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• maitreg .vsmdi file with large number of tests and testers

  Our QA team (~50 people) have been adding, organizing and running test cases in VSTS for weeks now. Since the number of test cases is pretty big (~5000+ manual) they always have problems with the .vsmdi file. Every time they create a new test case the .vsmdi is checked out automatically by VSTF because test solution is under source control. In most cases several test cases are created and added to lists by different testers at the same time, ...Show All

• reformist mstest with custom test type and metadata(vsmdi) file?

  I'm trying to use mstest.exe to run a test from the commandline. The test was created as a custom test type that I have created via the extensibility SDK. I've done a lot of investigation and here's the results: 1) inside VS I can run the custom test fine. 2) I can run the custom test fine using the /testcontainer: option of mstest.exe. 3) I can run a generic test using the same vsmdi file with mstest.exe. 4) trying to run the custom ...Show All

• The Happy Friar Testing TFS with virtual server 2005

  Hi, Is it possible to test TFS With virtual server 2005 We would like test TFS- before making any decision. We are planning to start use TFS in our small size software company. We have very limited resource, that why it is import test TFS on virtual-server, if it is possible Anyone have an idea of when they might be available I'm also an MSDN subscriber who isn't able to see the VPC download for TFS. I'm putting toget ...Show All

• JustJF Suppress CA2000:DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope

  We have an object with an embedded timer. Timer is disposed of in a custom method. I am trying to add suppression for CA2000:DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope message related to the timer. I was trying to add SupressMessage attribute to the entire class, variable that holds the timer and sub New. Nothing worked so far. Any suggestions wre appreciated. Sergey, There are two easy ways to go about generating a suppress message depending ...Show All

• Tony Long 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 The first message has to do with how we look up workspaces. If you ...Show All

• Jacob Grass Error 32000 During Installation of TFS Beta 2

  I've done some searching but can't find a resolution for this issue yet. I've tried uninstalling ADAM, rebooting, and restarting the install. No go. During the installation of TFS, I get the following error: "Error 32000. The commandline "(temp)\getadminport.exe /vstf" returned non-zero value: 1" where "temp" is my local user's temp folder. When I run getadminport.exe thru the command line myself, I see this: Setting NTAuthenticationProvider ...Show All

• deaveDeveloper Setup failed on a Windows 2003 VPC

  Hello, I trying to install a single server VPC. Here is the sequence I followed: 1. setup of windows 2003 standard ed. 2. setup windows 2003 sp1 3. setup of IIS 4. setup of the AD and created TFSSETUP and TFSSERVICE domain accounts 5. setup of SQL 2005 CTP april (all services working) 6. setup of sharepoint services 2.0 sp1   trying to setup team foundation server but I get the following error message: "setup has detected that previous ...Show All

• Prasad V using TFS remotly

  Dear all, We want to use TFS or VSS over VPN connection to support geographically dispersed teams. I'v tested VSS 2005 with following configuration: Site A: 512Kpbs DSL Site B: 256Kpbs DSL Project Size: Around 10-15 files (total size just 500kb) but it disappointed me as its taking too much time to do checkin and checkout and even navigating the solution explorer is very slow. here r the stats Opening Project = 15 minutes File checkout of ...Show All

• merawalaid Official data about overhead and performances of Team Foundation Server

  Good evening, I'd like to know if there's any official available data about overhead introduced by TFS (e.g., to store 10 MB of source files, how many MB of metadata are required ), and about performance improvements in check-out files over VSS. Determining the amount of space require to store files and work items: http://blogs.msdn.com/buckh/archive/2006/02/22/tfs_size_estimation.aspx ...Show All

• Big Jim C Require a Changeset comment on CheckIn

  Hi, i have some feeling, I need that my comments on my checkIn be requiere, how can i get that in my team system Any idea TKS! I think you need to install a custom check-in policy to enforce this. See the following post from James Manning for an example:- http://blogs.msdn.com/jmanning/archive/2006/01/21/515858.aspx Regards, Martin. ...Show All

• PeterR TFS in a workgroup

  Hi I am trying to install TFS in a workgroup server. Since this is only for testing and the machine is isolated from the internet, I am using the Administrator account for everything. After all the installation and everything is complete, I install TFS and the installation is succesful. But after that I don't know what to do. I haven't found any new options on the Administrative Tools (its a translation from spanish so I am not sure that is th ...Show All

• Sven Rutten Checking in a "checkout" lock on a branch?

  Wow this strikes me as odd.  If I want to "lock" a branch, say a checkout lock, I then have to "checkin" that checkout lock.  That's a tad confusing.  I would have guessed that applying a lock was an immediate action like applying a label. Yeah I'd have to agree.  That is confusing.  What is the downside of not having any pending changes resulting from just taking out a lock ...Show All

• Aman Bedi Schema Compa Using a project as Target Schema

  Hello, I noticed that a project can be used as the Target Schema in a schema compare. Is there anyway to update the project with what is currently in the source database The script that is generated is SQL meant to be run on a database and the 'Write Updates' button is greyed out. Are there any plans to implement the ability to directly update the code of the project via the Schema Compare It could also be useful to be able to compare proj ...Show All

• Fresh Mexican Food Fan Walkthru question on "To save a document to the project portal"

  I have a VMWare installation of the Trial version of VSTS running TFS in a single-server config. On the host I have the trial version of Team Suite. I am attempting to go through the walkthru's and have a question on the section intitled "Saving Your Work Item List to the Project Portal". In the subheading "To save a document to the project portal", step 2 states "Navigate to the project portal, and then in the File name ...Show All

• Dan Dittenhafer What are the improvements in beta3?

  Is it worth uninstalling beta2 on one of my computers and installing beta3   It''s disappointing that I can't find the differences in the vs2005 home page. dennist685 Here is a blog on Team Build specific improvements for B3 - http://blogs.msdn.com/nagarajp/archive/2005/10/07/478397.aspx Have a look at this post by Brian Harry. There is some great info on the differences with Beta 2 and Beta 3. An ...Show All