{"id":3973,"date":"2012-11-08T03:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T03:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudioalm\/2012\/11\/08\/enabling-tracing-and-htmllogger-in-coded-ui-test\/"},"modified":"2019-02-14T17:57:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T01:57:58","slug":"enabling-tracing-and-htmllogger-in-coded-ui-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/enabling-tracing-and-htmllogger-in-coded-ui-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Enabling Tracing and HtmlLogger in Coded UI Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Enabling HtmlLogger & Tracing in Coded UI Test<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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There have been a few changes in Visual Studio 2012 how Coded UI Test are run & how to enable logging. Now we can have both .NET v4.0 & v4.5 type Coded UI Test projects. Note this is an extension to previous blog on enabling <\/span>tracing for Coded UI Test<\/span><\/a> which is also applicable for Coded UI Test as well.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Below are various ways for enabling logs in Coded UI Test<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Scenario<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Method to enable log<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Target framework version v4.0 & no App.config file present in the test project<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  1. Open <Visual Studio Installation Folder>Common7IDEQTAgent32_40.exe.config<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Modify value for EqtTraceLevel to the log level you want<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Save the file<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Target framework version v4.5 & no app.config file present in the test project<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  1. Open <Visual Studio Installation Folder>Common7IDEQTAgent32.exe.config<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Modify value for EqtTraceLevel to the log level you want<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Save the file<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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App.config file present in test project<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  1. Open App.config file in the project<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Add following entry under configuration node<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <system.diagnostics><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

        <switches><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

          <add name=”EqtTraceLevel” value=”4″ \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

        <\/switches><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

      <\/system.diagnostics><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Enabling logging from Test code itself<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Playback.PlaybackSettings.LoggerOverrideState = HtmlLoggerState.AllActionSnapshot;<\/p>\n

Please refer to <\/span>MSDN<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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These same settings are applicable for Visual Studio 2012 Test Agent as well. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Note: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the blog <\/span>Analyzing Coded UI Tests Using Coded UI Test Logs<\/span><\/a> there are two more configuration settings mentioned for enabling Html Logger in Coded UI Test.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    <add key=”EnableHtmlLogger” value=”true”\/><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    <add key=”EnableSnapshotInfo” value=”true”\/><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Both of these settings have been *deprecated*<\/strong> in Visual Studio 2012 RTM.  EqtTraceLevel is the only setting which is required to be modified to enable HtmlLogger<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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