Specflow: could not find a data exchange file at the path System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: SpecFlow configuration error

Created on 5 Apr 2019 · 5Comments · Source: SpecFlowOSS/SpecFlow

SpecFlow Version:

[x] 3.0
[ ] 2.4
[ ] 2.3
[ ] 2.2
[ ] 2.1
[ ] 2.0
[ ] 1.9

Used Test Runner

[x] SpecFlow+Runner
[ ] MSTest
[ ] NUnit
[ ] Xunit

Version number:

Visual Studio Version

[ ] VS 2019
[x] VS 2017
[ ] VS 2015
[ ] VS 2013

Are the latest Visual Studio updates installed?

[x] Yes
[ ] No

.NET Framework:

[ ] >= .NET 4.5
[ ] before .NET 4.5
[ ] .NET Core 2.0
[x] .NET Core 2.1
[ ] .NET Core 2.2
[ ] .NET Core 3.0

Test Execution Method:

[x] Visual Studio Test Explorer
[ ] TFS/VSTS/Azure DevOps – Task – PLEASE SPECIFY THE NAME OF THE TASK
[ ] Command line – PLEASE SPECIFY THE FULL COMMAND LINE

<SpecFlow> Section in app.config or content of specflow.json

Issue Description

feature file
Feature: SpecFlowFeature2
In order to avoid silly mistakes
As a math idiot
I want to be told the sum of two numbers

@mytag
Scenario: Add two numbers
Given I have entered 50 into the calculator
And I have entered 70 into the calculator
When I press add
Then the result should be 120 on the screen

SpecFlowFeature2.cs
We could not find a data exchange file at the path System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: SpecFlow configuration error ---> System.Xml.XmlException: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.

Please open an issue at https://github.com/techtalk/SpecFlow/issues/
Complete output:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: SpecFlow configuration error ---> System.Xml.XmlException: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseRootLevelWhitespace()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationSection.DeserializeSection(XmlReader reader)
at TechTalk.SpecFlow.Configuration.ConfigurationSectionHandler.CreateFromXml(String xmlContent)
at TechTalk.SpecFlow.Generator.Configuration.GeneratorConfigurationProvider.GetPlugins(SpecFlowConfigurationHolder configurationHolder)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at TechTalk.SpecFlow.Generator.Configuration.GeneratorConfigurationProvider.GetPlugins(SpecFlowConfigurationHolder configurationHolder)
at TechTalk.SpecFlow.Generator.GeneratorContainerBuilder.LoadPlugins(ObjectContainer container, IGeneratorConfigurationProvider configurationProvider, SpecFlowConfigurationHolder configurationHolder)
at TechTalk.SpecFlow.Generator.GeneratorContainerBuilder.CreateContainer(SpecFlowConfigurationHolder configurationHolder, ProjectSettings projectSettings)
at TechTalk.SpecFlow.Generator.TestGeneratorFactory.CreateGenerator(ProjectSettings projectSettings)
at TechTalk.SpecFlow.VisualStudio.CodeBehindGenerator.Actions.GenerateTestFileAction.GenerateTestFile(GenerateTestFileParameters opts)

Error in Console :
(1:1): expected: #EOF, #Language, #TagLine, #FeatureLine, #Comment, #Empty, got 'Feature: SpecFlowFeature1' Test C:\Users\sitpxs\source\repos\Test\Test\Feature\SpecFlowFeature2.feature 1

Command: c:\users\sitpxs\appdata\local\microsoft\visualstudio\15.0_70f6a7f0\extensions\l1w5dt35.h0e\TechTalk.SpecFlow.VisualStudio.CodeBehindGenerator.exe
Parameters: GenerateTestFile --featurefile C:\Users\sitpxs\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpA047.tmp --outputdirectory C:\Users\sitpxs\AppData\Local\Temp --projectsettingsfile C:\Users\sitpxs\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpA046.tmp
Working Directory:

Steps to Reproduce

Generator Question

Source

PriyaSolanke286

All 5 comments

Something is wrong in your app.config.

SabotageAndi on 5 Apr 2019

Hi @PriyaSolanke286 first of all apart from your actual issue, you’re using English in your feature files and specifying Gherkin dialect as deutsch-Austrian. Make it en-US