OpenCover Action

Target Application

The name of the target application or service that will be started; this can also be a path to the target application.

This can either be used to point to your application or service, or to your testing software executable, such as NUnit or MSTest.

When executing your testing software you can use expressions and refer to your software through continua. For example, you can call your NUnit executable with '$Agent.NUnit.2.6.1.Path$'.

Target Application is a service

The value provided in the Target Application field is the name of a service rather than a name of a process.

Target Directory

The directory in which to execute the target application. If the directory is provided above, then this can be an alternate path where PDB files may be found.

Target Arguments

Arguments to be passed to the target process.

Output Xml

The location and name of the output xml file.

Using

The Using drop down is populated with any property collector whose namespace matches the pattern defined by the OpenCover Action. The pattern for this action is ^OpenCover\.Console.*

If you create a property collector for this action, make sure you select the Path Finder PlugIn type and give it a name that will match the pattern above in blue. Example names listed here, search the table's Plugin column for "OpenCover".

For more in-depth explanations on property collectors see Managing Property Collectors.

Alternatively, you can select the Custom option from the Using drop down list and specify a path in the resulting input field that will be displayed. Please read Why it's a good idea to use a property collector before using this option.

Coverage Filter

A list of filters to apply to selectively include or exclude assemblies and classes from coverage results.

Coverage Filter uses the following PartCover syntax: ±[module-filter]class-filter. (*) can be used as a wildcard character. An exclusion filter (-) takes precedence over an inclusion filter (+).

Each filter should appear on a new line.

If no Coverage Filter is provided then the +[*]* (include all assemblies and classes) filter is used.

Apply default filter

Applies the following default OpenCover filters:

-[mscorlib]*

-[mscorlib.*]*

-[System]*

-[System.*]*

-[Microsoft.VisualBasic]*

These filters are applied by default and should be applied for most applications.

Exclude by Attribute

Exclude a class or method by filter(s) that match attributes that have been applied. An * can be used as a wildcard.

Note that this field does not use the PartCover Syntax.

Each exclusion should appear on a new line.

Exclude by File

Exclude a class (or methods) by filter(s) that match the provided file names. An * can be used as a wildcard.