Integrating PartCover.NET with NAnt

Question

I'm trying to integrate PartCover.NET with NAnt and CruiseControl.NET I can run PartCover.NET browser without problems, but it does not work once I try to run it in an NAnt task (in my CCNET build).

There must be an issue with my NAnt target but I can't find it. Maybe someone had experienced the same issues in the past?.

    <target name="CoverageUnitTest" description="Code coverage of unit tests">
    <exec program="${PartCover.exe}">
        <arg value="--target=${NUnit.console}" />
        <arg value="--target-work-dir=${project.dir}\bin\${configuration}"/>
        <arg value="--target-args=${project}.dll" />
        <arg value="--output=C:\partcover.xml" />
        <arg value="--include=[*]*" />
    </exec>
</target>

In CruiseControl, I got the following error message: [exec] Invalid option '--target C:\NUnit\bin\nunit-console.exe'

Build Error: NAnt.Core.BuildException
External Program Failed: C:\PartCover\PartCover.exe (return code was -1)
in C:\default.build line: 20 col: 4

   at NAnt.Core.Tasks.ExternalProgramBase.ExecuteTask()
   at NAnt.Core.Tasks.ExecTask.ExecuteTask()
   at NAnt.Core.Task.Execute()
   at NAnt.Core.Target.Execute()
   at NAnt.Core.Project.Execute(String targetName, Boolean forceDependencies)
   at NAnt.Core.Project.Execute()
   at NAnt.Core.Project.Run()

thanks ! David

I found the answers on how to integrate it thanks to the following blog post. blog.dynamicprogrammer.com/… — davandries

The Chairman The Chairman · Accepted Answer · 2009-08-07T06:07:30

As You may have noticed this task is rather complicated. It drove me to the edge of insanity but at last I got it running.

Here is some general advice:

use PartCover version 2.2 instead of 2.3 since the latter is a dev version that seems to be unstable.
remember to register PartCover.CorDriver.dll.
passing arguments is the hardest part if You need to quote paths. I finally decided to use a configuration file and pass it via --settings.

Integrating PartCover.NET with NAnt

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