Introducing RemoteInstall Test F

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2.  Many new MSI installers authored in 2008
 Large Matrix of Supported Scenarios
◦ Windows 2000, XP, 2003, 2008, Vista
◦ Upgrade from 11 versions of Application A
◦ Upgrade from 4 versions of Application B
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3.  Testing at Unit Test level
 Developer writes and runs tests
 Continuous Integration
 Incremental Coverage
 Reduced complexity
 Single effort
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4. C# Library
◦Integration with NUnit
Command-Line Tool
◦Integration with CruiseControl
Define Installers
MSBuild
ANT
Nunit Produce Boolean Results
Success
Define Infrastructure Execute Failure
VMWare Workstation RemoteInstaller
VMWare ESX
Snapshots
Snapshots
Snapshots

5.  A Single MSI
 Latest Build Installer
 A Bootstrapped .EXE Installer
 Specific DNI type
 Command-line arguments to separate installers
 Multiple Installers
 Installer Sequences
 LIFO, FIFO, Clean, Alternate
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6.  VMWare Workstation
 VMWare ESX
 Snapshots
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7.  NUnit
 Command-line Tool
 Template-based from MSBuild
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8.  Simple Test
 Product Usage
◦ Test Results
◦ CruiseControl Integration
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9.  Variable substitution
◦ ${env.Name}
 Environment variables.
◦ ${var.Name}
 A variable defined on the command line. Simple append name=value to the command line.
◦ ${folder.SpecialFolderName}
 Special folders. The following special folder names are supported.
 Combining Output
 Execution Pipeline
◦ Clean, alternate, FIFO, LIFO
 Collecting Additional Files
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