COM and unit tests

>Hi Blair,
>
>I have a particular TestCase subclass with five or so tests.  Individually
>they all run to completion.  The first test will auto-activate a COM server,
>also written in Dolphin and deployed to an exe.  With the server _not_
>running, and all tests run via Run-all in the SUnit browser, the image stops
>respondnig shortly after the first test runs - I'm still trying to bracket
>exactly where it hangs, and it might not be consistent.  I have yet to lock
>it up if the COM server is running before the tests start.
>
>Is it reasonable to assume that the problem has something to do with failure
>to serve the message queue before freeing one interface pointer and grabbing
>another?  Any other theories or suggestions for fixing it?  I don't want to
>dismiss the problem too easily just in case it's pointing to a real problem
>and not merely an artifact of trying to test inherently asynchronous
>activity (which has been a big issue with some of the other tests in this
>class).
>
>Have a good one,
>
>Bill
>
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>Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D.
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>Joseph,
>
>>There are a couple of issues/possible problems here. In order to help,
>>I'd need to know whether the tests work when run with the standard SUnit
>>TestRunner.
>>
>
>The behavior is identical.  Running the COM server first allows the tests to
>run to completion; it locks up and fails to display a mouse cursor when the
>COM server is allowed to auto-activate during the first test.
>

>>Also, presuming test ordering (as you said, the first test
>>will auto-activate the COM server) is definitely not the way to
>>implement things. TestResources would be the way to do it. Please give
>>me a bit more info, and I'll be happy to coach you through what to do
>>
>here.
>
>What else do you need?  I've wondered what test resources were all about.
>One thing though: I'm still entertaining the thought that there is something
>really wrong here, and if that's the case, one could argue that moving the
>activation to a resource would be masking the bug.  With that said, please
>start coaching.
>