Executing VSTS Performance test via Command Prompt

Question

I am executing VSTS Performance test (that is .webtest file) using the command prompt, test runs successfully when I specify the name of the result file explicitly. But when I don't specify that and I want VSTS to generate the result .trx file on its own (with timestamp and machine name), then the test fails.

Currently I am using this:

c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE>MSTest.exe/TestContainer:"C:\Path\TC.webtest" /testsettings:"C:\Path2\Local.testsettings"

and getting an error:

Error when trying to save result file: Could not find a part of the path 'c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\TestResults\username_Mac 2016-05-26 11_18_41.trx'.

Actually I don't have permissions to write to this location 'c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\', so I am getting this error.

Is there a way in which I can specify only the path of Result File through command prompt (where I have write permissions) and then VSTS will automatically creates the result file at that location with the naming syntax. In short I don't want to change the Result File name manually, every time test is executed via cmd, it should create a new file.

I have gone through the following links and using Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/slumley/2008/12/22/running-web-and-load-tests-from-the-command-line/

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee256991.aspx#Anchor_1

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj155804.aspx

Answer 1

The command used is

c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE>MSTest.exe/TestContainer:"C:\Path\TC.webtest" /testsettings:"C:\Path2\Local.testsettings"

This means that the current directory is

c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE

and the command being executed is

MSTest.exe/TestContainer:"C:\Path\TC.webtest" /testsettings:"C:\Path2\Local.testsettings"

In theses circumstances mstest.exe tries to write the results to a subdirectory of the current directory.

The solution is to set the current directory to be where you want the results, or to a parent of that directory. The following command should work:

cd C:\Path\
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\MSTest.exe" /TestContainer:"TC.webtest" /testsettings:"C:\Path2\Local.testsettings"