i am getting an error from a bat file saying directory or filename not right but i can not see why as the directory or file points correctly

Hi, Thanks for your comments but as you can see below i still run into problem as below, i have shortened the paths as you suggested, also i copied contents to notepad and then saved it to make it ASCII.

Step 3/6: Run Specflow (Command Line)
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] Starting: C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\SpecFlowRunner.bat
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] in directory: C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] 
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214>"C:\Source\NUnit-2.6.4\bin\nunit-console.exe" /out=TestResult.txt /xml=TestResult.xml /framework=net-4.0 SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\bin\Debug\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests.dll 
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] 
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214>"C:\Source\SpecFlow.1.9.0\tools\specflow.exe" nunitexecutionreport SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests.csproj 
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] 
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214>IF NOT EXIST TestResult.xml GOTO FAIL 
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] 
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] The system cannot find the path specified.
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] The system cannot find the path specified.
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214>echo 
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] ##teamcity[buildStatus status='FAILURE']
[10:19:43][Step 3/6]  
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] ##teamcity[buildStatus status='FAILURE']
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] 
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214>EXIT /B 1 
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] Process exited with code 1
[10:19:43][Step 3/6] Step Run Specflow (Command Line) failed

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when i run command below from command prompt i am able to run the tests and produces the file  so i do not get what teamcity complaining about can not find the path? Also /framework=net-4.0 is just a command line switch
and the rest SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\bin\Debug\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests.dll  is additional parameter

C:\Source\NUnit-2.6.4\bin\nunit-console.exe
/labels /out=TestResult.txt /xml=TestResult.xml /framework=net-4.0 SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\bin\Debug\SPIN
.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests.dll

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So i really dont know what i can furhter do to fix this

i tried to use the tutorial from :

http://www.hamishgraham.net/post/TeamCity-SpecFlow-Integration.aspx

but unfortunately it does not work so far , what would you recommend as the command works from cmd, but not in teamcity somehow

I have changed the working directory and running the command

NUnit-2.6.4\bin\nunit-console.exe /labels /out=TestResult.txt /xml=TestResult.xml /framework=net-4.0 bin\Debug\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests.dll

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but i still get the same error from teamcity but cmd works fine.

what do you mean you could create another batch? can you guide me on that you mean create another bat file? but what difference will that make?

and also I ran DIR C:\Source\NUnit-2.6.4\bin\ > diroutput.txt  in cmd prompt, and it produced a file what do you mean should i create another batch file with the

DIR C:\Source\NUnit-2.6.4\bin\ > diroutput.txt  contents and see if it will produce the file is that what you mean?

sorry i am really newbie to teamcity and bat files as well so will need alittle more guidance

here is the output, it is still failing to find the path interestingly as below so what would that mean?

Step 3/6: Run Specflow (Command Line)
[12:02:50][Step 3/6] Starting: C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\SpecFlowRunner.bat
[12:02:50][Step 3/6] in directory: C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests
[12:02:50][Step 3/6] 
[12:02:50][Step 3/6] C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests>DIR C:\Source\NUnit-2.6.4\bin\   1>diroutput.txt 
[12:02:50][Step 3/6] The system cannot find the path specified.
[12:02:50][Step 3/6] Process exited with code 1
[12:02:50][Step 3/6] Step Run Specflow (Command Line) failed

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And that is the error I am getting, and if this is because of the rights ,it should have thrown rights error authentication error instead of the path error instead, is not it?

it runs under my active directory name , which has system administrator role basically

i can see some people used paths like from teamviewer edit screen as below;

what does % % do in the paths ,should i add something like that what do yuo think?


Specs.Consumption\bin\%system.Configuration%\Specs.Consumption.dll

so do yuo have any idea why i might not run the even the simplest script?

if i run it as not a batch file but

Commandline-->Custom script as below it runs but does not produce the file

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /labels /out=TestResult.txt /xml=TestResult.xml /framework=net-4.0 bin\Debug\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests.dll


if i use as below i get the path error as usual

NUnit-2.6.4\bin\nunit-console.exe /labels /out=TestResult.txt /xml=TestResult.xml /framework=net-4.0 bin\Debug\SPIN.MarketMan
agement.IntegrationTests.dll


but again if the cmd.exe completed without errors why does not it produce the files ,very weird

i have corrected the path issue , path was changed in the server so i corrected that

but now see the log below it looks as if it ran smoothly but at last it gives an error, and i can check on the server that the files are not created as well...what do you say?

Step 4/7: Run Specflow (Command Line)
[16:49:53][Step 4/7] Starting: C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\SpecFlowRunner.bat
[16:49:53][Step 4/7] in directory: C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests
[16:49:53][Step 4/7] 
[16:49:53][Step 4/7] C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests>C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\packages\NUnit.Runners.2.6.4\tools\nunit-console.exe /labels /out=TestResult.txt /xml=TestResult.xml /framework=net-4.0 bin\Debug\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests.dll 
[16:49:53][Step 4/7] 
[16:49:53][Step 4/7] C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests>C:\BuildAgent\work\d36e2f25629d2214\SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests\packages\SpecFlow.1.9.0\tools\specflow.exe nunitexecutionreport SPIN.MarketManagement.IntegrationTests.csproj 
[16:49:53][Step 4/7] Process exited with code -2146232576
[16:49:54][Step 4/7] Step Run Specflow (Command Line) failed

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Ok cheers ,I will check what that code means and let you know

Ok, i have changed the script to implement reporting in the following tutorial:

https://github.com/jole78/TeamCity.SpecFlow.Reporting/wiki/The-TSR-Module

teamcity runs the script but gets the "NUnit Output is missing" error which is down in the script ,could you shed light to why would it get that error and how i can fix it pls?

powershell script:

#-- Public Module Functions --#

function Invoke-TeamCitySpecFlowReport {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Produces a report that can be shown in TeamCity.
.PARAMETER Categories
NUnit categories to execute
#>
param(
	[String[]]$Categories = @()
)
	
	try {
		Write-LogMessage $tsr.Messages.Begin		
	
		Remove-FileCache
		
		Invoke-NUnit $Categories
		Invoke-SpecFlow
		
		Publish-Artifacts		
		Add-FileCache
		
		Write-LogMessage $tsr.Messages.End
	
	} catch {
		throw $_.Exception
	}
}

function Set-Properties {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Updates one or more properties with new values.
.PARAMETER Properties
The properties to set via @{ Key=Value; Key2=Value2 }.
#>
	param(
		[HashTable]$Properties = @{}
	)

	foreach ($key in $Properties.keys) {
		
		$value = $Properties.$key		
		$tsr[$key] = $value
		
		Write-LogMessage ("[TeamCity.SpecFlow.Reporting]: property [{0}] was updated with value [{1}]" -f $key, $value)
    }
}

#-- Private Module Functions --#

function Write-LogMessage{
	[CmdletBinding()]
	param(
		[Parameter(Position=0, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
		[String]$Message
	)
	
	# TODO: we should streamline the use of write-verbose and write-debug instead
	if($tsr.Verbose) {
		Write-Host $Message
	}
}

function Write-TeamCityServiceMessage {
	param(
		[String]$MessageName,
		[String]$Value
	)
	# ##teamcity[<messageName> 'value']
	# ##teamcity[<messageName> name1='value1' name2='value2']
	
	$message = "##teamcity[{0} '{1}']" -f $MessageName, $Value
	Write-Host $message
}

function Invoke-SpecFlow {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	param()
	
	Write-LogMessage "=== Invoking specflow.exe ==="
	
	if($tsr.PathToSpecFlowExe) {
		$exe = $tsr.PathToSpecFlowExe
	} else {
		$exe = $(Get-SpecFlowPackage).Exe
	}	

	if(Test-Path $exe -PathType:Leaf) {
		try {	
			$ProjectInformation = Get-Project -ea:Stop
		
			$arguments = @()
			
			#https://github.com/techtalk/SpecFlow/wiki/Reporting
			$arguments += $tsr.SpecFlowReportType
			$arguments += $ProjectInformation.PathToProjectFile
			
			#$args += '/out:{0}' -f 'TestResult.html'
			
			$source = Get-FirstOrDefault '.\specflow.exe.config'
			if($source) {
				$destination = Split-Path -Parent $exe
				
				if((Test-Path (Join-Path $destination 'specflow.exe.config')) -eq $false) {
					Write-LogMessage $("copying file 'specflow.exe.config' to [{0}]" -f $destination)
					$specflow_exe_config = Copy-Item -Path $source.FullName -Destination $destination -PassThru
				}
			}
			
			Invoke-Executable $exe $arguments -ea:Stop
			
			if($specflow_exe_config) {
				Delete-File $specflow_exe_config.FullName
			}
			
			# TODO: the name of the file needs to be configurable
			$html_report = Get-FirstOrDefault '.\TestResult.html'
			if($html_report) {
				$tsr.GeneratedFiles.HtmlReport = $html_report
			} else {
				Write-Error "SpecFlow 'HtmlReport' output is missing"
			}
			
			
		} catch {
			throw "An error occurred while executing specflow.exe: " + $_
		} 
	} else {
		throw "failed to find 'specflow.exe' at location '$exe'"
	}
}

function Invoke-NUnit {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	param (
		[String[]] $Categories = @()
	)
	Write-LogMessage "=== Invoking nunit.console.exe ==="
	
	if($tsr.PathToNUnitConsoleExe) {
		$exe = $tsr.PathToNUnitConsoleExe
	} else {
		$exe = $(Get-NUnitPackage).Exe
	}
	
	if(Test-Path $exe -PathType:Leaf) {
		try {
			$arguments = @()
			
			$ProjectInformation = Get-Project -ea:Stop
			
			if($ProjectInformation.PathToAssembly) {
				$arguments += $ProjectInformation.PathToAssembly
			} else {
				$arguments += $ProjectInformation.PathToProjectFile
			}
			$arguments += "/labels"
			$arguments += "/out=TestResult.txt"
			$arguments += "/xml=TestResult.xml"
			if($Categories) {
				$arguments += "/include:$($Categories -join '|')"
			}
			
			Invoke-Executable $exe $arguments -ea:Stop
			
			$output = Get-FirstOrDefault .\TestResult.txt
			$result = Get-FirstOrDefault .\TestResult.xml
			if($output) {
				$tsr.GeneratedFiles.NUnitOutput = $output
			} else {
				Write-Error "NUnit output is missing"				
			}
			
			if($result) {
				$tsr.GeneratedFiles.NUnitReport = $result
			} else {
				Write-Error "NUnit report is missing"
			}	
			
		} catch {
			throw "error when executing nunit-console.exe: " + $_
		}
	} else {
		throw "failed to find 'nunit-console.exe' at location '$exe'"
	}	
}

function Invoke-Executable {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	param(
		[Parameter(Position=0)]
		[String]$Executable,
		[Parameter(Position=1)]
		[String[]]$Parameters
	)
	
	Write-Verbose $("Invoking '{0}'" -f $Executable)
	$Parameters | % {Write-Verbose $_} -Begin {Write-Verbose $("using arguments:")}
	
	& $Executable $Parameters | Out-String | Write-LogMessage
}

function Get-Project {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	param()
	
	$project_file = Get-FirstOrDefault '.\*.*proj'
	if($project_file -eq $null){
		Write-Error "Failed to find the project file"
		return
	}
	
	$out = @{PathToProjectFile = $project_file.FullName}
	
	$assembly_name = '{0}.dll' -f $project_file.BaseName	
	$assembly_path = 'bin' | Join-Path -ChildPath $tsr.Configuration | Join-Path -ChildPath $assembly_name
	
	$assembly_file = Get-FirstOrDefault $(Join-Path . $assembly_path)
	if($assembly_file) {
		$out.PathToAssembly = $assembly_file.FullName
	}	

	return $out;
}

function Get-NUnitPackage {
	
	$tools = Join-Path $(Get-Package "NUnit.Runners").Path 'tools'	
	$nunit_console_exe = Get-Item $(Join-Path $tools 'nunit-console.exe')

	return @{
		Exe = $nunit_console_exe.FullName
	}
}

function Get-SpecFlowPackage {
	
	$tools = Join-Path $(Get-Package "SpecFlow").Path 'tools'	
	$specflow_exe = Get-Item $(Join-Path $tools 'specflow.exe')

	return @{
		Exe = $specflow_exe.FullName		
	}
}

function Get-PackagesFolder {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	param()
	
	if( (Split-Path $tsr.PathToPackagesFolder -Leaf) -eq 'Packages' ){
		$PackagesFolderPath = $tsr.PathToPackagesFolder
	} else {
		$PackagesFolderPath = Join-Path $tsr.PathToPackagesFolder 'Packages'
	}	
	
	$result = Get-FirstOrDefault $PackagesFolderPath
	if($result -eq $null) {
		$msg = "Failed to find the 'packages' folder at location: '{0}'." -f $PackagesFolderPath
		Write-Error $msg
		return
	}
	
	return $result
}

function Get-Package {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	param(
		[string]$Name
	)
	
	$PackagesFolder = Get-PackagesFolder
	$results = Get-ChildItem $PackagesFolder | Where-Object {
		$_ -match "^($Name){1}(\.)?(\d+\.{0,1})*$"
	}
	
	if($results -eq $null) {
		Write-Error $("failed to find package '{0}' at location: '{1}'" -f $Name, $PackagesFolder.FullName)
		return
	}
	
	$results | ForEach-Object {
		Write-Debug $_.Name
	} -Begin {Write-Debug $("found {0} packages:" -f $results.Count)}
	
	#TODO: handle package versions (this only gets the latest one)
	$package = $results | Sort-Object -Property Name -Descending | Select-Object -First 1
	$version = $package.Name -split "$Name."
	
	$result = @{
		Version = if($version.Length -gt 1) {$version[1]} else {"n/a"}
		Path = $package.FullName
	}
	
	Write-Debug $("package: {0}; version: {1}" -f $result.Path, $result.Version)
	
	return $result

}

function Remove-FileCache{	
	
	if($tsr.CleanEnvironment) {
		
		$x = Get-Content .\files.generated -WarningAction:SilentlyContinue -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue
		if($x) {
			$x -split ';' | % { Delete-File $_ }
		}
	}
}

function Add-FileCache {
	$($tsr.GeneratedFiles.GetEnumerator() |  % { 
		$_.Value.FullName}) -join ';' | 
		Set-Content .\files.generated | Out-Null
}

function Get-FirstOrDefault {
	param(
		[String]$Path
	)
	
	return Get-Item -Path $Path -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -First 1	
}

function Publish-Artifacts {
	
	if($tsr.GeneratedFiles.HtmlReport -and $tsr.PublishArtifacts) {
		Write-TeamCityServiceMessage 'publishArtifacts' $tsr.GeneratedFiles.HtmlReport.FullName		
	}
}

function Delete-File {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	param(
		[String]$Path
	)
	
	if($Path) {
		if(Test-Path $Path -PathType:Leaf) {
			Write-LogMessage $("deleting file [{0}]" -f $Path)
			Remove-Item $Path -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
		}
	}
}

function Set-PSConsole {
	try {
		$max = $host.UI.RawUI.MaxPhysicalWindowSize
		if($max) {
		$host.UI.RawUI.BufferSize = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.Size(9999,9999)
		$host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.Size($max.Width,$max.Height)
	}
	} catch {}

}

# default values
# override by Set-Properties @{Key=Value} outside of this script
$tsr = @{
	Configuration = 'Release'
	SpecFlowReportType = 'nunitexecutionreport'
	PublishArtifacts = $true
	CleanEnvironment = $true
	PathToPackagesFolder = '..\'
	Verbose = $true
	Messages = @{
		Begin = "##teamcity[blockOpened name='TeamCity.SpecFlow.Reporting']"
		End = "##teamcity[blockClosed name='TeamCity.SpecFlow.Reporting']"
	}
	GeneratedFiles = @{}
	Indentation = 0
	
}

if ($env:TEAMCITY_VERSION) {
	Set-PSConsole
}
Export-ModuleMember -Function Invoke-TeamCitySpecFlowReport, Set-Properties

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Hi, i just connected to the server to check if file even exists at all, but it does not exist no where, so that script is not able to create a file at the first place.But what i do not understand is that why would not it create the file ? i did everything as in the tutorial ?

because the error occurs in "Invoke-NUnit $Categories" call and i call this script in teamcity via

Import-Module .\TeamCity.Specflow.Reporting.psm1
Invoke-TeamCitySpecFlowReport

Can it be that $Categories are empty? could you check https://github.com/jole78/TeamCity.SpecFlow.Reporting/wiki/The-TSR-Module , what i am missing really? may be the tutorial is totally wrong,

Ok, i have changed the methodology again to follow :https://jamesheppinstall.wordpress.com/tag/specflow/

and guess what finally i can generate the reports TestResult.xml and TestResult.txt

but when i run from the agent's cmd below command

specflow.exe nunitexecutionreport  xxx.csproj /testOutput:TestResult.txt /out:TestResult.html

I get the error ;

The element <ParameterGroup> beneath element <UsingTask> is
  unrecognized. I looked this up on google and there is a logical explanation which looks like the problem i am facing which states that;

"This can occur when your project is configured to use a recent version of NuGet but the MSBuild version being used by TeamCity is old and doesn't support some new NuGet features.

Change the MSBuild version and tools to at least 4.0"

Problem is i do not know how i can upgrade MSBuild version to at least 4.0 , how can i do that and where  should i do this in my VS build file and if so how or should i connect to the server to do this but how?
 or since i have the output files to be able to run specflow.exe should i take another way around?