Visual Studio 2015 IntelliTest: The selected type is not visible and cannot be explored

Question

I have the following code :

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var area = AreaofSquare(5.0);
    }

    static double AreaofSquare(double side)
    {
        double area;
        area = Math.Pow(side, 2);
        return area;
    }
}

When I right click on the AreaofSquare method and select Run IntelliTest, I get this error message:

The selected type is not visible and cannot be explored

Why this error?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '15 at 07:32

IntelliTest only works with public methods. Change the access modifier to public and it works.

using System;

public class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var area = AreaofSquare(5.0);
    }

    public static double AreaofSquare(double side)
    {
        double area;
        area = Math.Pow(side, 2);
        return area;
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '15 at 15:17

Starting with the Visual Studio 2015 RTM release, we have added a "Create IntelliTest" command. This command can be run on non-public members as well, and emits a parameterized unit test and the necessary InternalsVisibleTo attributes. You can subsequently invoke the "Run IntelliTest" command on this parameterized unit test or its associated code-under-test and explore it. Please see here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2015/07/25/unit-test-generators-extensibility-hats-off-to-our-community.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0, for context.

Visual Studio 2015 IntelliTest: The selected type is not visible and cannot be explored

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