Path of least resistance when unit testing C++ code in an exe, in Visual Studio 2012

Question

I\'m in need of some sage advice here. Long story short, I\'m rebuilding a - for me - relatively complex app comprised of about 7000 lines of code. I ran into a number of issues

Answer 1

There's a nifty option when you use a project dependency, that lets you choose between linking the output file or having the IDE automatically select all the object files from the other project as dependencies.

(Don't worry about the .NET stuff in the screenshot, this was taken from an project where a C++/CLI DLL included a native static library project. Just do the same thing with a native test project including a native DLL or EXE project, choosing to link with the inputs.)