Question

When using “Coded UI tests” in Visual Studio 2010, is there an easy way to start the application under test (AUT) only if the AUT is not already running?

I know that I can implement such a piece of startup code from scratch, but I wonder whether the Visual Studio test framework offers something out of the box.

Answer 1

It seems as if this can be done using this code:

[TestInitialize]
public void MyTestInitialize()
{
    if (_application != null)
    {
        return;
    }
    Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("ApplicationUnderTest");
    if (processes.Length > 0)
    {
        _application = ApplicationUnderTest.FromProcess(processes[0]);
    }
    else
    {
        _application = ApplicationUnderTest.Launch(@"C:\Path\To\ApplicationUnderTest.exe");
    }
}

The AUT is launched only if it is not already running.