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+Tests for OpenLP
+================
+
+This directory contains unit tests for OpenLP. The ``functional`` directory contains functional unit tests.
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+In order to run the unit tests, you will need the following Python packages/libraries installed:
+
+ - Mock
+ - Nose
+
+On Ubuntu you can simple install the python-mock and python-nose packages. Most other distributions will also have these
+packages. On Windows and Mac OS X you will need to use ``pip`` or ``easy_install`` to install these packages.
+
+Running the Tests
+-----------------
+
+To run the tests, navigate to the root directory of the OpenLP project, and then run the following command::
+
+    nosetests -v tests
+
+Or, to run only the functional tests, run the following command::
+
+    nosetests -v tests/functional
+
+Or, to run only a particular test suite within a file, run the following command::
+
+    nosetests -v tests/functional/test_applocation.py
+
+Finally, to only run a particular test, run the following command::
+
+    nosetests -v tests/functional/test_applocation.py:TestAppLocation.get_frozen_path_test
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+__author__ = 'raoul'
diff --git a/tests/functional/openlp_core_utils/test_applocation.py b/tests/functional/openlp_core_utils/test_applocation.py
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+"""
+Functional tests to test the AppLocation class and related methods.
+"""
+import sys
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from mock import patch
+from PyQt4 import QtCore
+
+from openlp.core.utils import AppLocation, _get_frozen_path
+
+class TestAppLocation(TestCase):
+    """
+    A test suite to test out various methods around the AppLocation class.
+    """
+    def get_frozen_path_test(self):
+        """
+        Test the _get_frozen_path() function
+        """
+        sys.frozen = None
+        assert _get_frozen_path(u'frozen', u'not frozen') == u'not frozen', u'Should return "not frozen"'
+        sys.frozen = 1
+        assert _get_frozen_path(u'frozen', u'not frozen') == u'frozen', u'Should return "frozen"'
+
+    def get_data_path_with_custom_location_test(self):
+        """
+        Test the AppLocation.get_data_path() method when a custom location is set in the settings
+        """
+        with patch(u'openlp.core.utils.Settings') as mocked_class:
+            mocked_settings = mocked_class.return_value
+            mocked_settings.contains.return_value = True
+            mocked_settings.value.return_value.toString.return_value = u'test/dir'
+            data_path = AppLocation.get_data_path()
+            mocked_settings.contains.assert_called_with(u'advanced/data path')
+            mocked_settings.value.assert_called_with(u'advanced/data path')
+            mocked_settings.value.return_value.toString.assert_called_with()
+            assert data_path == u'test/dir', u'Result should be "test/dir"'