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### Frequently Asked Questions

Where the latest version of the Boost Test Library is located?
I found a bug. Where can I report it?
I have a request for a new feature. Where can I ask for it?
How to create test case using the Unit Test Framework?
How to create test suite using the Unit Test Framework?
Why did I get a linker error when compiling my test program?
How can I redirect testing output?
I want different default log trace level
Is there DLL version of Boost.Test components available on Win32 platform?

| Where the latest version of the Boost Test Library is located?
| The latest version of Boost Test Library is available online at http://www.boost.org/libs/test
| I found a bug. Where can I report it?
| You can send a bug report to the boost users' mailing list and/or directly to Gennadiy Rozental.
| I have a request for a new feature. Where can I ask for it?
| You can send a request to the boost developers' mailing list and/or directly to Gennadiy Rozental.
| How to create test case using the Unit Test Framework?
| To create a test case use the macro BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( test_function ). For more details see the Unit Test Framework documentation.
| How to create test suite using the Unit Test Framework?
| To create a test suite use the macro BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE( suite_name ). For more details see the Unit Test Framework documentation.
| Why did I get a linker error when compiling my test program?

Boost Test Library components provide several usage variants: to create a test program you can link with the one of the precompiled library variants or use single-header variant. For example, to use Unit Test Framework you may either include the <`boost/test/unit_test.hpp`> and link with libunit_test_framework.lib or you can include <`boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp`> , in which case you should not need to link with any precompiled component. Note also that you should strictly follow specification on initialization function in other case some compilers may produce linker error like this.

`Unresolved external init_unit_test_suite(int, char**).`

The reason for this error is that in your implementation you should specify second argument of init_unit_test_suite exactly as in the specification, i.e.: char* [].

| How can I redirect testing output?
| Use unit_test_log::instance().set_log_output( std::ostream& ). For more details see the Unit Test Framework documentation.
| I want different default log trace level
| Use environment variable BOOST_TEST_LOG_LEVEL to define desired log trace level. You still will be able to reset this value from the command line. For the list of acceptable values see the Unit Test Framework documentation.
| Is there DLL version of Boost.Test components available on Win32 platform?
| Yes. Starting with Boost 1.34.0.