Getting list of tests from Test Explorer in VS

Question

This is kind of a "high level"/simple question. I'm trying to get just a list of all the tests that are populated in my Test Explorer in VS2012. I'd like to compare it to a list of tests and I was wondering if there is any way to just get all the names out of the Test Explorer, like a copy/paste, export to csv or anything of that nature.

Answer 1

Select all tests in Test Explorer and add them to a playlist file. Playlist feature needs VS 2012 Update 2. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh270865.aspx#BKMK_Create_custom_playlists

Answer 2

The exported playlist is in XML but I wanted a simple list. Here's a powershell script to strip off the XML syntax and print just the test names. I remove the namespace information from each test. If you'd like the full name, remove $index = $child.Test.LastIndexOf(".") and .Substring($index+1)

[xml] $content = get-content C:\out.xml $children = $content.SelectNodes("Playlist/Add") foreach($child in $children) { $index = $child.Test.LastIndexOf(".") Write-Output $child.Test.Substring($index+1) }