What is the relative path root of DeploymentItemAttribute?

Question

Using MSTest, what is the relative path root of the DeploymentItemAttribute.

Answer 1

So I'm gonna add my experience.

So if you're using .testrunconfig file, that will trump (override) what I'm saying below.

I figured there were a few options.

Relative to the current .csproj

Relative to the .sln

Relative to the current .cs file

I finally got my build system working by using the "relative to the current .cs file" approach.

In my example, I needed a Xsd from a different project copied over for my UnitTest. But the type of file does not matter.

Example:

c:\myfolder\MyXsdProject\XSDs\MyCoolXsd.xsd

c:\myfolder\MyCsharpUnitTestProject\MySubFolder1\MySubFolder2\MyUnitTestClass.cs

namespace MyCsharpUnitTestProject.MySubFolder1.MySubFolder2
{

    [TestClass]
    [DeploymentItem(@"..\..\..\MyXsdProject\XSDs\MyCoolXsd.xsd")]

    public class MyUnitTestClass
    {
    }
}