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• Steve Seeley How can I make VS understand that a project is a test project?

  I have a project that was not created as a test project. But it was running tests in a very unit test like way, so I added using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting; to each source file along with the apropos [Test*] attributes so that I could run the unit tests from VS. However, VS doesn't recognize the tests. If I choose Test.Windows.TestView, my tests are not showing up there. Is there a way to get VS to recognize these tests T ...Show All

• Gowrisankar_k How to reuse a previous TS data server with a new TS application server?

  I have rebuilt the TS application server because it did not install correctly the first time.  My plan was to reuse the TS data server, but I get the following message when trying to install the TS application tier: "Setup has detected existing Team Foundation database on the specified machine.  The specified machine may already be configured to work with another Team Foundation application tier.  If you are trying to reinsta ...Show All

• LU MING Load Test Results - raw data

  After completing a load test, viewing the details, and highlighting a counter, you see a two column grid with the time/value pairs from the highlighted counter.  Is there a way to export/capture that data   I'd love to throw it into excel, but I can't seem to highlight the columns to copy or similar. Suggestions Thanks in advance. Mark Hi I need to access the raw data behind what gets shown in the ...Show All

• razvantim How do I modify web.config when using [AspNetDevelopmentServer] ?

  I have unit tests for a web service.  We use the [AspNetDevelopmentServer] attribute to launch the web service locally when running the unit tests.  There are a few settings in the web.config for the web service that I would like to modify at the start of the test run.  How can I access the web.config programmatically to change the settings from the MyClassInitialize() method There isn't a compl ...Show All

• mik_mihai (Some) Team System TechEd Webcasts Available

  [UPDATE:  As of today at least, only some of these are sessions from TechEd.  The others (including the VSTS ones) are simply older related webasts.  -Chris] Just FYI that many of the sessions from TechEd are available online as on-demand webcasts: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/teched2005.mspx Here are the Team System related sessions: MSDN Webcast: Building Secure Applications with Visual C++ and Visual Studio T ...Show All

• jj kaufman Web tests recording is disabled.

  VS2005TS RTM. When I start a new webtest VS automatically launches IE and I have to activate IE windows myself. The recorder buttons are all disabled (grayed) and surfing around does not result in anything in the project. If I close IE, VS still report "Recording in progress" and I have to click "Stop recording" but nothing reports to the project. Beta1 did work but I had the same problem with CTP August. Are you launching VS using RunAs ...Show All

• Sivar Why Cant I enter start date and finish date on tasks work items?

  Those fields are disabled by default, and I would like to make some reports if I finish for example a task after the finish time. Okay, here's a silly question. The only place I can find the task.xml file is on the server inside a zip file. Is that the one I'm supposed to edit How does it get deployed Thanks, What I want to do is an estimate finish date and a real finish date, so in that way I can know how many days it took and ho ...Show All

• Wacha MS Project 2003 Dates not retrieved from TFS

  When retrieving work items using MS Project, dates are not retrieved correctly. The dates can be viewed using Excel or Team Explorer. Any ideas Are you talking about Start Date and Finish Date field  If true then that is the way the fields are mapped by default.  Fields by default are mapped to MS Project has "Publish Only" meaning You can only publish from MS Project but cannot get data from the server. If you want to ...Show All

• Wing Lee Custom Rules Development

  Okay, okay so I know that any rules I write now will need to be re-written with the next release of Visual Studio, however I write (and maintain my own rules and now I'm stuck) .... I've been tasked to write a rule that checks for multiple return statements in methods, this is to help enforce the structured programming principle of methods having single entry/exit points that some of the junior developers consistently ignore. The probl ...Show All

• tusk Team Foundation Web Services

  Hello Can somebody tell me which are the url for the web services in Team Foundation Server. I want to do an application, that add an attachment to the portal. I’m using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client, Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Proxy.Portal dll’s to do this. I thinh it can be done using the method "Lists.AddAttachment", but it needs the url to the webservice in TFS... //My code: Lists lists = new Lists (); ...Show All

• BitFizzler Undelete

  Noob question - please could someone tell me how I undelete a file from TFS source code control Go to Tools -> Options, then Source Control -> Visual Studio Team Foundation Server and then check the Show Deleted items in the Source Control Explorer checkbox. Now, navigate in the Source Control Explorer to the deleted file, right click on it and select undelete. ...Show All

• AeX Enabling code analysis is not an option in VS 2005.

  I have visual Studio 2005 installed, and I have read the MSDN article(s) that say how to enable code analysis, but guess what, there IS NO code analysis tab when I go to my project properties. There is nothing anywhere on any tab in project properties that says anything about Code Analysis... so my question is... where the @#$% is it Any help would be fantabulistically cool. Thanks any and all. Hi, Code Analysis is only avai ...Show All

• Redfish1409 TF30177: Team Project Creation Failed

  It feels like, I am going one step forward, just to be thrown two steps back. Ok, my problem is close to be the same as with TFS BETA3 (now i use the CTP). When I try to create a new team project, it fails with this (friendly) message: Error Unable to connect to the Windows SharePoint Services at COMMMO-TFSRV  Explanation The Project Creation Wizard was not able to connect to the Windows SharePoint Services at COMMMO-TFSRV. The reason f ...Show All

• geeky Paid extra for trial version ?

  I would like to know if after a trial version for Visual Studio Team System that I buy expire, I have to paid, or I have to return the CD's Thanks Once the trial version has expired, you can no longer use it. You don't have to return any CDs or DVDs. If you want to continue using Visual Studio, you need to purchase the released version. ...Show All

• shawncm217 team build question

  do i need to install team developer, team tester to get unit test and code coverage with latest team build. I know before i need to install those two in the build machine to get code analyzer, unit test, loadtest, manual test and code coverage. yes ...Show All