Re: [Boost-users] [test] Automating system("pause")

From: Kenny Riddile (kfriddile_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-02 12:10:27

Kenny Riddile wrote:
> Robert Dailey wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Currently in Visual Studio, running a console application as a unit 
>> test results in the dialog immediately disappearing after it is done 
>> executing, regardless of success or failure. In both cases, I would 
>> like for the console dialog to pause, as it does with a call to 
>> system( "pause" );. Is there some preprocessor directive I can define 
>> to make this happen? Since Boost.Test is a framework, it is the 
>> responsibility of boost to do this. If it doesn't do it at all, I 
>> could just as easily go into the source code and add that logic 
>> myself if I need to.
>>
>> Help is appreciated.
>>
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> If you're just trying to run it from the IDE, I believe running 
> without debugging (ctrl-F5 instead of just F5) will do what you want.
>
I just noticed the word "automating" in the subject which suggests you 
aren't trying to run from the IDE.  Couldn't you simply make a batch 
file that runs the test program and then calls "pause" and have your 
system run that instead of modifying boost code?  Forcing user 
interaction doesn't sound to "automated" though...