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• Infosteo CSV Datasource can't be read after converting to C#

  Hello, When I add a csv datasource to a prerecorded test and use it to populate a form field everything works great. When I convert to C# code I get the following message... RequestFailed: Exception occurred: The given key was not present in the dictionary. at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowKeyNotFoundException() at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.WebTesting.WebTestContex ...Show All

• GeoffW85 Incredibly (astronimically) slow performance on new RC of TFS

  We upgraded from beta3 to RC on TFS. Also ran the 2.0 hotfix. I uninstalled the client (had no instances of vs2k5 running) and installed the new RC team explorer client. I also installed the 2.0 hotfix on my local computer. Now the SQL server runs on 100% load.. 'TfsVersionControl.dbo.prc_QueryItemsExtendedLocal;1' is running It loads the solution fine to a certain point, but then freezes. Getting latest from team explorer goes fine. Branching i ...Show All

• Net-Benjamin Unit Test Adapter threw TypeInitializationException

  I am getting the following exception in one of my Unit Tests... Unit Test Adapter threw exception: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.TestConfiguration' threw an exception. The documentation for TypeInitializationException says "The exception that is thrown as a wrapper around the exception thrown by the class initializer". So if this exception is a ...Show All

• branaugh Question on Team testing tool

  Hi, I'm very new to team system, I’m currently looking for a tool that can help me to do the functional testing (end user acceptance testing), the tool will be needed to document the manual written test cases (test plans) and testing results. Our application has both Windows GUI and Web formats.   Do you think the Team System testing tool will fit my need   Thank you for your input. Mi ...Show All

• James Pahl Team build & Testing

  My Team Build is failing when it executes the tests.  Looking at the TeamBuild.proj file I can see:     <TestingFlag>true</TestingFlag>     <!--  TEST ARGUMENTS           If the TestingFlag is set to true then the following is relevant           Metadatatest file path - mandatory      ...Show All

• BlakeC Support for WinForms Testing

  Had a first look at the testing capabilities of Visual Studio Team Edition and first impressions are it looks like a good start.  What seems to be really missing for me is a concept to driving WinForms GUI's from within the test suite ( as I currently use with NUnitForms with NUnit ). Do you know if this type of support will be available in the final release If no, then could you tell me where I can find some informaiton on how I could ext ...Show All

• Julia168 Process Templates

  Hi, I'm writing a little app to add process template using the IProcessTemplates interface from Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Server library of TFS beta 3 refresh. I need to pass 5 parameters and I don't know what are the next three parameters : 1 templateData (byte[]) 2 metadata (string) 3 state (string) Could you help me on this Thank you TemplateData : pass an 1 byte array. This parameter no long ...Show All

• daveman How to mark work item as resolved

  Hello, I can view my work items as tasks in the Pending Changes window in the IDE and then check them off as resolved. How can I "check in" those changes so that the work items are actually resolved The system thinks I have no pending changes to check in and when I requery those same work items they are still active. TIA, Mike Rodriguez If you want to resolve a work item as being fix ...Show All

• mmouer Project Site Login error to Report Server

  I am getting the following error when I go to the project site: Reporting Services Error I tried the command that you suggested and it reported that RS is setup correctly. To confirm this I opened the RS config tool and cheked that the system was running under the network service. Sharepoint is still not able to bring up the reports. I have also found that other users of tfs are not able to see the reports and in the team explorer they g ...Show All

• jvwardle Comparing fields of a Work Item when filtering event notification

  Hi, I'm having some troubles setting the Event Filter when subscribing to the WorkItemChangedEvent. I need to compare two values of the work item. For example, I want to know if the Assigned To field was changed. I tried the following: "CoreFields/StringFields/Field[ReferenceName='System.AssignedTo']/OldValue" <> "CoreFields/StringFields/Field[ReferenceName='System.AssignedTo']/NewValue" but notifications a ...Show All

• GJB Date Time Field in Source Control Explorer

  One thing I really miss is a date time modified field next to the files in the source control explorer. In VSS I used this all the time to find files that have recently changed. Or just to know if a file was really old. Is there any way to add fields in the Source Control Explorer for TFS Thanks for your help, Nate There's no way to add a column to Source Control Explorer, but it will tell you what file ...Show All

• Paulo Cardoso Permissions not set

  I have installed TFS on a machine which belongs to an AD. During the install of SQL server, INBUILT\tfssetup was used. when installing TFS - i used <DOMAIN>\tfsservice and <DOMAIN>\tfsreports. Although TFS setup did not assign the permissions to reporting services nor sharepoint - as far as I can tell, as when I go to add a project - I have a problem with reporting services. I fixed that by adding the group of develo ...Show All

• Albert C TFS Beta 3 Work Item Error...

  Hello all! First time poster here :) I'm getting an error when trying to *upload* a process template. The error occurs in the BUG.XML file in the TypeDefinitions folder's The actual error I'm getting is: The 'refname' attribute is invalid - The value 'Substatus' is invalid according to its datatype Anyhelp figuring this out would be nice! Thanks in advance Sincerely Vince I am having a problem like that. When I ...Show All

• Graham Charles TFS Dual Server Deployment Licensing Question

  One doc I read on TFS licensing said that you need a license for every server you install TFS on. That sounds reasonable but what does that mean in a dual server (separate App/Data tier) deployment Does that mean you need to buy two TFS licenses for a dual server deployment I mean it's a single "logical" server, right Both of these statements are true: If you use the included copy of SQL 2005, you ...Show All

• Rudolf Dvoracek How can i write custom rules in FxCop?

  Hi All, I like to know the step by step procedure to write the custom rules in fxCop. I got some articles regarding this subject from the net, but all are confusing. I'm using FxCop 1.32. I like to know the following things 1. How can I write a simple custom rule using Visual Studio.Net (in C#)    for the Introspection engine. 2. How can I debug it and make sure that it is error free. 3. After developing my custom rule, how can I add ...Show All