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• VJ_AS New Build Type\Build Options\Run Test problem

  I'm creating a Build Type, adding Build Options, and selecting "Run Test". My .vsmdi file appears when I click the checkbox but no tests appear in the list. And my "Next" and "Finish" buttons are disabled. These are unit tests that run just fine in VS on my dev box. What gives You have to create a new list via Test Manager which included the test you wish to run during the post-bu ...Show All

• lueethefly will they work on the same machine?

  was wondering if team system 2005 and visual studio 2003 will work on the same machine and os Visual Studio 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 are side by side compatible. However, 2005 might change the mappings of your 2003 1.1 asp.net applications. Nevertheless, you could you the following to change the mappings for one or more asp.net applications. Note, the articles refer to framework 1.0 and 1.1 however they articles are still applicable j ...Show All

• Johan Celis Another question on Field Mappings

  Can you actually add additional fields to the database This would seem to me the only reason to have a field mapping tool is if you were adding columns to the server and needed to map them to additional fields in MS Project. If you can add fields to the database, what's the best way to do so Thanks. Jeff TFSFieldMapping tool can be used to map exisiting database fields to MS Project fields(pjfields). ...Show All

• grdanielson Excluding files from FxCop analysis

  Is there any way to exclude files from analysis using FxCopCmd   We have a solution that uses a COM DLL via interop, so when FxCop analyses the project output it reports this as an error.  We are using an automated build script (NAnt), so I want to avoid specifying the individual file names to check (as it is one file among about 20 in the output) if I can.  I can ignore the warning in Nant, but I'd love to have a "clean" solutio ...Show All

• Jerick06 Managing source tree changes with TFS...

  I did a search on this but couldn't find any information. If this has already been asked then I would look at any provided links. Our team uses an iterative approach to application development. This approach includes refactoring of the source code. Occasionally the refactoring leads to a change in the directory structure of the source. This has caused problems with the files in source control. For example, the original source tree was: src dir ...Show All

• Jawad Naeem WIQL Documentation

  Although I realize the WIQL is loosely similar to SQL can anyone tell me if there is any on-line documentation for WIQL Also, is there any documentation stating all fields that can be queried from within TFS along with their respective data types --- Thanks, Jeff Here is some code that you can run against any server and get the work item tracking fields and field types for that server: static void Main( string [] args) ...Show All

• DueyDooDah How to debug FxCop custom rules?

  How to debug FxCop custom rules code Thanks in advance, Grace Excellent.   My first try did not copy pdb file to FxCop.exe "Rules Directory" thus failed. After copied it, it works. To debug custom rules do the following: 1. Ensure the debug symbols (.pdb) of your rule assembly is located in the same directory as the rule assembly itself 2. Open your FxCop projec ...Show All

• DavidR Howto.... Log failed steps to a file/table and extract querystrings

  I've been playing with Web Test to try out the following. Exercise a web application by logging in then logging out of a web app. I have hooked up the Username / Password fields to a table and I'm testing around 1500 logins. Now the test works great with most logins passing. What I would like to do is write out the failed login attempts to a file or table. I can export the test but this exports everything ie the whole test in a big XML document ...Show All

• Bkl Using .cpp (/CLR) file tests

  Hi Having added a .cpp file to the test project (the one created by the "create tests" option) i can't get the Test Manager to scan the file and see the tests in it NB: When you go to 'add item' in the Test project, it does not give you the option of a .cpp file you need to create one outside the IDE then add an existing item to the testing source list. Is there any special naming convention needed Consistently the posts ...Show All

• Sontiago How should the baseless merge work?

  I tried it between branches that had the same ancestor, but were not directly branched. I got conflicts for every file, even if the file content is identical. Is the baseless merge useful at all I've filed the suggestion. Thanks again. Yes, I appreciate if you file a suggestion about skipping identical files in both branches. Then at least you don't get conflicts for that many files, and it is ea ...Show All

• Blaze111111 "Start selected test project without debugger" problem

  Hi, I have a unit test that fails when I click "Start selected test project without debugger". If I run the same tests with "Test manager" or "Start selected test project with debugger" they pass. I've worked out that it is because VS copies different assemblies to the out directory of the test. When it fails it copies my "orders" assembly for some reason, even though it isn't referenced or needed by any of the unit test code when it runs. (T ...Show All

• anomolous Notification Event Filter Expressions in RC

  Hi, Has the syntax for event notification filter expressions (i.e. those expressions stored in TfsIntegration.tbl_subscription.expression) changed in RC A filter expression that worked previously in Beta 3 Refresh no longer works in RC - and I can't see that any changes have occurred to the serialized event message. Many Thanks, /Howard After a good night's sleep I solved the problem. The issue wasn't with the Event Filter Expre ...Show All

• Satanas Restricting access to Visual Studio Project directories for different team members

  Please will someone confirm that for a given Team Project all contributors have equal rights for all the Visual Studio Solutions and Visual Studio Projects + files held in Team Foundation Source Control. It is not possible, for example, to restrict one group of contributors to one VS Solution and another group of contributors to another. If you wanted to do something like that then you would have to create a separate Team Project for each g ...Show All

• Loom Logon with the object model in RC

  In beta 3 I used a NetworkCreditials object to create a conenction to a TFS server.   NetworkCredential objNetworkCredential = new NetworkCredential (strUserName, strUserPassword, strDomain); TeamFoundationServer objTFS = TeamFoundationServerFactory .GetServer(strVstsURL, objNetworkCredential); But in the RC version the factory uses a Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.ICredentialsProvider in the GetServer method. In Cli ...Show All

• jfcma38 Running UnitTest from command prompt

  How to run the UnitTests from the command line. I have a UnitTest project that works wonderful from the Studio using the TestManager. I want to run it from the commandline as a part of my nightly build Thanks in advance You can use mstest.exe (Available from any 'Visual Studio 2005 Command prompt), or using the TFS Team Build functionality if you are using TFS. Thanks! my nightly builds are runn ...Show All