Execute unit tests accross projects

[bokorpet]

Hi,

I'd like to automatically start tests accross multiple projects.

Here is the scenario: given projects A,B,C, ... developed independently, and say the developer of A introduces a change that affects B and C and maybe other projects too; now, I'd like to re-run all unit tests in A, B, C, ... to see if A's change results in errors in B, C or in any other project.

I thought of creating an umbrella project containing all tests from A, B, C, ... in auto fill folders but: 1) auto fill folders need to be added manually and I'd like to have a general solution; 2) auto fill folders seem to be buggy or at least they don't refresh themselves as expected; anyways, 1) is already a show stopper.

Can LabVIEW be scripted? Any other solutions?

Thanks,

Peter

[P@Anand]

Did you try playing with the "Unit Test Framework" VIs available in LabVIEW? I think that will give you what you expect.

[bokorpet]

It depends what you mean by "playing" with the Unit Test Framework (UTF). Yes, we're using UTF for our tests.

A possible solution that just appeared to me is to store all tests (of projects A, B, C, ...) in a separate test project and use UTF's "run all tests" feaure to execute the tests. Any thoughts to that?

Peter

[Norbert_B · Accepted solution]

Peter,

P@Anand referred to the API VIs from the UTF... You can use them to load unit tests and execute them independently of the project.

Norbert

[bokorpet]

Thanks guys!