Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer 18.6.0

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.NET 8.0 This package targets .NET 8.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Standard 2.0 This package targets .NET Standard 2.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Framework 4.6.2 This package targets .NET Framework 4.6.2. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer --version 18.6.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer -Version 18.6.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer" Version="18.6.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer" Version="18.6.0" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer --version 18.6.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer, 18.6.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer@18.6.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer&version=18.6.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer&version=18.6.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer

The C# SDK for the Visual Studio Test Platform protocol. Use this package to programmatically discover and execute tests from IDEs, editors, or custom tools by communicating with vstest.console.

Usage

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer" Version="x.y.z" />

Example

var vstestConsolePath = "<path to vstest.console.exe or .dll>";
var consoleWrapper = new VsTestConsoleWrapper(vstestConsolePath);

consoleWrapper.StartSession();
consoleWrapper.InitializeExtensions(extensionPaths);

// Discover tests
consoleWrapper.DiscoverTests(testAssemblies, settings, discoveryHandler);

// Run tests
consoleWrapper.RunTests(testAssemblies, settings, executionHandler);
Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
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.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 is compatible.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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