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• GeoB Team Systems Question

  How does Microsoft Team Edition for software testers stack up against Mercury Winrunner Is there a side by side comparison of the two My company is debating on which one we should purchase Maybe it is a difficult question because the product is still in beta. Thanks Brian VS Load Testing compares favorably on this chart, but we do not want to post a head-to-head comparison here. VS strengths are: VS integration: Use a real language and d ...Show All

• wesnerm1000 Unable to connect to sharepoint site

  After successfull installation of TFS, when trying to create a new team project, first few steps completes, but then it says "unable to connect to sharepoint site" and stops. In the server, Default Website is on port 80 : Displays sharepoint "Home" Sharepoint admin is on port: 26442 : Displays "Sharepoint Central Admin" TFS is on port 8080: Displays "Access Forbidden"!! when directly browsed from http:\\servername:8080 The team ex ...Show All

• benztoronto TF82001: MS Project can't connect to Team Foundation Server

  I have a weird issue. If I right click on a work item and click "open selection in MS Project" the selected work item appears in MS Project. BUT, if I save this file and then open it again I get the error: "TF82001: Cannot connect to the Team Foundation server. Please contact your server administrator." I'm going to reinstall the TFS client again to see if that resolves the issue. Per your request, I sent you the two files via email. ...Show All

• giorgiosf Unexpected error when adding Web Part to TFS Project site

  We are receiving the following error message when we attempt to add any of the Web Parts supplied with Team Foundation Server to our projects home page: An unexpected error has occurred. Web Parts Maintenance Page: If you have permission, you can use this page to temporarily disable Web Parts or remove personal settings. For more information, contact your site administrator. Our enviroment is a clean install of the following: ...Show All

• stupidStan Extraction rule: How to use ContextParameterName from ExtractText function?

  A question surrounding the extraction rule functionality in VS Web Test. On a results webpage (after doing a search) I need to "wait" until the word "DONE" appears in the results pane. The way I'm planning to do this is by using the ExtractText standard function (unless anyone has a better idea). This extracts a substring from the html appearing in between certain html tags (either the string "PROCESSING" or "DONE"). If the text is eq ...Show All

• RHogue How to: Add Data Binding to a Web Test

  According to this walkthrough: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ms182546(en-us,vs.80).aspx I should be able take values from a Table Column and use them as values for QueryString Parameters. In my case, I want to use them as Form Post Parameters instead of QueryString but either way, I get the same result: First, When I add the Data Source, the thing says something like 'Invalid Object' when I try to run the test, My data Source is Adve ...Show All

• ThePerfessor TF hanging

  When I run "tf.exe" commands that affect my workspace the program hangs indefinitely.  For example, if I run "tf.exe /workspace /server:myserver /comment:myComment" the program just sits.  Now, I did move my workspace recently with some files left checked out.  I don't know whether this may have caused problems.  But I deleted the workspace from another machine. My other machine works fine, however. Inside Visual Studio ...Show All

• PhantomX Failover design for TFS deployment (was What data lives on the app tier)

  Anyone have a walkthrough of failover design with TFS if there exists any I'm in the midst of trying to design a distributed development system with TFS dual server layout in the backend and 2 different proxy servers and need more information. /Andreas Andreas, As far as I know it is not possible to use WLBS for Team Foundation Server load balancing. It appears that state is kept on the AT and therefore lo ...Show All

• THE RED SNOOKIE VSTS Dev edition and TFS - IDE Locks on Add Item - BEEPS

  When connected to TFS everytime I add an item to the project the IDE locks up in what appears to be a modal error of sorts. Once the item is added to the project I cannot do anything. Anywhere I click in the IDE I just get beeps. It is as though there is a dialog box open but I cannot see it. I have to kill the devenv process... When I reopen the project I have to show all files and include the file that I just added. I can provide a sh ...Show All

• Kaiser28 Question about authentication through VPN??

  Hi, We have some long term contract developers that work for us - we provide them a VPN account to get into our network and I was wondering if that will work the the TFS client   the user logs into their computer using either the domain account or local account (not sure which one) then VPN's to our network - question is, with the TFS integration with AD, does that work through only a VPN connection or does the user "really have to be ...Show All

• Need Help SDM - FTP Endpoint tutorial

  Hi, I am trying to follow FTP example. I created and successfully compiled sdmDocument, I also created endpoint prototype files using protogen tool.   I added required entries into registry - EnterpriseTools\Sdm\InitializationFiles and EnterpriseTools\DesignerPrototypeFolders.   Unfortunately when I’m loading new project I don’t see them in the toolbox.   Any ideas   Thanks, Nel ...Show All

• jen01902 Fxcop Custom Rule to check for Custom Controls

  Hi, In my project we are using custom controls instead of normal ASP.NET controls. We have build an architecture on .NET and are using its controls. Example of custom control used in prj: xyz. ABC.WEB.CONTROLS.Label Now I need to write a custom rule to check for naming conventions like label name should start with lbl. Can anyone please help me out with code I hope the poblem is clear ..... in case of any further clarifications ne ...Show All

• Ronald Cuzco Can't see Team Explorer

  I have just installled Team Suite (all options) but Team and Team Explorer are nowhere on the menus.  What am I missing Steve You have to install the client from the TFS Beta 3 cd on top of team suite. You will then have Team Explorer and TFS connectivity options. ...Show All

• Zhiqiang Backup you data with Team Foundation Server Beta 3

  Since the documentation looks to be outdated: What are the steps to take to backup all the data within TFS3. It should be a backup of all tables (including SharePoint Services and Reporting Serves data) from SQL Server and a backup of Windows SharePoint Services. Is that it Are the attachements now stored within the database Thanks, Neno The admin guide is not ready yet.  All of the source code is stored in the SQL database, so yes. ...Show All

• Karthickk problem opening file after reformatting my computer

  I had to reformat my entire computer and lost Microsoft Word. I have a resume on a floppy but am unable to open it. Do I need to purchase Word to do this I am very new at this, so any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Tracy P. Not sure how you stumbled into the Team Foundation Server forum, but anyway... If you had a licensed version of Word to begin with, you're certainly allowed to reinstall it wi ...Show All