Today I decided I wanted a quick way to launch a specific MxUnit test file from within EditPlus. It turns out the handy UserTools menu comes to the rescue again.

  1. Create a new User Tool - I called mine UnitTest

  2. Command: c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

  3. Argument: http://localhost/$(ProjectName)/unittests/$(Prompt)/$(FileName)?method=runTestRemote

You’ll notice I have the argument ${ProjectName} in there. I did this so my tool would be fairly generic and usable across each project I’m working on. In order for it to work, however, you need to use EditPlus’s built in “Project” tool and create a project. Your project name should match up to whatever your projects webroot directory is called. So if you are working on a project accessible via http://localhost/myUnitTestDemo then your project name should be myUnitTestDemo even if the directory your files in is named something else (and you just have it aliased in your webserver).

I also have a $(Prompt) argument there. This lets me specify what directory, relative to my base “unittests” directory the file I am testing is in.

Finally the $(FileName) argument does limit me in requiring that I have the MxUnit test file I want open and active before using the tool. However, that seems like a decent sacrifice to me over having to type in the URL for the entire file each time I want to run a test.

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