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• Perrin1234 Deployment attribute : System Designer

  What does the Deployment flag in System Designer settings attributes mean The documentation says "In System Designer, you can also specify that the Authentication setting is fixed by clearing the Deployment check box." What does it mean, "fixed". Where is the value "fixed" I can't change ANYTHING in deployment designer , and the deployment flag has no effect on the Systems Designer. The deployment report ...Show All

• BJHop Editing the email notification format

  Hi every one, I'm trying to customize the email notification format. I'm doing it by editing the XSL Stylesheets file. I succeed to edit the mail body, but I couldnt find a way to change the 'subject' of the mail. Thanks in advance, Shmulik There is not a mechanism to change the subject for Team Foundation alerts. You've already discovered that the XSLT TeamFoundation.xsl is responsible ...Show All

• t_shan Missing Build Labels

  I can see the labels created by Team Build from the UI, but can't see them using "tf labels" command. Other labels that I have created manually show up in 'tf labels'. Only the ones created by Team Build are missing. Thanks much in advance. Jamil, Are you using the /owner:* syntax tf labels /server:<your server> /owner:* That should show you all of the labels on that server. By d ...Show All

• Ramkumar Chandrasekaran Project Creation Problem: Unable to connect to the Windows SharePoint Services

  After installing TFS Beta 3, everything seems ok. Can connect to it, manage it, etc. However I cannot create projects sucessfully. When I try to I get this (excerpt from log): Event Description: TF30162: Task "SharePointPortal" from Group "Portal" failed Exception Type: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.PcwException Exception Message: Unable to connect to the Windows SharePoint Services at TEAMSYS1 Exception Details: The Project Creation Wizard w ...Show All

• Rajeev Ranjan Can you find unclosed database connections with FxCop?

  Is it possible to use FxCop to find code that "forgets" to close database connections Josh, what database connection class(es) are you using If your database connection objects implement IDisposable, the rule DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope which only ships with Visual Studio 2005 Team System (not with the standalone FxCop tool) could find this pattern. If it doesn't, or you don't have acce ...Show All

• mcbQuest IDE hangs when checking out a file?

  Here's a wierd one that took a while to narrow down - no idea what's going on under the covers but... We have a solution with 18 projects in it - mixture of class libraries, executables, etc. In one project, there's a particular UserControl that sometimes can't be edited by the IDE. All other user controls in the project work fine. This particular user control, when double-clicked in the IDE, results in a hung IDE. It's not using any CPU t ...Show All

• kdot Is there an example of how to test web services using https with X.509 certificate

  Any examples out there to test web services that require a client-side certificate using https I created the tests on my local machine without ssl and now am trying to enhance them for our larger test system. Can't record as we are using Smart Client WinForms.  Actually, the problem migh not be the certificate but how to add a FormPostParameter with Username and password. Is this the same in Smart Client forms as in IE Thanks, Burk ...Show All

• sandyk Question on source code control API

  how do i get the history of a file using the source code control API in the beta 2 of vstfs 2005 The MSDN documents a method called QueryHistory which takes in the following parameters: The repository path to an item for which history should be queried. The version of the specified item for which history should be queried. The unique deletion ID for the item, if it is deleted. A flag determining whether history should be recursivel ...Show All

• darksunz Renaming a directory whose statis is add pending

  If I decide to change the directory name that is "add" pending, it seems that I have to check it in before I can rename it.  Is this correct   If so, that seems a bit clunky.  No, rename is supposed to be possible on pending add items. I just verified that you are able to rename pending add folder at commad line but UI doesn't give that option in context menu. It is a bug. Pending added file cou ...Show All

• sarasotamac questions on iterations/classifications

  First I understand conceptually what iterations are - I've read the MSF documentation - I think it fits quite well with what we're doing... My question is do iterations show up anywhere other than as fields in work items   Are they anything more than query criteria Do they play a role in source control - for example let's say we're stabilizing an iteration for QA or something, but some developers want to continue with development into the n ...Show All

• Navajo July CTP install of VSTS - Source Control Plug in Missing, Team Explorer missing

  Hi everyone, I recently upgraded from the June CTP of VS2005 to the July CTP, both are the Team Suite edition. Now in my new installation, everything works, but there is no Team Explorer window, I cannot connect to a TFS server, and when I look for Source Control plug-in's, nothing is listed. I can't find any evidence of Team System. I verified over and over in the control panel that I do in fact have the Team Suite edition installed. Any ideas ...Show All

• megadith How can I encode a POST body in a coded webtest?

  This is my feable attempt: byte [] cmdBytes = Encoding .UTF8.GetBytes(strBody); Stream st = request1Body.GetBodyStream(); st.Write(cmdBytes, 0, cmdBytes.Length); st.Flush(); st.Close(); Throwing the following exception: {"Memory stream is not expandable."} Unfortunately, we didn't have time to include something like BinaryHttpBody, but the extensibility points are in there to al ...Show All

• NaveedAzhar Checking Inheritance Heirarchy

  Hi, I am using the following code to check the inheritance heirarchy. public override ProblemCollection Check(TypeNode type) { int baseCount = 0; while ((type = type.BaseType) != null ) { baseCount++; } } I have the sample (Test Program for this rule) as a Windows Application. But some what I am not sure why, it enters the loop only for the Program.cs file and not for the other referenced file ...Show All

• jetter uniqe calls per data row

  Hi, I am runing a loadtest that containe one web test with 3 calls in it. first call is for login with a user id. second for status refresh and 3rd with one acction to add transaction. the server is doing the transaction B2B to another sever based on the login guid. my problem is , when I start the load test , I think that more then one user is using the same data row from the DB with the user id for the login action. so bascly only that last on ...Show All

• deeceethree Possible Values for User-Agent String - Web Tests

  Hi, I have been trying to change the user-agent string of a web test to something like, for instance "CHTML Generic" but the requests in my web test are failing if I do that. If I change it to a Firefox user agent string, for instance, the requests will work. I am using a WebTestRequestPlugin to change the User-Agent string. Does anybody know why that is happening Thank you! The behavior you describe indicates that the pa ...Show All