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• Markus Raabe WorkspaceMapping.xml problem in RC

  In previous versions of TFS the attribute LocalItem was ignored. Is this attribute also ignored in RC How can I have full control of the workspace used for building purposes The approach we are using righ now is to disable the creation of the namespace in the build process, and manualy create the workspace and the mapping for the build type. By the way, when I create a new build type using the wizar I have to proceed to a lot of cu ...Show All

• Andrei Faber Want to rename an existing WorkItem

  I've created a new work item in a project using the witimport.exe utilitie. I now want to change the name of the work item and have been unable to find and documentation or tools to do this. --JonPL Understand, can't have everything all at once. I have played around with the backend and was able to eaisly rename it and have it work fine on one TFS server but have some issues with another server. The serv ...Show All

• KiwiDev Problems with Debug and FxCop

  Hi All, Sometimes when I starts the debug process, it do not stops in my breakpoints. I do the same thing with all my rules, but sometimes all my breakpoints do not work in all my rules.... When it happens, I am forced to create a new project and import all my rules to this new project. It is not a good idea and I'd like to know why it happens and if there is a solution. It happenned 4 times up to now.  I am using fxcop 1 ...Show All

• David Cottrell NUnit Category Equivalent

  From what i understand, there is not a TS Test Attribute the equivalent of the NUnit Category . Am i correct Has someone added a custom add on for this What i want to do is flag each test with a category (something word looking as opposed to using "priority"), e.g. "always", "nightly", "weekly" to enable a class of test runs. I want to be able to access these tests from the mstest.exe command ...Show All

• bikeman123 Development Process and Release management

  I have had a hard time finding resources that explain how Team Systems is going to help manage rapid and simultaneous release schedule management.  How can a team of developers share common library projects and simultaneously work on mutliple future releases, as well as the occassional emergency patch   Eaxmple:  CommonLibraryA has is consumed by websiteA, websiteB and websiteC.  WebsiteC uses the latest versio ...Show All

• Siri Vellanki - MSFT Can FxCop check comments in a C# program?

  Hi! I am writing a report abour FxCop, about what it can do and not and I am wondering if it's possible to add a rule which would check the comments in a program. For instance, before every method I would like that FxCop checks in the comments,  if there is  a ///<summary>, a ///<version>, an ///<author>, and a ///<date> before the method. Is it possible with FxCop Or is this tool  just to che ...Show All

• canadian_coder Enterprise Architecture Framework

  Which Enterprise Architecture Framework best pairs with MSF 4.0/3.0   IEEE, TOGAF, Zachman   Which Enterprise Architecture Framework does Microsoft employ internally This document on MSDN notes the IEEE, but doesn't give many details. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnmaj/html/aj1entarch.asp There is certainly the WSSRA for Infrastructure, but that is more of a patt ...Show All

• Balasubramaniam K Check in Buid Policy

  Hello Im trying to create a policy for check in’s in the Server Code. I want that this policy checks the resultant code, and doesnt allow the check in if the resultant code does not compile.. How could I do this Thx I want that resultant code, after the check in, could make a Build. And if the code in the check in is going to break the build. The policy doent allow that check in. Thanks You really can't do thi ...Show All

• Der M How to access performance counters in another machine

  I want to access performance counters in a machine that is in another domain in a web test. is this possible where do you pass the credentials for that machine thanks Pedro This can work by doing the following: Map a drive/ipc prior to making any connections to the other machine(net use \\machine\IPC$ /user:OTHERDOMAIN\USER PASSWORD). All subsequent connections will use those credentials. This can be hard to ...Show All

• Fluffy_ko Problem Creating Team Project

  Hi, I am running VSTS 2005 Beta 2 and have the single server installation. I was able to create team projects earlier but from yesterday evening it always fails to create the team project with the task CSS.UploadStructure failed due to timeout exception. The complete error log is given below. 08/02/2005 01:19:55.425 | Module: ELeadServiceMediator | URL for eLead web service retrieved as " http://madhuw2k3vs2005:8080/bisserver/EleadWebService.as ...Show All

• DCODER Team Build errors, after build of checkins w/ associated Task from another Team Project

  When a Team build is run following checkin of changes with no associated Task, or the checkin is associated with a Task in the same Team Project as the build, the build will correctly get changesets and associated work items. However, a Team build run following checkin of changes with association to a Task in a *different* Team Project, to that within which the Team Build resides, will produce the following error, and f ...Show All

• stuyckp Removing a user from the Domain

  Hi, using TFS Beta 3, I have deleted a user from the domain but that user is still appearing in the list of users I can assign a work item to. The user has never had anything assigned to them either. I have been through the Global Group Membership but I can't see that user. How can I remove the user from TFS Thanks for your help Graham Since we are working on this for the final product, but this does not ...Show All

• Roemer Systems Designer does not update web.config

  AD successfully updates the Impersonate setting in web.config, whereas Systems Designer does not.  Am I missing something I can override the Impersonate setting, whereas I set the password and UserName as not-overridable. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Hi Jean-Pierre, In Application Designer, only one project is generated for each implemented application definition in the solution; therefore, there is only one ...Show All

• talitore Removing a user from the Domain

  Hi, using TFS Beta 3, I have deleted a user from the domain but that user is still appearing in the list of users I can assign a work item to. The user has never had anything assigned to them either. I have been through the Global Group Membership but I can't see that user. How can I remove the user from TFS Thanks for your help Graham Thanks guys. It would be nice to be able to remove these users from T ...Show All

• Bassel Samir Banbouk proxy bypassed?????

  I have configured TFS to connect thru the proxy(a different machine ). But the setup works even when i disconnect theTFS proxy server and connects directly to the TFS server.It also doesnt give me any sort of error message. How do I ensure that the connection is being routed thru the proxy Now that is i am getting a error say "HTTP Code 503 Service Unavialable" when i try to checkout from the client ...Show All