-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Thorsten Ottosen Sent: 23 July 2007 17:07 To: boost@lists.boost.org Cc: boost-test@emailaccount.com Subject: Re: [boost] Problem with the web page for Boost unit test library
I was browsing through your excellent docs here:
http://boost.org/libs/test/doc/usage/msvc_net.html
I stumbled upon a irritating problem: I could not re-run the test without changing a source file.
I think I found a solution: I set the custom build step instead of the the post-build event. Here I set "outputs" to c:\dummy_file.txt (anything non-empty will do).
Thus when I hiut F5, I get the errors in the output window in visual studio :-)
Brilliant! This has been bugging me for some time :-) I've refined it a bit by using in Custom build Command line: "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).exe" (and more perhaps) Description: Autorun "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).exe" This makes the source filename appear too - a useful feature when you get confused about various versions in different directories. Output: c:\dummy_file_used_by_autorun.txt The dummy_file seems to be deleted after each run so a longer and more unique name might be wiser. How does one write output to it? On rebuild, the output window shows, for example: Compiling... test_cauchy_mean.cpp Linking... Generating code Finished generating code Embedding manifest... Autorun "i:\boost-06-05-03-1300\libs\math\test\Math_test\release\test_cauchy_mean.exe" Running 1 test case... 1.#QNAN errno = 33 errno is EDOM *** No errors detected Build Time 0:08 Alt B U does a re-build. Ctrl F5 re-runs and also shows output in the cmd.exe window. F5 is not so useful - debugs - but you may want this (but there are never any bugs in programs of course ;-). Question: How could on get the date and time (clock or file saved) into this output (without changing the source program)? Paul --- Paul A Bristow Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB +44 1539561830 & SMS, Mobile +44 7714 330204 & SMS pbristow@hetp.u-net.com