UnitTestOutcome Enumeration (Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting)

UnitTestOutcome Enumeration

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UnitTestOutcome Enumeration

Use UnitTestOutcome to programmatically determine the outcome of a test that has run or is currently running.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic

Public Enumeration UnitTestOutcome

public enum UnitTestOutcome

Visual C++

public enum class UnitTestOutcome

type UnitTestOutcome

JScript

public enum UnitTestOutcome

Members

	Member name	Description
	Failed	The test failed.
	Inconclusive	An Assert.Inconclusive was raised.
	Passed	The test passed.
	InProgress	The test is currently running.
	Error
	Timeout
	Aborted
	Unknown	The outcome of the test is unknown.

Remarks

The members of this class contain a subset of all the possible test outcomes. For more information, see Basic Test Results.

You can refer to this class, for example, from a test method or a test-cleanup method that follows a unit test.

The UnitTestOutcome is passed in the TestContext.

Examples

You could compare TestContext.Outcome with UnitTestOutcome.Failed to determine the result of a specific test, and then take appropriate action, such as deleting certain files from the hard disk.

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace