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• SirMike What happened to Beta 2 on MSDN Subscriber Downloads?

  It looks like everything has been pulled. Is that because the April SQL Server is missing Some of my downloads were right in the middle Breath in, Breath out. Breath In, Breath out!. NOW WHERES MY SQL CTP You are probably right. I did not find it earlier when I first heard it was out but now I can see it. Marc, The SQL Server April CTP has been available on at least som ...Show All

• NicBar Here is my code...

  hi, i added another rule class to the existing project and i extended the same base class (in which i have given the xml file name) that used for other classes. But when i loaded the rule in FxCop i got the message "Error loading rule 'MethodsShouldBePrivate': Rule 'MethodsShouldBePrivate' does not have an XML description present." Other rules get loaded correctly but this shows error. Plz help me out with this. Than ...Show All

• lzeca How to Unlock a lock in another workspace

  Say a dev has a bunch of files of locked (checkout or checkin locks) and leaves to go on vacation for a month (yeah - bad dev).  As a project administrator I see in the security dialog box that I have the right to "unlock other user's changes" but I can't figure out how to do it from the VS UI or the command line.  How do you do this Someone has just done that here - gone away leaving files checked o ...Show All

• slimstarman Problem in Check in

  I am facing a problem while checking in a file through TFVC web service. I can checkin the file,  but i can't see a new changeset created for this operation. When i right click and see the history of the file i don't see new changeset for this edit operation carried out just now.. Here is some more description of the problem I am trying to checkin a file through TFVC web service using checkin web method. I have given all the re ...Show All

• chris seddon Team System Beta 2 install error 26105

  Hello, I Get an error 26105 during installation. Can anyone help me Do either of these threads help http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=20753 http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=19660 Buck ...Show All

• Octayn Changes to Areas and Iterations are not reflected in the User Interface for new work items

  I'm running into either a bug or configuration issue, and I'm stuck. It would be great if someone in the community could help me out. I'm working through the Team Foundation Walkthroughs. In my AdventureWorks project I added "Kiosk" and "Web" Areas, and to Iterations I've added "M1 Prototype", "M2 Beta", and "M3 Release". I deleted the prepopulated Iterations. I then try to add a new Bug. I ...Show All

• Zakary Creation of query with required value of some parameter

  How to create a query which before perfofming will ask the value of some parameter. For example, in query of select all defects of the developer. Before this query will perfom a user should to define a name of developer. Any body can help Thank you. That's correct. This feature has been requested many times so I expect it's something we'll look at in the future. Brian I don't think this is poss ...Show All

• HDH Synchronization for Element ResourceType failed

  I've had some trouble with this one today but have finally figured it out.  After going through several different walkthroughs I got to the stage of implementing the applications from the application diagram only to be presented with errors stating that "Synchronization for Element ResourceType failed. Reason: Query doesn't return a result set.....".  This seemed to only be occurring for web applications and web services, other items w ...Show All

• Ian Smith TFS Installation is TOO Convoluted, Complicated, and Prone to Error

  The Team Foundation Server installation is way too convoluted, complicated, and prone to error. I sincerely hope that it will be streamlined when the RTM release occurs later this year. What do you think I didn't really have any problem with the TFS install per-se, but rather lots of problems with the myriad of other components/technologies that TFS requires.  You're right though, no matter how you slice it, getting TFS up and runni ...Show All

• Beleebe Why the "Severity" column could not been seen in the query result?

  Hi all, I have a query to view the bugs, and in the column options of the query, I add "severity". When I run the query, there is no severity information shown under that column, but they do have value in the bugs detail form. What happens by the way, the bug template file bug.xml is modified a little by myself and been deployed to VFS. Thanks, Leon Cool, I work out it. In my template, the field name is "Expo ...Show All

• bdingivan FxCop guidelines on GOF design patterns

  I don't know if this is even possible, but, I'll ask anyway I'd like to point FxCop at some code and tell it, "Hey, I'm trying to write <insert GOF design pattern> (example, 'singleton')".  Am I doing it right   And have it come back and tell me either: 1. Yes, based upon what you've shown me so far, this code block looks like the singleton pattern. 2.  No, based upon what you've shown me so far, this code block is NOT ...Show All

• gurshi MSF 4.0 Executive Whitepapers

  Do we have any whatepapers that discuss the Team System benefits at an executive level   I have an executive that would like to see a whitepaper on the enefits of the MSF 4.0 Process.  They want to see how the work streams work so that they can understand the full project lifecycle.  All of this information is in the HTML MSF Agile process, do we have the same inforamtion in a whitepaper format White papers discussing what ...Show All

• Pajesz UpdateBuildNumberDropLocation and "Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation"

  In my test environment, I have no problem getting the build to work. The build machine, BUILDMASTER, will successfully drop the build to a share on my computer, \\MYCOMPUTER\drop. The Everyone group has full access to this share. However, the final build configuration should drop to \\COMPANYSERVER\VOL3\Kilimanjaro\TestReleaseVersions. From a setup point of view, all I'm doing is changing the DropLocation property. TFSService has FULL rights to ...Show All

• JoeOnSunset Enabling specific code analysis rules for web projects

  Hi, I'm using .Net 2.0 VS 2005. I noticed that for web projects there is a right click menu in the solution explorer "Run code analysis on web site", however clicking this does nothing - the error list window and output window do not report anything related to code analysis. Also, when I go to the property pages->Build and enable "Run Code analysis" checkbox and then build the project - the error list window and ou ...Show All

• pato Open solution of other user

  G'day, I am looking on the following scenario for the shared PC: Bob logs in using his account to computer A Bob performs get latest to <folder> for the <solution> in his <workspace> Bob performs required activities with the files in his <workspace>, finishes up his activities and logs off Alice logs in using her account to computer A Alice opens <solution> in <folder> using "Open... ...Show All