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• MikeMcAllister using FXCOP from within VS.NET 2005 - Where are the settings stored?

  In VS.NET 2005 project properties has an option to enable which FXCOP rules should the project output be checked for. Now where this setting being saved, in the project(.csproj..) itself How can I specify to VS.NET to use an external .FXCOP project file that I have created Thanks & Regards Pradeep Kumar You are right, the settings are stored within the csproj itself (which itself is a MSBuild project). Is there a reason why you ...Show All

• GerryAO Project creation problem

  OK I'm probably being dense here. Installation is a single server with reporting services, sharepoint, SQL all running. I can get to the relevant pages. The client can see the server and ping it over the network. Both are in a W2K3 domain and the DC is running SP1 as is the VSTF Server. tfssetup and tfsservice are both local admins and domain admins so should have all the necessary permissions. I'm logged in using the tfssetup account (tried als ...Show All

• anubisascends "The process cannot access the file" during GET

  I get the following error everytime I do a GET (latest or specific): C:\Q3\webroot\aspnet_client\aaa.js: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. I get the same error in the output window with multiple files... Some files are placed in my workspace correctly but the ones with this error are missing. (I'm using Beta 3 refresh) Hmm, there's something else going on here, but it's a mystery t ...Show All

• Gentry Unable to view Source Control Explorer in Beta2

  I currently have 25 or so developers running up against Beta 2's Version Control. Everybody up to this point has been fine. However, I recently added another member to the team and they can NOT see any of the existing projects under Version Control. I have given them every access right I can find (include Project Administrator on the Team Project itself). Any ideas or things I could try Thanks, ~slee Can they ...Show All

• Murali Karlapudi SharePoint Portal Server problem

  Hello, I'm trying to install Team Foundation Server since several days now and I keep getting an error message at setup: "SharePoint Portal Server is not compatible (...)" I just installed the latest version of SharePoint Portal Server. I'm thankful for any help, Thanks in Advance, Andy You must install Windows SharePoint Services, not SharePoint Portal Server.  Please follow the instructions here when installing Team Foundation Serv ...Show All

• VinodG Extraction Rule

  Hi, I am trying to extract an HTML response and reuse it for the subsequent request. The response contains a list of <a> tags with the following format: <a href='client_home.aspx N=1&gldx1.1=1740' target="_parent"> <a href='client_home.aspx N=1&gldx1.1=1741' target="_parent"> Basically, I would like to parse and extract the value of gldx1.1. That is, for the first <a> tag, I want to ge ...Show All

• ayaz.Net Question about authentication through VPN??

  Hi, We have some long term contract developers that work for us - we provide them a VPN account to get into our network and I was wondering if that will work the the TFS client   the user logs into their computer using either the domain account or local account (not sure which one) then VPN's to our network - question is, with the TFS integration with AD, does that work through only a VPN connection or does the user "really have to be ...Show All

• Anderson Imes VS2003 And Code Analysis with VSTS

  Hello Community, In my Company there are many applications developed in VS2003. Now we want to perform code analysis using FxCop. Is possible to run Code Analysis for VS2003 projects ( class libraries and web projects ) using VSTS or I must use FxCop tool to test my dlls Thanks, Carlos Figueroa Microsoft MVP ASP/ASP.NET Carlos, The short answer is no, it is not possible to integrate the Code Analysis in Visual Studio 2 ...Show All

• prreddy Missing Object Test Bench menu items?

  I have just installed Visual Studio Team System RC and I can not for the life of me find out how to display an object within the Object Test Bench. The help gives the following instructions: In the Class View , right-click the name of the class or struct whose instance you want to create. Click Create Instance to display the public constructors of the class. Select the constructor to display the Create Instance Dialog Box . ...Show All

• apan Missing Specified field in Scenario work Item

  Hi,   I read in MSF agile process guidance that Scenarios item should have a field called Specified which is used to indicate that the scenario has been written. But I cannot find this field anywhere and if I try to add columns in the Scenarios.xls and the column is not displayed here either.   Could someone please check if this is a general issue or only an issue with my installation   I’m running the ...Show All

• Dubouku How to: Add Data Binding to a Web Test

  According to this walkthrough: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ms182546(en-us,vs.80).aspx I should be able take values from a Table Column and use them as values for QueryString Parameters. In my case, I want to use them as Form Post Parameters instead of QueryString but either way, I get the same result: First, When I add the Data Source, the thing says something like 'Invalid Object' when I try to run the test, My data Source is Adve ...Show All

• Dr. Borts Trying to run

  I'm trying to run the 'Work Items' report. But when I do I get asked for the Iteration. I'm using MSF Agile so have three iterations but none is listed in the drop down box on the report window. Is there anyway I can get to run the report (this is running Team Explorer on the same machine as TFS is installed running as TFSSetup). Thanks, We are trying to come up with a workaround sql script - essentially the project dimension table shoul ...Show All

• iping Development, Staging and Production - how many build types?

  If you have a development, staging and produciton environment, would you create a build type for each plaftorm This BLOG seems to address a lot of my concerns regarding this issue: http://www.wekeroad.com/blogs/TeamBuildWebApplicationsLemonJuiceAndPaperCuts.aspx I still need to find a way to customize the build in such a way that I can either substitute parts of the web.config, or specify alternate web.config files (web.dev, web.st ...Show All

• redd Team Build Guidance

  Hi all, We are in the process of trying to find information on what the options are and how to implement Team build for our web and back-end business logic projects.  I was wondering if someone could point us towards a URL or documentation for this   The administration guide is woefully lacking and doesn't explain how websites are built and deployed using this tool. Thanks in advance....google has failed us here and so has the li ...Show All

• Rajesh Ramaswami How to filter by work item type in VSEFL?

  Hello all, Is there any way I can give work item type in the filter query while subscribing to work item change event I was looking into tbl_event_change but it does not contain this value. I would also like to know the table giving the possible mofifiers for VSEFL. TIA Nike You may try with something like this: "CoreFields/StringFields/Field[ReferenceName='System.WorkItemType']/NewValue" = 'Task' Cheers, ...Show All