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• plengski SdmC.exe - where is this tool located ?

  My apologies if this is an incredibly stupid question - I downloaded the SDM SDK but I cannot find the SdmC.exe compiler  Did I miss something Where do I get a copy of this tool Regards, Bob Wilmes It's typically located <install dir>\VSIP 8.0\SdmSDK\Tools\. If you don't have this dir you probably want to download and install Download the Visual Studio 2005 SDK Beta 2 . Nel ...Show All

• Eamon Nerbonne can't upgrade B3R to RC due to pending merge / branch

  It appears that I cannot upgrade with a pending change in the system. tfsupgrade /verify returns an error about a shelveset having pending changes. According to the server status there are no pending changes for the listed owner and we have deleted the shelveset. any suggestions I think we're stuck with B3R until we can build up a separate system... I couldn't wait. I just went in and manually deleted the two rows out of the p ...Show All

• Denis B BUG - Rank field

  Entered 99999999999 in rank field on work item and got this error. Error The value you entered for field 'Microsoft.VSTS.Commaon.Rank' is not a valid whole number or is not within the allowed range of -2147482648 to 2157483647. The message is a little cryptic, but why not just force the textbox to be 9 positions long instead I'll follow up with the UI folks about whether the UI can be a little more helpful. But, as you can probabl ...Show All

• spd Can't not create team project

  Today, I tried to create a new team project from my vsts. I got the following error message: Error Unable to connect to the Windows SharePoint Services at ppgcmtychatnet1 Explanation The Project Creation Wizard was not able to connect to the Windows SharePoint Services at ppgcmtychatnet1. The reason for the failed connection cannot be determined at this time. Because the connection failed, the wizard was not able to complete creating ...Show All

• Arnak script fails after new version of software pushed

  I am currently trying to create tests to test microsofts new CRM application.  I have recorded numerous web tests, but they will stop working after a change is made to the application.  As far as I can tell it is linked to an import of the configuration from another server.  When the script does a form post of the information submitted in the test, it gets back an error stating that the form has expired.  I can re-record the ...Show All

• Sudhakara Post build steps and TFS

  Hi all, I have a big broblem with TFS Here is the problem: I have a solution containing more than 200 C++ projects. Each of them has some post build steps that copies the output (and also configuration files such as XML) to a specific relative pathed directory. This works fine on desktop computers, but it does not work on TFS. What I observe is that TFS tries to move all output files to a central directory (Binaries\Mixed Platforms\Rel ...Show All

• Raja Ratheesh other recurring TFS errors in event log

  for some reason at about 3:15am this morning my TFS server started spewing the following sequence of errors: #1 ================================================== Soure: VSTF Source Code Control An exception has occurred in a Team Foundation component. Technical Information (for the administrative staff): Date (UTC): 5/6/2005 2:32:02 PM Machine: DPMSERV1 Application Domain: /LM/W3SVC/4/Root/SCC-4-127598594375000000 Assembly: Microsoft.Vis ...Show All

• milkmood Why is 'Drop' outside of source control?

  I'm sure a familiar site for a lot of people working with Team Foundation at the moment is a build machine file system littered with a folder after folder of previous builds in the drop location and it seems a bit odd that there is no provision for having the output of the build also placed in source control rather than clogging up the build machine, is there any particular reason for this So, OK, I could extend my team builds 'AfterBuildDrop' ...Show All

• tri_phani I suppose I could do that but that really isn't as useful as I'd like

  What is the best alternative for tracking developer hours against work items in Team Foundation Server Any third party tools I have accomplished what you want. The biggest challenge I see is developer compliance, not technical feasibility. See http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=326021&SiteID=1 The simplest way is probably to modify your work item types to accept a f ...Show All

• murpheux Install Done, what's next?!

  Hi everyone, I installed Team Foundation Server on my windows 2003 standard server and everything went well .. but now what There is nothing in the Start Menu talking about it, no icon on the desktop, nothing! I mean, how can I add new project to it create portal for each project where can I read about all that Thanks That's correct. Well.. I installed TFS using the TFSSETUP user .. which I deleted after ...Show All

• UsmanTahir Build Type name length too long or illegal characters

  Hi, Am trying to setup a new build type but get an error saying that the "Workspace name <workspace name>@<my username> is too long or contains illegal characters" the <workspace name>@<my username> is 66 characters in length. Is that too long   If it is too long how can I change it   Do I have to recreate the Team Project What would be the illegal characters... is there a list Thanks in advance ...Show All

• Yeti32 VSTFWeb - project path

  Hi, When I am isntalling VSTS, during installation it must create "VSTFWeb" web. But when I am installing it does not happen. that is why getadminport command fails. Can I create this web site manually If yes - to which path is should point to Please let me know. Regards Ajay Hi All, Found the actual problem. Issue is that VSTF setup sets up VSTFWeb on port 8080 (hardcoded port). So if you have any other site ...Show All

• Robert Cotran Reports on Project Portal fail if Title of Team Project Portal is different from Team Project Name.

  It seems that the tfsredirect.aspx page uses the portal title to request the reports rather than using the project name. For instance when I was setting up a new team project, I gave the name 'TestProject1' on the first page of the wizard, selected 'MS Agile' on the process screen and on the third screen gave the title for the portal as 'Test Project1' (notice the space). When I bring up the Portal site, all the reports fail. The error displayed ...Show All

• Peter999999 FormField validation

  I'm currently trying to perform a FormField validation on a "select" tag which has the following html: <select name="ucCalcPage1:ucDateSelector:ddlMonth" id="ucCalcPage1_ucDateSelector_ddlMonth" onkeypress="return ValidatorEnterKeyHandler(event, 'ucCalcPage1_btnGetPricing');">  <option value="1">January</option>  <option value="2">February</option>  <option value="3">March</option> ...Show All

• bigblueapple Bug Reports in RC not working

  I I upgraded from Beta3 to RC late last week. When I run some of my reports, it is NOT showing any data. (Please note that I followed the upgrade guide correctly and ran the tfsuloadreports tool, etc without any problems. However, when I ty to run the Bugs By Priority repot it brings back nothing. When I run a query on my wharehouse: use TfsWarehouse select count (*) as [WH Revisions] from [dbo] . [Work Item History] with ( ...Show All