VS2015 UserControlTestContainer

Introduction
UserControlTestContainer is a tool provided my Microsoft in Visual Studio to test the run-time behavior of UserControl. This tool is useful when come to verify properties of a user control especially during development phase.


VS2010
In VS2010, the tool is automatically launched when we run a Class Library project which contains user control.


VS2015
The tool is still shipped with VS2015, located at ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\UserControlTestContainer.exe". However, it is no longer launch from Visual Studio automatically.

The good news is we still can manually add this tool to Visual Studio 2015 IDE from "External Tools" using the following configuration for new tool entry. External Tools configuration window is located at Tools - External Tools..."
  • Title: UserControl Test Container
  • Command: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\UserControlTestContainer.exe
  • Arguments: $(TargetName)$(TargetExt)
  • Initial Directory: $(BinDir)
  • Prompt for arguments: Unchecked
This will bring back UserControlTestContainer back to VS2015.



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