Tool Path

This option specifies the path to NCover on your system.

ToolPath="C:\Program Files\NCover\"

Test Runner Exe

The test application that NCover should collect coverage data for. In many cases this is a unit test runner, like nunit-console.exe or MSTest.exe.

Note:In cases where IIS or Services are being covered, this argument can be used to specify a test application to use to test those services.

TestRunnerExe="nunit-console.exe"

Test Runner Args

The command line arguments for your test runner, as given with the TestRunnerExe option.

<NCover TestRunnerExe="nunit-console.exe" TestRunnerArgs="TestAssembly1.dll TestAssembly2.dll" />

Coverage Metric

By default, NCover reports on all coverage metrics (permitted by the license). If you're not interested in all of the coverage metrics, you can restrict the metrics reported on using the "CoverageType" option.

CoverageType="Symbol, Branch, MethodVisits"

Exclude Attributes

Namespaces, Classes, and Methods with an attribute that matches one of the regular expressions will be excluded from coverage. The fully-qualified name of the attribute is used.

ExcludeAttributes="System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute"

Exclude Assemblies

Complete Edition Feature

Quick breakdown of what options are available


            : Exclusion  : Inclusion

Assembly    : yes        : yes
Type        : yes        : yes
Method      : yes        : NO
Attribute   : yes        : yes
Source File : yes        : yes

ExcludeAssemblies=".vendorsupplied.;.tests"

ExcludeFiles="D:\castletech\operations\dev\ncover\resources\setting.cs"

ExcludeMethods=".MyClass.Method1;.OtherNamespace.MyClass+InnerClass.Method2"

ExcludeTypes=".vendorsupplied.;.test"

Include Attributes

Complete Edition Feature

Namespaces, Classes, and Methods that don't have an attribute that matches one of the regular expressions will be excluded from coverage. The fully-qualified name of the attribute is used.

IncludeAttributes="System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute"

Include Assemblies

Assemblies that do not match a regular expression in this list will be excluded from coverage (the assembly name does not include the extension). If the list is empty, then all assemblies will be included into coverage (unless they are excluded for some other reason).<br /> Note: The assembly name should not include the filename extension.

IncludeAssemblies=".vendorsupplied.;.tests"

IncludeFiles="D:\castletech\operations\dev\ncover\resources\setting.cs"

IncludeTypes=".vendorsupplied.;Castle."

Disable Autoexclusion

Turn on/off auto-exclusion of compiler-generated code

IncludeAutoGenCode="true"

Only Assemblies With Source

By default, NCover will gather which coverage metrics it can from all loaded assemblies, including assemblies without source information available. Telling NCover to gather coverage only from assemblies with source will make it ignore assemblies that do not have source information available. However, if an assembly is included in the IncludedAssemblies list, then NCover will gather coverage information from that assembly, even if no source information is available.

OnlyAssembliesWithSource="true"

Process Name

When set, NCover will cover all processes whose name is an exact case-insensitive match of the given process name.

CoverChildProcess="svchost.exe"

Cover All Processes

Makes NCover cover all processes that it starts either directly or indirectly.
Default: False

CoverAll="True"

Symbol Search Policy

Set where NCover will search for PDBs for the assemblies it covers
Values: "Registry","SymbolServer","BuildPath","ExecutingDir"
Default Value: "Registry, SymbolServer, BuildPath, ExecutingDir"

SymbolSearchLocations="SymbolServer, BuildPath"