TestContext.BeginTimer Method

When overridden in a derived class, begins a timer with the specified name.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustOverride Sub BeginTimer ( _
    timerName As String _
)

public abstract void BeginTimer(
    string timerName
)

public:
virtual void BeginTimer(
    String^ timerName
) abstract

abstract BeginTimer : 
        timerName:string -> unit

public abstract function BeginTimer(
    timerName : String
)

Parameters

• timerName
  Type: String

  The name of the timer to begin.

Remarks

A timer can be useful when a unit test is run in the context of a load test. In this case, the time between the calls to BeginTimer and EndTimer for a given timerName are reported as transaction times in the load test results.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

TestContext Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting Namespace

Other Resources

Using the TestContext Class