I've been receiving this exception when trying to run mspec specification tests with TD.NET.
------ Test started: Assembly: DesignRightWeb.Specs.dll ------
Error: Runner failure: System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: Type is not resolved for member 'Machine.Specifications.Runner.RunOptions,Machine.Specifications, Version=0.3.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
at System.AppDomain.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap(String assemblyName, String typeName, Boolean ignoreCase, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes, Evidence securityAttributes)
at Machine.Specifications.Runner.Impl.AppDomainRunner.CreateRunnerAndUnloadAppDomain(String runMethod, AppDomain appDomain, Assembly assembly, Object[] args) in d:\BuildAgent- 01\work\340c36596c29db8\Source\Machine.Specifications\Runner\Impl\AppDomainRunner.cs:line 81
Test 'T:DesignRightWeb.Specs.given_a_string_calculator' failed: Type is not resolved for member 'Machine.Specifications.Runner.RunOptions,Machine.Specifications, Version=0.3.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: Type is not resolved for member 'Machine.Specifications.Runner.RunOptions,Machine.Specifications, Version=0.3.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
at System.AppDomain.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap(String assemblyName, String typeName, Boolean ignoreCase, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes, Evidence securityAttributes)
at Machine.Specifications.Runner.Impl.AppDomainRunner.CreateRunnerAndUnloadAppDomain(String runMethod, AppDomain appDomain, Assembly assembly, Object[] args)
at Machine.Specifications.Runner.Impl.AppDomainRunner.RunMember(Assembly assembly, MemberInfo member)
at Machine.Specifications.TDNetRunner.SpecificationRunner.RunMember(ITestListener testListener, Assembly assembly, MemberInfo member)
at TestDriven.TestRunner.AdaptorTestRunner.Run(ITestListener testListener, ITraceListener traceListener, String assemblyPath, String testPath)
at TestDriven.TestRunner.ThreadTestRunner.Runner.Run()
0 passed, 1 failed, 0 skipped, took 1.12 seconds (MSpec).
I've tried installing MSpec straight from Github and also installed it using NuGet. After that - while receiving this same exception - I uninstalled TD.NET and re-installed TD.NET. Still receiving this exception.
Any ideas? Thoughts? Solutions?
Could be you need to register the MSpec test runner into TestDriven.NET? Check out this post to help you:
http://eduncan911.com/blog/registering-mspec-runners-for-testdriven-net-on-windows-x64.aspx