Finding the starting point of an open source program.

I have been tasked with extending the functionality of an open source database unit testing suite called DbFIT (http://gojko.net/fitnesse/dbfit and http://fitnesse.info/dbfit).

My experience with C# is from a website prospective.

I have the assemblies for DbFIT, how do I locate the starting point of the program/ project?

using Red Gate's .NET Reflector I found the EXE.

When I loaded up the Project File it just gives me the following code.

What is my next move?

<VisualStudioProject>
  <CSHARP ProjectType="local" ProjectVersion="7.10.3077" SchemaVersion="2.0" ProjectGuid="f9ba497a-1c82-40bd-a252-0c1bf593d082">
    <Build>
      <Settings AssemblyName="TestRunner" DefaultClientScript="JScript" DefaultHTMLPageLayout="Grid" DefaultTargetSchema="IE50" DelaySign="false" OutputType="Exe">
        <Config Name="Debug" AllowUnsafeBlocks="true" DefineConstants="DEBUG;TRACE" DebugSymbols="true" IncrementalBuild="false" NoStdLib="false" Optimize="false" OutputPath="bin\Debug\" WarningLevel="4" />
        <Config Name="Release" AllowUnsafeBlocks="true" DefineConstants="TRACE" DebugSymbols="false" IncrementalBuild="false" NoStdLib="false" Optimize="true" OutputPath="bin\Release\" WarningLevel="4" />
      </Settings>
      <References>
        <Reference Name="fit" AssemblyName="fit" />
      </References>
    </Build>
    <Files>
      <Include>
        <File RelPath="AssemblyInfo.cs" SubType="Code" BuildAction="Compile" />
        <File RelPath="Global.cs" SubType="Code" BuildAction="Compile" />
        <File RelPath="TestRunner\TestRunnerMain.cs" SubType="Code" BuildAction="Compile" />
      </Include>
    </Files>
  </CSHARP>
</VisualStudioProject>

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Carl TawnSystems and Integration DeveloperCommented: 2011-03-08

The <Include> section show you the source files included in the project. So, your entry point is going to be in either "Global.cs" or "TestRunnerMain.cs".

If it is an actual EXE application, rather than a DLL, you need to find the method called "main". That method is the entrypoint.

Mr_ShawAuthor Commented: 2011-03-08

thanks

Finding the starting point of an open source program.

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