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• OmkarRex after upgrade from RC to RTM: is it must to install again the team explorer developers machines?..

  Hello. before couple of days my company (40 developers) upgrade the TFS from beta3 refresh to RC1, so all the developers had to uninstall the team explorer and install the new version (very long process with low bandwith network installation..) now, we want to upgrade the TFS from RC to RTM. the question is it a must to install again in all the developers machines the new version of the team explorer the team explorer version of the RC can ...Show All

• tfm_mike Buttons/Checkboxes in Work Item layouts?

  How can referenced work items (foreign key kind of relationship) be called like some custom button on the work item layout that can run a query and bring up child work items in the search results Also, can hierarchies be created in work items Have seen Related items.   Meant bringing up child work items through query execution results initiated by custom controls in the layout. Thanks. Unfortunately we do not support ...Show All

• fedrok TFStructureControl

  Hi guys, Can somebody explain me how TFStructureControl can be used Is it supposed to be used with Iteration Path and Area Path fields only It is completely disregards FieldName attribute if it is not IterationPath or AreaPath. If I want to use it for couple of different fields (for example Found in Module and Related Module), can I do it Thanks in Advance, Leon Yes, this can be used only with AreaPath and IterationPath fields. The contro ...Show All

• MarkAx Checking in/out project does not check in/out all files as expected

  I am noticing that in a couple of our projects when I check in or out the entire project not all items are checked in/out as expected. This behavior does not happen with all projects. This seems to happen when I check in/out these projects from within Solution Explorer when right clicking the project and choosing "Check in" or "Check out for Edit..." We are using Team Server Beta 3 Refresh with Visual Studio .NET 2005 RTM. Does anyone know why t ...Show All

• Jimmy Xiong <AssemblyInitializeAttribute> <ClassInitializeAttribute>

  Hi, I wanted to put some global initialization code for my unit tests into a method call flagged with the <AssemblyInitializeAttribute>. I simply implemented a method with no parameters in VB.Net, similar to the method for the <TestInitialize()> attribute. It keeps telling me that my function signature is wrong. What argument should the method call take I was looking through the documentation but could not find anything. I had th ...Show All

• Pirooz Javan Moving TFS to a new server - use Beta3 refresh or RC?

  Hi all, I want to move our existing Team server to a new machine and a new domain but I have two hugh questions: (We're using Beta3 Refresh) 1. Would it be easier for me to upgrade my existing server from Beta3 refresh to RC than do the move, or just do the move using Beta3 refresh then upgrade the new server to RC 2. There was a post a while ago that contained details about backup and restore ( http://blogs.msdn.com/vstsue/articles/500 ...Show All

• the_chad Delete files from local folder

  Hi, We have the following problem: When Developer A deleting files in his local folder (which mapped to Workspace), and Developer B makes changes in the same folder and checked in the changes, Developer A is trying to Get Latest Version but get no files at all. The solution is to create a new workspace and then Get Latest, but it's makes us a lot of problems. Thanks, Michael This is expected behavior- Team Foundat ...Show All

• Polly K Windows SharePoint is not configured as recommended by TFS

  Hi, the headline says it all - it comes up, when I start the TSF-Services setup. But the installation doesn't say, what it likes to have exactly done in addition ! Can anybody help Thx, Klaus In the Beta 3 installation guide is a passage about language packs that may apply to your problem "Prior to installing Team Foundation Server on a localized version of Windows SharePoint Services, you must first install ...Show All

• TThornal Continuous project checkout

  I'm experiencing a rather frustrating problem with a few projects that are being automatically checked out every time I access any solutions which reference said project.  I get a specific message each time it occurs: "There appears to be a discrepancy between the solution's source control information about some project(s) and the information in the project file(s). To resolve this discrepancy it will be necessary to check out the project ...Show All

• T-boy How does code coverage works ?

  Hello, I have a web site that uses a DLL. I have also written some unit tests. Part of them are calling directly the DLLs (and I have set up my run config so VS calculates the code coverage) and part of them are launching HTTP Web Request on the web site (and so of course using behind the same DLL). With my second kind of test, even if the samee DLL is used, no code coverage is calculated. So my questions: Is this normal The sa ...Show All

• oooxinooo How can I define an alternate editor?

  We use XML Spy and another product internally to edit XML documents, DTDs and Schemas. How can I tell Team Explorer to use a different editor for these files Thanks, Chris Lively MRG Document Technologies We have files that need to be opened in Toad. I'm surprise that there is no open with functionality available. Thanks! We have a couple tools that build xml files that are very specific to a document management system (legal do ...Show All

• William R. Continuous Integration with TFS Build?

  Hi, For the build automation, can TFS Build perform Continuous Integration itself Or do I have to combine TFS Build with CruiseControl to get continuous Integration on a Team Foundation Server Yes, Team Build can perform CI. The Team Build team is putting together a more complete sample for CI, but you can find the sample that Doug Neumann, source control PM, used in his PDC '05 talk here on Buck's blog.  It's by no means so ...Show All

• JohnNawrocki Parsing method body

  Hi I am trying to parse a method body in a custom rule for FXCOP and filter some words. e.g. void SomeMethod() {     statement1;    statement2;    statement3;  }  The method.Body.Statements does not contain the text of the statement.  Is there any other method to get the result Thanks That is correct. If you need to perform source-based analysis, you could consider writing a ...Show All

• feda Is SQL Server 2005 June CTP compatible with VSTS Beta 2?

  Hi all, We have been trying unsuccessfully to install VSTS for quite a while now (error 32000). Everytime we installed SQL Server 2005 April CTP, we always had "missing" files errors during the setup process for which we had to say "Ignore and continue". Is the June CTP compatible with VSTS Beta 2 Anyone installed VSTS with success using the SQL Server 2005 June CTP Is it installing "smootly" without "files missing" errors Thanks for ...Show All

• Mike Bohlander C# or VB.NET

  It seems to me that all the code examples shown here and in the documentation are all based on C#. My client is completely standardized on VB.NET for all its developement and we are bound to this standard as well. For us, it would be nice if the examples were also available in VB.NET. Does anyone else feel that way or do we just have to bite the bullet and go for C# when we create tests Hi Roland, Yes, I ...Show All