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• Brian Pepin tbl_WorkspaceLink ??

  Hi, I saw in the DB - TfsVersionControl that there is table called tbl_WorkspaceLink. What the responsibility of this table There is any way to create link to some WS Thanks in advance, Shmulik. Hmm I don't know waht this table can be, it's also empty in my case ( Iahve three TFS projects for demos) But are you planning modifying it directly hmmm I don't think it would be good ide ...Show All

• David Bentz When runnning unit tests What directory am I in?

  I have some Nunit tests that work fine, but are based on finding an XML file in the directory the application runs in. When I try running them in VSTS I get an error - File not found. Thanks, Tom We do not pick up files that are in the output directory -- you need to mark them as deployment items either in the run config, or on the unit test method. We will then deploy these items to the deployment directory so that your test can get acces ...Show All

• Ram Kinkar Pandey Let the submitter close the issue only?

  if A submits a issue in VSTS, currently any one can close the issue. How to implement a rule. only A can close the issue. the rule you recommended is OK. Our team project have been already set up in VSTS server. Can I add the rule into the existed team project Thank Harry. Could you give a example or a link of wit xml guide or manual Yes, you can.  You can use the witexport tool to export your work item type to XML, ed ...Show All

• ThE_mASk Agent Controller Supported configurations

  I am preparing to set up a rig. I cannot exactly match any of the recommended configurations, but I can come close to " Alternative Configuration 2 " as shown below. Will this work (It will be nice to find out before I install everything.) ·          Computer 1: Visual Studio plus web server against which load tests are conducted. ·          Computer 2 ( ...Show All

• Brock Taylor viewstate error

  Test Type: Coded webtest VS.Net version: Team Suite Release Candidate I get the “The given key was not present in the dictionary” exception even though I replaced the hard coded viewstate with the suggested code in " Web tests resulting in Internal Server error due to Invalid ViewState" thread. Not sure what did I do wrong. Any help is appreciated. The   viewstate in our web application is constructed a little different. It is &n ...Show All

• Ron4236 MSDN Upgrade clarification

  After reading some posts and blog entries, I'm a little more confused as to the move from MSDN subscriptions to the new Team System entries.  Specifically this blog post: http://blogs.msdn.com/robcaron/archive/2005/04/20/410207.aspx It makes it seem like the software and MSDN subscriptions are being separated. If you have an MSDN subscription now and it gets upgraded to one of the Team System products, is the Team System licensed to you as ...Show All

• Melissa_Janet How do change the custom rules of FxCop1.312 to v1.32

  Hi  Can yuo pls give me some sample custom rules of FxCop 1.32 and some ideas about how to modify the custom rules of FxCop 1.312 to work in FxCop 1.32 Thanks in advance, Arun M There's a readme in the FxCop 1.32 installation directory with information on this. As mentioned by others, this information is found in the 1.32 readme. There are many examples of custom rules out there, a good first place ...Show All

• Ferinos Can't get past the 26204 error

  I cannot seem to get the data tier installed, it keeps failing with a 26204 error but I can't see anything obviously wrong. I've checked the list at http://blogs.msdn.com/askburton/archive/2004/09/03/225386.aspx  but everything still seems OK. - The server is a Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (not SP1) server. - It's a member of a 2003 Active Directory. - I've created a domain account called TFSSETUP and added this to the servers ...Show All

• rhonda945 "The request failed with HTTP status 503: service unavailable"

  I have installed Team Foundation Server and successfully working with Team Projects. But suddenly one day "The request failed with HTTP status 503: service unavailable" message displayed when i was trying to connect to the Team Foundation Server. All services are running. But I don't know why this problem occured suddenly. Anyone can help me. Thank You I can access from client the service. http://<server-name>:8 ...Show All

• Harry CC MSTest can't find tests in the VSMDI file

  I have a solution with two assemblies and two separate (corresponding) test assemblies. At the root is the vsmdi file. Whilst in the IDE I can click on the vsmdi file and see the available tests that can be run... And all works well If I go to the command line and run (from the solution root) MsTest /testmetadata:My.tests.vsmdi I get a "No tests to execute" message I am actually looking at putting together an automated server buil ...Show All

• DaFlookie Problem adding / removing servers from the DomainProjectPicker control

  I have an issue related to adding servers to the list of servers provided by the DomainProjectPicker control (Beta 3 Refresh). Basically, if you remove a server you cannot seem to re-add it during the run of the application that launches the control. You need to restart the application in order to add the server back... Here are steps to reproduce it: create a WinForms app that shows the DomainProjectPicker control from a button handler ...Show All

• Lil endian Get all changesets number that linked to work items

  Hi, How can I get the list of all the changesets that linked to a specific work item with the API Thanks, Michael. It maybe something like this: for (int i = 0; i < workitem.Links.Count; i++) {   Link link = workitem.Links ;   ExternalLink elink = link as ExternalLink;   if (elink != null && elink.ArtifactLinkType.Name == RegisteredLinks.Changeset)   {     Console.WriteLine("{0 ...Show All

• Alex_Sig Bug -> Details -> Found in build

  Hi, "Bug -> Details -> Found in build" is a drop donw list and I would like how I can populate it without using automated builds. thnaks in advance for any info Thanks. But thought it would be easier to do. You can use ALLOWEDVALUES. Since the list of build number change frequently, you can create a global list for builds and use that global list inside ALLOWEDVALUES. Everytime when you get new build you can update ...Show All

• terbs "Error 32000. Failed to execute command."

  I'm getting a 32000 error installing tfs application server. The error message says  " Error 32000. Failed to execute command ." I'm doing the dual server setup. I have all the requirements for the install on the server. Any clue This is the log file. [08/03/05,08:28:13] vs70uimgr: DisplayMessage_END:Error 32000.Failed to execute action. [08/03/05,08:28:13] Setup.exe: AddGlobalCustomProperty [08/03/05,08:28:13] Visual Studio 200 ...Show All

• jrx Using Team Explorer outside VS 2005 Team Suite.

  Hi, is it possible to use the 'light weight' Team Explorer client app outside of VS 2005 - I'm using Beta 2. The scenario is; I'm developing in both VB6 and VS 2005. I want to migrate the old VB6 source code in to Team Server. I know I will loose what VSS integration I had in VB6, so I need someway of checking out files when I'm not in VS 2005. Does that make sense I have tried installing the Client part of Team Foundation on my dev machine whi ...Show All