Topic: Can I change the trace_out.txt file location?

[Andrey Bushman]

Visual Studio 2012-2013 (at this case I don't use IDE 2015 version because it can't find my tests).

When I run my NUnit (v4.0.30319) tests in IDE without admin rights I get the error for each my test:

Result Message: OneTimeSetUp: System.UnauthorizedAccessException : It is denied access to the path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\trace_out.txt".

But if I do the same with admin rights then all work fine. In the "Options" dialog I didn't find the property for pointing the custom location of this file. Is it possible? I don't want to work with admin rights...

[Andrey Bushman]

Oh no... It is my mistake, instead of IDE.  I wrote my tests many time ago and now thought that this file was created and used by IDE.  But I found in my code that it is my file and my mistake:

Code - C#: [Select]

1. [OneTimeSetUp]
2. public void RunBeforeAnyTests() {
3.     Stream traceFile = File.Create("trace_out.txt");
4.     listener = new TextWriterTraceListener(traceFile);
5.     Trace.Listeners.Add(listener);
6. }

Earlier I launched the tests through the NUnit console application (instead of IDE) therefore problems weren't (the working directory was another). Now I changed settings of the project to launch tests in IDE and this error was appeared.

So I am to point the full path for the trace log file:

Code - C#: [Select]

1. [OneTimeSetUp]
2. public void RunBeforeAnyTests() {
3.  
4.     string dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly
5.         .GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
6.  
7.     string trace_file_name = Path.Combine(dir,
8.         "trace_out.txt");
9.  
10.     Stream traceFile = File.Create(trace_file_name);
11.     listener = new TextWriterTraceListener(traceFile);
12.     Trace.Listeners.Add(listener);
13. }

I apologize for this stupid topic. Remove it, please. 

[kdub_nz]

I'll leave it for education purposes Andrey, if you don't mind.

[Atook]

I'll leave it for education purposes Andrey, if you don't mind.

Please do. seeing how other people create/solve problems is valuable.

[Andrey Bushman]

I'll leave it for education purposes Andrey, if you don't mind.

Please do. seeing how other people create/solve problems is valuable.

If it is interesting for you... The "adventures" aren't ended... Here is continuation, and here is a hope of appearing of decission.