Visual Studio - Unit tests loading resources in the project

Answer 1

I would just put the path in the app.config and load from the default path. In my team, i am really anal about developers changing paths, so i make all my developers have the same exact paths and files on their computers, so i dont have an issue of any rogue developer changing a path to suite his workspace.

For example , all developers in my team must use C:\Project\Product\Module, etc etc. I also make sure all their software installed also is standard. This way, i can ghost any machine into any other easily.

Answer 2

You can build those files into your executable (set their "Build Action" property to "Embedded Resource") and then get them using the Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream method.

Answer 3

In the unit test project add a post-build event that copies the XML file to the output directory. Then, you can use your original code to get the XML file.

The post build event will look like something like this:

copy $(SolutionDir)file.xml $(ProjectDir)$(OutDir)file.xml