Visual Studio Test Project - Does not copy folder on deployment

Question

Here is the problem:
1. Create a TestProject in your Visual Studio solution.
2. Open the .testrunconfig file and under the \'deployment\' menu item, select the \'Ena

Answer 1

Use the [DeploymentItem] attribute on the test classes that use it. You can specify a directory:

[TestClass]
[DeploymentItem("blahblah\\myDirectory", "myDirectory")]
public class MyTest
{

}

Note:

• DeploymentItem is very slow when starting the tests. It seems to copy 2 files per second.
• You can specify the attribute on a test base class. But it does not always work if you have more than one test project.
• You can probably specify it on a TestClass that has a method marked with [AssemblyInitialize]. Then you have only to provide it once. Not sure, you have to try.
• The source directory is relative to the solution location. This is hardly documented.