Answer Questions

• Chris Betlach Work items menu in Excel

  Hi there, I am having some problems installing the Team System Client. when i install the TS Client in Windows 2000, it show the "work items" menu in MS Project, but not in MS Excel. It works fine if i use Windows XP or Win 2003. what is the problem with Windows 2000 Thanks in advance, Guino. You may want to verify that the PIAs (.NET Programmability Support) for Microsoft Excel are installed on the Windows 2000 computer. Which OS servic ...Show All

• johnko Q: How do you Filter system generated cs files(such as class.designer.cs) in FxCop?

  Anyone tried using FxCop that is capable of disregarding system generated code (cs files such as class.designer.cs) Can you do this without using UI We plan to make this process automated. If you are using the external FxCop version (ie not Visual Studio) you already have this functionality. Simple select the Targets tab and unselect any classes that you don't want to analyze. ...Show All

• Dayasankar Timeouts and 302 object moved

  Using VS2005 Team Suite, I recorded the WebTest succesfully but when I ran it, get some success and some failure. Some test fails for timeout and some shows " 302 object moved ". I tried TimeOut property to extend upto 300s . But still wouldn't help. Any tips or tricks A 302 Http status code indicates that the URL is a redirect. When you navigate to a URL that is a redirect, IE automatically r ...Show All

• Frederic BEAULIEU Team Foundation Server with Visual Studio 2003

  We have heard conflicting information about the compatibility of Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio 2003. We have many .Net 1.1 projects that we use vs2003 with.  We will have many .Net 2.0 projects that we'll use vs2005 with.  We would like to consolidate our concepts here and use the same Team Foundation Server if possible.  Primarily this would be with "version control" and "work item tracking". We have heard confli ...Show All

• Doug Svacina Create and register a new build Id outside of TeamBuild

  Hi, I'd like to use an API to regsiter a Build in Team System, so it shows up in the Datawarehouse etc, and can be used to link change sets etc. So that I can determine Code Churn per Build. I want to migrate to MSBuild in the future, but now want to add the Team Foundation DWH functionality to my current build script. I cannot find the task that is used by TeamBuild in the EndToEndIteration to do the above stuff. Any pointers to the correct API ...Show All

• GavinRitchie Web Test recording unreliable - help!

  I've just installed the release version of VisualStudio Team Suite 2005, to use the web testing tools. (I had previously used beta 2 on a different PC). I go through the standard process of recording a web test. However not all the posts are recorded. In more detail:  - Start recording - OK  - Type in the URL of our logon page (we use our own authentication) - OK  - Enter the logon credentials and press Logon - OK  - We do a ...Show All

• William Dobbs Does Visual studio Pro ships SQL

  Please confirm whether Microsoft Project would be part of the Visual Studio 2005 Pro, as well as SQL Server 2005. Thanks in advance. Thanks for the quick reply. Do you mean Pro, or VSTS You've asked in the VSTS forum. The answer in both cases is no. SQl Server Express is free, but no SS version comes with any Visual Studio, nor does Project. An MSDN sub is the way to get them all in one go. Glad to help :-) ...Show All

• Qwickset Unimaginably bad "disconnected" experience - how to proceed?

  OK, it's old news that VSTS 2005 doesn't support disconnected access very well.  In fact, it's unimaginably bad. I've got a solution with several projects.  One of my developers needed to do work at home where no connection was available.  Now, I have a project that's been substantially modified from what's in SCC. How on Earth am I supposed to get the two back in sync now   The IDE won't let me add the new items - it complai ...Show All

• Tuchi Help with the Custom Checkin Policy Example from the Extensibility Kit

  Hey! I'm running TFS Beta3 Refresh,and using the latest version of the extensibility kit. I am not able to see my custom policy, when I try and add it to the Check in Policy page.  I see the three that are installed with it, but I do not see mine.  My assembly is called MyExtensibilityClass.dll, and is located at c:\policies.  In the registry, I have added a string to the Checkin Polices key.  The string name is M ...Show All

• chriseboy Install problem - Requested Prerequisites

  Hi, I just got the visual studio team suite beta, but got some problems installing the team foundation server. First i installed the visual studio disc, then the sql server disc, but now when trying to install the team foundation server it says: Microsoft SQL Server 9 Service is either not started or installed Microsoft SQL Server 9 Analysis Services is either not started or installed Microsoft SQL Server 9 Report Server Service is either not st ...Show All

• Varix Programmatic get latest?

  I need to pull files out of TFS source control from within a custom .net application. Basically the app will pull out database scripts and execute them against various databases. I really have no idea where to start. Can anyone point me towards any relevant resources Thanks Ross If you need to get the files to a workspace, using the Get method on the Workspace object as mentioned above is the way to go. Ho ...Show All

• blueinc Load test DB - when & how can it be purged?

  I noted in running a web test that the sqlexpress DB it created quickly became very large. Assuming I do not need historical data can I just delete the DB file(s)   Thanks, Tomk I assume you mean you were running a load test that contained a web test, as just running a web test standalone doesn't create a database. If you want to recreate a fresh load test database removing all previous results, you can open a Visual ...Show All

• Bruce Sandeman CMMI Template Customization

  Does anyone know when the CMMI process guidance is going to be available for customization (ie. export-edit-import into TFS / use as template) Thanks renaming From.Common. to .CMMI. did the trick Regards Christian Hi I got the same error. In the log file is the following error: Exception Message: TF26177: The field Microsoft.VSTS.Common.ProposedDate cannot be renamed from 'Proposed Date - MSF ...Show All

• Asif fattah Team project creation failure. Initialization for plugin "Microsoft.Pcw.wss" failed with error:

  Hi MS Staff, We're getting an error 'Event Description: Initialization for plugin "Microsoft.Pcw.wss" failed with error: "Client found response content type of 'text/html', but expected 'text/xml'. The request failed with the error message:' when attempting to create a new team project. I've inserted the error log below.  Any ideas Thanks, Tony Bierman HNI Corporation 05/04/2005 04:09:19.616 | Module: ELeadServiceMediator | URL for eLead ...Show All

• jm47048 Need means to automatically set one work item field based on another field

  Is there a means with TFS (via some sort of plug-in or otherwise) to programmatically check the value of a work item field and set another work item field to a value that varies depending on the first work item field For instance, we might want to set a default Assigned To value using a table of client IDs.  After a change of client ID, it would be nice to automatically update the Assigned To value based on the table. See also: & ...Show All