NCover

The custom MSBuild build tasks that shipped with NCover 3.0 had many differences and improvements from the NCover 2.1 version. Unfortunately, although the <NCover /> task remained backward compatible, the <NCoverExplorer /> task did not. Moreover, while the <NCover /> task is backward compatible, many of the properties were deprecated. This article will explain some of the common pitfalls and 'gotchas' encountered when upgrading from the NCover 2.1 MSBuild tasks to the NCover 3.0 MSBuild tasks.

Migrating an NCover 2.1 task to an NCover 3.0 task




  
  
  
    
    
  
  
  
    
            Assemblies="@(Assemblies)" 
            
            AssemblyList=""
            AutoExclude=""
            
            CommandLineArgs=""
            
            CommandLineExe=""
            CoverageFile=""
            
            CoverageHtmlDirectory=""
            CoverageType=""
            ExcludeAttributes=""
            
            FileExclusionPatterns=""
            LogFile=""
            LogLevel=""
            
            MethodExclusionPatterns=""
            
            ProfiledProcessModule=""
            ProfileIIS=""
            ProfileService=""
            ProjectName=""
            RegisterProfiler=""
            
            ServiceTimeout=""
            
            SymbolSearchPolicy="" // takes an int
                        ToolPath="C:\Dev\NCover\Main\Debug"
            
            TypeExclusionPatterns=""
            WorkingDirectory=""
    />

The following task is equivalent to the one above and has been completely migrated to the NCover 3.0 format.




  
  
  
    
  
  
  
    
            Assemblies="@(Assemblies)"
            
            IncludeAssemblies=""
            AutoExclude=""
            
            TestRunnerArgs=""
            
            TestRunnerExe=""
            CoverageFile=""
            
            HtmlReportDir=""
            CoverageType=""
            ExcludeAttributes=""
            
            ExcludeFiles=""
            LogFile=""
            LogLevel=""
            
            ExcludeMethods=""
            
            CoverChildProcess=""
            ProfileIIS=""
            ProfileService=""
            ProjectName=""
            RegisterProfiler=""
            
            ServiceTimeout=""
            
            SymbolSearchLocations="Registry, SymbolServer, BuildPath, ExecutingDir"
                        ToolPath="C:\Dev\NCover\Main\Debug"
            
            ExcludeTypes=""
            WorkingDirectory=""
    />

Migrating an NCover 2.1 task to an NCover 3.0 task




  
  
  
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
    
        
        
            
            Assembly
            *.Tests
        
        
            Assembly
            .*\.Tests
            True
        
    
  
  
  
    
                    CoverageFiles="@(CoverageFiles)"
                    
                    
                    Exclusions="$(CoverageExclusions)"
                    
                    
                    FailCombinedMinimum="true"
                    
                    
                    FailMinimum="true"
                    
                    
                    Filter=""
                    
                    
                    HtmlReportName="htmlreportname.html"
                    MergeFileName=""
                    
                    
                    MinimumCoverage="70"
                    
                    
                    ModuleThresholds="@(ModuleThreshold)"
                    
                    
                    OutputDir=""
                    ProjectName=""
                    
                    
                    ReportType="ModuleClassSummary"
                    
                    
                    SatisfactoryCoverage="80"
                    
                    
                    SatisfactoryFunctionCoverage="96"
                    ShowExcluded="true"
                    
                    
                    Sort=""
                    
                    
                    XmlReportName="xmlreportname.xml"
    />

The following task is equivalent to the one above and has been completely migrated to the NCover 3.0 format.




  
  
  
    
    
  
  
  
    
        
            Assembly
            *.Tests
        
        
            Assembly
            .*\.Tests
            True
        
    
    
    
        
            SymbolCoverage
            View
            70
        
        
            SymbolCoverage
            Module
            70
        
    
    
    
        
            MethodCoverage
            View
            96
        
        
            SymbolCoverage
            View
            80
        
        
            SymbolCoverage
            MyProject.1.dll
            Module
            75
        
        
            SymbolCoverage
            MyProject.2.dll
            Module
            85
        
    
    
    
        
            SymbolModuleNamespaceClass
            Xml
            xmlreportname.xml
        
        
            SymbolModuleNamespaceClass
            Html
            htmlreportname.html