failed to generate project CSharp\Test\TestProject.zip

Question

I am attempting to use Pex for the 1st time
I installed the academic version without a problem
When I right click on my project in VS2008, I get the following failure message:

An unexpected error occured while trying to apply the following steps. Review the failures by clicking on the failed items.

Step 1: Create a new Project or Assembly xxx

Update result:
failed to generate project CSharp\Test\TestProject.zip

    Add or update project XXX Project.Tests


Any ideas?  I searched this forum and the help documentation and this error was not mentioned.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

The current implementation of Pex expects that you have Visual Studio Unit Test installed on the machine (it comes with pro). You probably do not have it on your installation. The workaround would be to create a test project Pex manually: new project, add Microsoft.Pex.Framework.dll, write parameterized unit tests.

Are you using any test framework?

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Jonathan de Halleux

Answer 2

I have this installed:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Version 9.0.30729.1 SP
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 3.5 SP1

Installed Edition: Enterprise

Microsoft Visual C# 2008   91899-270-5845042-60055
Microsoft Visual C# 2008

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Architecture Edition   91899-270-5845042-60055
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Architecture Edition

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition   91899-270-5845042-60055
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition   91899-270-5845042-60055
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition   91899-270-5845042-60055
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition

Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008   91899-270-5845042-60055
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008

Crystal Reports    AAJ60-G0MSA4K-68000CF
Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008

Enterprise Library Configuration Editor   4.0
Microsoft patterns & practices Enterprise Library Configuration Editor

Microsoft Pex   0.9.40114.0
Microsoft Pex Visual Studio Extensions

Microsoft Stubs   1.0.0.0
Stubs generator for Visual Studio

Due to space limitations, I had to install VS on drive E while my projects are stored on drive C.  Could that be it?

Answer 3

Can you check that this file exists? this is the file expanded by the template:

   %program files%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\CSharp\Test\1033\TestProject.zip

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Jonathan de Halleux

Answer 4

It's there on the E Drive
I copied the file to the same path on the C drive and got the same result

Answer 5

Could you try to create the test projet manually, i.e. throuig the Add New Projet -> Visual C# -> Test -> Test Project

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Jonathan de Halleux

Answer 6

Yes, I can create a test project manually


I can also go my menu bar and select TEST -> New Test -> Unit Test Wizard and select the project I want to add tests to and I get all of the stubs created for me

I am happy to do a live meeting if you want

Answer 7

  I'd happy to. I am leaving on a trip to europe for the next 2 weeks so it will need to wait a bit.

Contact me at jhalleux at microsoft dot com

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Jonathan de Halleux

Answer 8

Turns out it was a file path issue - if the path is too long, it fails silently.  Just point to a shorter path and you will be all set

Answer 9

So, will a more detailed error be added to PEX in some future version so people encountering this error won't have to search the internet and hopefully run across this post to find a workaround?

 

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