Xml file not copying to test output directory

Question

Visual Studio 2010, x64 machine, using the built-in web server to host a WCF service with a set of unit tests using the built-in test framework.

I have an XML file that

Answer 1

I've been wrestling with deploymentattribute for a while now, and have finally just given up. Instead I'm just manually copying my files over to a test directory and then deleting them once finished:

Testfile locations:

Private _locationOfTestFilesToBeCopied As String = "C:\...\TestFilesToBeCopied"
Private _locationOfTestFiles As String = "C:\...\TestFiles"

Initialize method:

Public Sub Setup()
    DeleteCopiedTestFiles()
    CopyTestFilesToTestDirectory()
End Sub

Copy and delete methods:

Private Sub CopyTestFilesToTestDirectory()
    Dim sourceDirectory As New DirectoryInfo(_locationOfTestFilesToBeCopied)

    For Each fileInfo As FileInfo In sourceDirectory.GetFiles
        fileInfo.CopyTo(_locationOfTestFiles & "\" & fileInfo.Name, True)
    Next

    sourceDirectory = Nothing
End Sub

Private Sub DeleteCopiedTestFiles()
    Dim sourceDirectory As New DirectoryInfo(_locationOfTestFiles)

    For Each fileInfo As FileInfo In sourceDirectory.GetFiles
        fileInfo.Delete()
    Next

    sourceDirectory = Nothing
End Sub

I have found this works well