Without Visual Studio

Build, Test and Run the VTS without Visual Studio

After pulling down the source code from GitHub and installing the prerequisites, you can run the batch files to build the solution, run the unit tests and bring up the VTS GUI.

There is a batch files (.bat) in the root of the Vts folder for this purpose:

• SilverlightBuild.bat - Builds the main Silverlight projects in the solution

The dlls are output to the build folder, the Silverlight unit tests and the GUI are run from a browser window.

To build the Silverlight projects:

• Run SilverlightBuild.bat as administrator
• To run the Silverlight unit tests, open this html page in a browser:
  ..\VTS\src\Vts.Test\Bin\Release\TestPage.html
• To run the GUI open one of the following html pages in a browser: 
  ..\VTS\src\Vts.Gui.Silverlight\Bin\ReleaseWhiteList\TestPage.html (Web Version)
  ..\VTS\src\Vts.Gui.Silverlight\Bin\Release\TestPage.html (Complete Version)