Integrating Studio with Microsoft Visual Studio

HCL OneTest™ Embedded provides a special setup tool to configure runtime analysis tools with Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0.

Note Integration with Microsoft Visual Studio is only available with the Windows version of HCL OneTest™ Embedded Studio.

Installation

Both HCL OneTest™ Embedded and Microsoft Visual Studio must be installed on the same machine.

To install the Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 plug-in:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs HCL® Software > HCL OneTest™ Embedded Software HCL OneTest™ Embedded, Tools and HCL OneTest™ EmbeddedPlug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio Install to add the new menu items to Microsoft Visual Studio

To uninstall the plug-in:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs > HCL OneTest™ Embedded Software > HCL OneTest™ Embedded Software, HCL OneTest™ Embedded, Tools andHCL OneTest™ Embedded Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio Uninstall to remove the plug-in from Microsoft Visual Studio.

To install the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET plug-in:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select All Programs > HCL OneTest™ Embedded Software > HCL OneTest™ Embedded > Tools > TDP Editor.

  2. In the TDP Editor, select File > Open and open cvisual7.xdp located in the <install_directory>/ targets/xml directory.

  3. Under Basic Settings > For All, set the INSTALL_PLUGIN key to TRUE.

  4. Save cvisual7.xdp and close the TDP Editor.

To uninstall the plug-in:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select All Programs > HCL OneTest™ Embedded Software > HCL OneTest™ Embedded > Tools > TDP Editor.

  2. In the TDP Editor, select File > Open and open cvisual7.xdp located in the <install_directory>/ targets/xml directory.

  3. Under Basic Settings > For All, set the INSTALL_PLUGIN key to FALSE.

  4. Save cvisual7.xdp and close the TDP Editor.

Configuration

The HCL OneTest™ Embedded setup for Microsoft Visual Studio tool allows you to set up and activate coverage types and instrumentation options for HCL OneTest™ Embedded Studio runtime analysis features, without leaving Microsoft Visual Studio.

To run the product Setup for Microsoft Visual Studio:

In Microsoft Visual Studio, two new items are added to the Tools menu:

  • HCL OneTest™ Embedded Viewer:this launches the Studio user interface, providing access to reports generated by HCL OneTest™ Embedded runtime analysis and test features.

  • HCL OneTest™ Embedded Options:this launches the Setup for Microsoft Visual Studio tool.

The following commands are available:

  • Apply:Applies the changes made

  • OK:Apply the choices made and leave the window

  • Enable or Disable: Enable or Disable the runtime analysis tools

  • Cancel:Cancels modifications

Code Coverage Instrumentation Options

See About Code Coverage and the sections about coverage types.

  • Function instrumentation:

    • SelectNoneto disable instrumentation of function inputs, outputs and termination instructions.

    • SelectFunctionsto instrument function inputs only.

    • SelectExitsto instrument function inputs, outputs and termination instructions.

  • Function calls instrumentation (C only):

    • SelectNoneto disable function call instrumentation.

    • SelectCallsto enable function call instrumentation.

  • Block instrumentation

    • SelectNoneto disable block instrumentation.

    • SelectStatement Blocksto instrument simple blocks only.

    • SelectImplicit Blocksto instrument simple and implicit blocks.

    • SelectLoopsto instrument implicit blocks and loops.

  • Condition instrumentation (C only)

    • SelectNoneto disable condition instrumentation

    • SelectBasicto instrument basic conditions

    • SelectModified/Multipleto instrument multiple

    • SelectForcedto instrument forced multiple conditions

  • No Ternaries Code Coverage:when this option is selected, simple blocks corresponding for the ternary expression true and false branches are not instrumented

  • Instrumentation Mode:see Information Modes for more information.

    • Pass mode:allows you to distinguish covered branches from those not covered.

    • Count mode:The number of times each branch is executed is displayed in addition to the pass mode information in the coverage report.

    • Compact mode:The compact mode is similar to the Pass mode. But each branch is stored in one bit instead of one byte to reduce overhead.

Other Options

  • Dump:this specifies the dump mode:

    • SelectNoneto dump on exit of the application

    • SelectCallingto dump on call of the specified function

    • SelectIncomingto dump when entering the specified function

    • SelectReturningto dump when exiting from the specified function

  • Static Files Directory:allows you to specify where the.fdcand.tsffiles are to be generated

  • Runtime Tracing:this option activates the Runtime Tracing runtime analysis feature

  • Memory Profiling:this option activates the Memory Profiling runtime analysis feature

  • Performance Profiling:this option activates the Performance Profiling runtime analysis feature

  • Other:allows you to specify additional command-line options that are not available using the buttons. See the Reference help for a complete list of Instrumentor options.

Related Topics

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