Installing the
Silk4NETVisual Studio Plug-in Manually
The
Silk4NETVisual Studio plug-in enables you to create Visual Basic or C# test scripts directly in
Visual Studio.
You can install the
Silk4NETVisual Studio plug-in when you install
Silk Test using the
Silk Test installation wizard.
Use this procedure:
If you upgrade your version of
Visual Studio after you install the
Silk4NET plug-in.
If you chose the
Install
Silk4NET manually option during installation.
Depending on the version of
Visual Studio, execute one of the following files:
For
Visual Studio 2010, execute
MicroFocus.SilkTest.Silk4NET.2010.vsix in the folder
<Silk Test installation directory>\ng\Silk4NET.
For
Visual Studio 2012 or later, execute
MicroFocus.SilkTest.Silk4NET.2012.vsix in the folder
<Silk Test installation directory>\ng\Silk4NET.
By default the location is
C:\Program Files\Silk\Silk Test\ng\Silk4NET.
Note: If the following message is displayed during the installation, you can safely ignore the message and resume:
This extension contains an invalid digital signature.
Depending on the version of
Visual Studio, copy the following files:
For
Visual Studio 2010, copy the file
<Silk Test installation directory>\ng\NTF\ SilkTest.Ntf.VisualStudio2010.DataCollector.dll to the folder
\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\DataCollectors\ in the
Visual Studio installation directory.
For
Visual Studio 2012, copy the file
<Silk Test installation directory>\ng\NTF\ SilkTest.Ntf.VisualStudio2012.DataCollector.dll to the folder
\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\DataCollectors\ in the
Visual Studio installation directory. Additionally, copy the file
<Silk Test installation directory>\ng\NTF\SilkTest.Ntf.VisualStudio2012.UnitTestingExtension.dll to the folder
\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow\Extensions\ in the
Visual Studio installation directory.
For
Visual Studio 2013, copy the file
<Silk Test installation directory>\ng\NTF\ SilkTest.Ntf.VisualStudio2013.DataCollector.dll to the folder
\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\DataCollectors\ in the
Visual Studio installation directory. Additionally, copy the file
<Silk Test installation directory>\ng\NTF\ SilkTest.Ntf.VisualStudio2013.UnitTestingExtension.dll to the folder
\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow\Extensions\ in the
Visual Studio installation directory.
For
Visual Studio 2015, copy the file
<Silk Test installation directory>\ng\NTF\ SilkTest.Ntf.VisualStudio2015.DataCollector.dll to the folder
\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\DataCollectors\ in the
Visual Studio installation directory. Additionally, copy the file
<Silk Test installation directory>\ng\NTF\ SilkTest.Ntf.VisualStudio2015.UnitTestingExtension.dll to the folder
\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow\Extensions\ in the
Visual Studio installation directory.
In
Visual Studio, verify that the menu option for
Silk4NET appears and that the
Silk4NET project is available from the
Installed Templates list.