Question

In my MSTest UnitTest project, before running any tests, I need to execute some commands. Is there a feature, kind of like Global.asax is for web based projects, that will let me kick off something before any tests run?

I should make it clear that when I say “execute some commands”, I don’t mean DOS commands, but execute some code.

Answer 1

If I understand correctly, you need to have some initialization code run before you start your tests. If that is indeed the case you should declare a method inside your unit-test class with the ClassInitializeAttribute like this:

[ClassInitialize]
public void ClassSetUp()
{
     //initialization code goes here...
}

Edit: there is also the AssemblyInitializeAttribute that will run before any other tests in assembly