another very important detail: the class to which this method belongs must be decorated with [TestClass]. Otherwise, the initialization method will not run.

answered 2009-10-15T12:45:55.567

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