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

From: Richard (legalize+jeeves_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-02 18:49:27

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boost-users_at_[hidden] spake the secret code
<496954360805020809x753340e4yde78507203927d58_at_[hidden]> thusly:

>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.

How are you running the unit test?  What I do is set the unit test as
a build event on the code its supposed to test and that sends the
output of the unit test console app to the build output window.

>In both cases, I would like for the
>console dialog to pause, as it does with a call to system( "pause" );

If you do this, how is the automated build supposed to proceed?
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