TFS 2015 with x64 unit tests

Question

I am using TFS 2015 with CI, and after a successful build for x64, the unit test should also run on x64. But instead, they run on x86, which causes most tests to fail.

To build for x64, it was enough to set the $ (BuildPlatform) variable to x64, but for the test this has no effect.

I get the output for the test as follows:

2016-05-03T06:42:38.7749398Z Microsoft (R) Test Execution Command Line Tool Version 14.0.25123.0 2016-05-03T06:42:38.7749398Z Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. 2016-05-03T06:42:38.9155623Z Starting test execution, please wait... 2016-05-03T06:42:39.4155556Z Test run will use DLL(s) built for framework Framework45 and platform X86. Following DLL(s) will not be part of run: ...

What do I need to do to check TFS using x64?

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Found the answer: you need the file test.runsettings, where x64 is specified.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<!-- File name extension must be .runsettings -->

<RunSettings>
  <RunConfiguration>
    <MaxCpuCount>4</MaxCpuCount>
    <!-- Path relative to solution directory -->
    <ResultsDirectory>.\TestResults</ResultsDirectory>

    <!-- [x86] | x64  
  - You can also change it from menu Test, Test Settings, Default Processor Architecture -->
    <TargetPlatform>x64</TargetPlatform>

    <!-- Framework35 | [Framework40] | Framework45 -->
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>Framework45</TargetFrameworkVersion>
  </RunConfiguration>
  <DataCollectionRunSettings>
    <DataCollectors>
      <DataCollector friendlyName="Code Coverage" uri="datacollector://Microsoft/CodeCoverage/2.0" assemblyQualifiedName="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Coverage.DynamicCoverageDataCollector, Microsoft.VisualStudio.TraceCollector, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a">
        <Configuration>
          <CodeCoverage>
            <ModulePaths>
              <Include>
                <ModulePath>.*\.dll$</ModulePath>
              </Include>
              <Exclude>
                <ModulePath>.*CPPUnitTestFramework.*</ModulePath>
              </Exclude>
            </ModulePaths>
            <Attributes>
              <Exclude>
                <!-- Don’t forget "Attribute" at the end of the name -->
                <Attribute>^System.Diagnostics.DebuggerHiddenAttribute$</Attribute>
                <Attribute>^System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute$</Attribute>
                <Attribute>^System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute$</Attribute>
                <Attribute>^System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute$</Attribute>
                <Attribute>^System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.ExcludeFromCodeCoverageAttribute$</Attribute>
              </Exclude>
            </Attributes>
            <UseVerifiableInstrumentation>True</UseVerifiableInstrumentation>
            <AllowLowIntegrityProcesses>True</AllowLowIntegrityProcesses>
            <CollectFromChildProcesses>True</CollectFromChildProcesses>
            <CollectAspDotNet>False</CollectAspDotNet>
          </CodeCoverage>
        </Configuration>
      </DataCollector>
    </DataCollectors>
  </DataCollectionRunSettings>
</RunSettings>