TFS SDK 2010 – Part 5 – Create a new Test Case work item

In Part 1 I have described how to access the Application Instance of the TFS server. This post describes how you can create a new test case based on the TestManagement capabilities. In later posts I will show what you can do more with the test management.

In order to get access to the work items, add a reference to:

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestManagement.Client
• WindowBase (which you can find on the .Net tab in the Add Reference Dialog)

You can find the dll’s in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0

Then you have to add the following using statements:

using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestManagement.Client;

You can now create the work items with the following code:

// Get the work item store
ITestManagementService tms = tfai.GetTeamFoundationServer(tpc.Id).GetService<ITestManagementService>();

// Get the team project
var project = tms.GetTeamProject("Agile");

var testCase = project.TestCases.Create();
testCase.Title = "Browse my blog";

var navigateToSiteStep = testCase.CreateTestStep();
navigateToSiteStep.Title = "Navigate to \"http://www.ewaldhofman.nl\"";
testCase.Actions.Add(navigateToSiteStep);

var clickOnFirstPostStep = testCase.CreateTestStep();
clickOnFirstPostStep.Title = "Click on the first post in the summary";
clickOnFirstPostStep.ExpectedResult = "The details of the post are visible";
testCase.Actions.Add(clickOnFirstPostStep);

testCase.Save();

The result is a new test case with two steps in it: