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Hi HawVer.

I just checked both C# Express 2005 and 2008 - both versions lack the ability to specify startup behavior for the project. So you've never been able to do this in C# Express, but the full Visual Studio certainly has this capability.

In your situation, you might consider creating a separate scratch pad project which C# Express can start. In that project you can use and test out the things from your class library. You might also consider creating a test project to house unit tests for this component you're building.

Hope this helps!

Scott Nonnenberg

ScottNonnenbergMSFT at 2007-10-3 >


<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
<StartAction>Program</StartAction>
<StartProgram>[PATH TO EXE]\nunit.exe</StartProgram>
<StartArguments>[PATH TO DLL]Tests.dll</StartArguments>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
<StartAction>Program</StartAction>
<StartProgram>[PATH TO EXE]\nunit.exe</StartProgram>
<StartArguments>[PATH TO DLL]Tests.dll</StartArguments>
</PropertyGroup>
</Project>

Replace [PATH TO EXE] and [PATH TO DLL] with the correct values for your system. After re-opening your project with Visual Studio Express you are able to debug your tests by simply pressing F5.

Happy debugging!

gotcf.net at 2007-10-3 >