{"id":5783,"date":"2012-01-01T05:04:52","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T05:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudioalm\/2012\/01\/01\/how-to-associate-automation-programmatically\/"},"modified":"2019-02-14T18:00:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T02:00:24","slug":"how-to-associate-automation-programmatically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/how-to-associate-automation-programmatically\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: Associate automation programmatically"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my previous post<\/a>, I mentioned about tcm testcase \/import<\/a> scenario.  The tcm testcase \/import associates the test case artifact with automation (which is unit test or other test type).<\/p>\n

Another FAQ related to this scenario is –<\/p>\n

Q:<\/strong> How can I programmatically associate automation (because I want to do some customization of my own)?<\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> You can simply use the below code snippet.  (You will need to add the same references as in previous post).<\/p>\n

\n
\/\/\/ <summary><\/span>
\/\/\/ Associates an automation to the test case.<\/span>
\/\/\/ <\/summary><\/span>
\/\/\/ <param name="testCase">The test case artifact to which to associate automation<\/param><\/span>
\/\/\/ <param name="automationTestName">The automation test name. It should be fully<\/span>
\/\/\/ qualified of format "Namespace.ClassName.TestMethodName.<\/param><\/span>
\/\/\/ <param name="automationTestType">The automation test type like "CodedUITest".<\/param><\/span>
\/\/\/ <param name="automationStorageName">The assembly name containing the above<\/span>
\/\/\/ test method without path like MyTestProject.dll.<\/param><\/span>
private<\/span> void<\/span> AssociateAutomation(ITestCase testCase,
    string<\/span> automationTestName, string<\/span> automationTestType, string<\/span> automationStorageName)
{
    \/\/ Build automation guid<\/span>
    SHA1CryptoServiceProvider crypto = new<\/span> SHA1CryptoServiceProvider();
    byte<\/span>[] bytes = new<\/span> byte<\/span>[16];
    Array.Copy(crypto.ComputeHash(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(automationTestName)), bytes, bytes.Length);
    Guid automationGuid = new<\/span> Guid(bytes);

    \/\/ Create the associated automation.<\/span>
    testCase.Implementation = testCase.Project.CreateTmiTestImplementation(
            automationTestName, automationTestType,
            automationStorageName, automationGuid);

    \/\/ Save the test. If you are doing this for lots of test, you can consider<\/span>
    \/\/ bulk saving too (outside of this method) for performance reason.<\/span>
    testCase.Save();
}
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