C# Executable project (console app) for a test project - testing

Question

I have a test project which is a library. I want to write a console application to be able to reference the DLL of the test project and call the methods and classes from my test project.
Also while writing the console app, I want to how to execute the exe from command prompt with parameters. My console app code should take in the input I give and execute the tests.
I just need some example code, so that I can pick it up from there.

Answer 1

You have to follow these steps:
Add your DLL file as reference to your console project.
Project>>Add Reference>>Browse and select your dll file.
add usign myNamespaceOfMyDll;
Then in your code you can use the methods from your dll file.
Sample (Using the GMmap's dll):
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using GMap.NET;
usign myNamespace;
namespace ConsoleApplication6
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//GPoint is a user data type declared in GMap.NET
//method is a method definied in myNamespace (your dll)
GPoint s=method(param1,param2);
}
}
}
Suppose that you have the next code, you have to add an array of strings as param in your main method.
using System;
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
if (args == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("args is null"); // Check for null array
}
else
{
//Here you can to use then content of your args array.
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
Thus if you type:
c:\> myApp param1 param2
args[0]="param1", args[1]="param2", and the length of the array is 2.