How to run CMake unit tests with MSBuild.exe

Upon generating a Vistual Studio project from a CMake build file, CMake generates a solution with a sub-project called RUN_TESTS.vcproj that runs all unit tests a开发者_运维知识库s a post build action.

How can you invoke the RUN_TESTS from the command prompt using msbuild.exe?

Running msbuild RUN_TESTS.vcproj from the build directory does not work.

Under UNIX you would do a simple make test for Makefiles generated by CMake.

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There seems to be no way to run the tests through MSBuild.exe. You can invoke the tests with the executable ctest.exe which is part of the CMake installation:

ctest -C "Debug"

This will run the tests associated with the project's "Debug" configuration.

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You need open an "Administrator: Visual Studio Command Pormpt" that you can find under the Visual Studio tool. Then, running "msbuild RUN_TESTS.vcproj" should work.

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You could also use CMake to build:

cd <path_to_build_dir>
cmake.exe --build . --target RUN_TESTS --config release

The --build functionality of CMake wraps around the build-system you're using, so in your case it would use MsBuild, on Linux it would use g++ or similar. It's a good solution if you want to provide portable build-scripts for your project.

Admittedly you would rather use the above for building the INSTALL target. CTest is the tool of choice in your case.