Is there any .runsettings documentation? - visual-studio

Question

I'm looking for documentation for .runsettings files as used with vstest. Is there an xsd?
I can't seem to find much except for a few example files in the msdn documentation.

Answer 1

Runsettings (VS2012) are similar to testsettings (VS2010) where testsettings is specific to tests written for MSTest. VS2012 supports settings for different adapters. As such, the schema isn't a closed system so an XSD would not be comprehensive.
This MSDN article lists some high level details (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj635153.aspx) for the elements in the runsettings file.
Here's a snippet from that article.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RunSettings>
<!-- Configurations that affect the Test Framework -->
<RunConfiguration>
<MaxCpuCount>1</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>x86</TargetPlatform>
<!-- Framework35 | [Framework40] | Framework45 -->
<TargetFrameworkVersion>Framework40</TargetFrameworkVersion>
<!-- Path to Test Adapters -->
<TestAdaptersPaths>%SystemDrive%\Temp\foo;%SystemDrive%\Temp\bar</TestAdaptersPaths>
</RunConfiguration>
<!-- Configurations for data collectors -->
<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>
<Exclude>
<ModulePath>.*CPPUnitTestFramework.*</ModulePath>
</Exclude>
</ModulePaths>
</CodeCoverage>
</Configuration>
</DataCollector>
</DataCollectors>
</DataCollectionRunSettings>
<!-- Parameters used by tests at runtime -->
<TestRunParameters>
<Parameter name="webAppUrl" value="http://localhost" />
<Parameter name="webAppUserName" value="Admin" />
<Parameter name="webAppPassword" value="Password" />
</TestRunParameters>
<!-- Adapter Specific sections -->
<!-- MSTest adapter -->
<MSTest>
<MapInconclusiveToFailed>True</MapInconclusiveToFailed>
<CaptureTraceOutput>false</CaptureTraceOutput>
<DeleteDeploymentDirectoryAfterTestRunIsComplete>False</DeleteDeploymentDirectoryAfterTestRunIsComplete>
<DeploymentEnabled>False</DeploymentEnabled>
<AssemblyResolution>
<Directory Path>"D:\myfolder\bin\" includeSubDirectories="false"/>
</AssemblyResolution>
</MSTest>
</RunSettings>

Answer 2

I found further information on runsettings (specific to code coverage) here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj159530%28v=vs.110%29.aspx