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• Duvert Object reference not set to an instance of an object

  Everytime I check in a file, i get this message. What is this for Thanks, Ted I might be in the wrong forum We're using the shipping version of TFS Workgroup with Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition. The dialog box message is: Microsoft Visual Studio Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Ok It shows up when we're using the Source Control Explorer to do a file checkin. ...Show All

• leowang Missing Team Explorer button

  I've installed Team Edition for Software Architects 2005.  Installed Beta3 Team fondation on a server.  The team Edition for Software architects is missing the team menu item.  I cannot find a way to connect to the server.  At the server I can use VS Explorer to connect and create projects what I'm doing wrong.... I believe you also need to install the Team Explorer on the machine where you ...Show All

• scornful Customizing bug form

  Hi there,     How do I make sure that the group box is only as big as it fills all the controls in it and does not leave any empty area, so that it looks better as well I can utilize maximum area of the form. Basically how do I set/control the height (as I can do for width by percentwidth attribute) of any control or group in form Thanks, Anu Hey Sagar,          No, that ...Show All

• Uriparan SQL 2005 is not installed?

  Hello, I am attempting an install of VS2005 TF - Database Tier.  During the system health check it reports back saying "SQL Server 2005 is not installed on this computer" also, " SQL Server Analysis Service needs to be installed on this computer" and " SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services is not installed on this computer when in fact all of the above are installed (Using SQL 2005 Standard) (W2003 Server Ent. Sp1) Can any ...Show All

• TrevBryan use Team Build on a website

  How to use Team Build with a website with Project references within the same solution The project referenced assemblies are not copied over to the bin directory and is resulting in unable to find namespace or assembly error Hi! Can you please attach the build log generated in this process so that I can see the errors generated in more detail Also, did you add a project reference to a managed project in th ...Show All

• RamaKrishna 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  Since the documentation looks to be outdated: What are the steps to take to backup all the data within TFS3.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 It is not possible to backup one single project.  The databases hold the data for all the project ...Show All

• Kazım KARGI Scenario can not be resolved as "split"

  I'm looking at the MSF for Agile Software Development guidance. According to the specifications for a Scenario Workitem, I should be able to Resolve a Scenario with the reason Split, but I can not. The documentation says I should have Completed, Split, Deferred and Removed as allternatives, but I have As Designed, Deferred, Duplicate, Fixed, Obsolete and Unable to Reproduce. Is this a bug in the documentation or in TFS Beta 3 Refresh Regards, K ...Show All

• blowsie VS.NET 2003 and Team Foundation Server

  I recently installed the MSSCCI Provider for VS.NET 2003. Shortly thereafter, I began receiving a number of error messages. Sometimes, upon opening VS I'll receive the message "Critical Error of Source Control Provider. Please restart IDE." Restarting the IDE usually results in the same message, but it seems as though restarting the entire OS sometimes fixes it. When I don't get that error on opening, I'll receive an error later on th ...Show All

• PatrickL How to make a file in source control writable when get it's latest version?

    When I get latest version of a file, it's automatically read-only. How can I configure the source control system that make some files writable when get their latest version Thanks!     I have posted several questions/observations/complaints in this forum about "missing" features in TFSVC.  "Right" or "wrong" in your opinion, if the feature is in VSS then someone out there is using it.  ...Show All

• Dmacdonald no coverage result for website

  How can I get code coverage results against my website in my unit test projects I tried adding the website to my test solution and add it to test run config to be instrumented. But after doing that, my test case can't work fine and I'll notice the weird error message: Failed to connect to an IPC Port: The system cannot find the file specified. Anybody has any idea    I figure out in Whidbey mai ...Show All

• mylaputa Best Practices for ClearCase Migration

  Hi I am wondering, if anybody has some best practices for migrating ClearCase to TFVC to share with public Since there is no migration tool available I'm wondering if anybody decided to move certain snapshots of certain labels and inserted them by hand into TFVC. How did that work out What sould I look out for What are the does and don'ts Who ever has any ideas or suggestions pls let them hear. Tom Thanks a lot for ...Show All

• Steve Jo HTTP Status Code: Unathorized - Unathorized

  I have a team member who is getting an error trying to save a NEW work item. She receives a popup alert that states: "HTTP Status Code Unathorized - Unathorized" However, she is able to modify existing work items.  I looked at the event log on the app-tier but don't see any errors. Any ideas ~slee Ok, it appears this might have something to do with attachments. If we removed the attached file that ...Show All

• mgreer IdentifiersShouldHaveCorrectSuffix

  IdentifiersShouldHaveCorrectSuffix On this page linked above, under the section "When to Exclude Messages", it is missing an exclusion instance that I believe should be in place. If I create a collection class and derive it from a base collection class, but want this new collection to also be a base class, then ending the collection's name with Base should be a valid exclusion reason. Example: MyCollectionB ...Show All

• emau_son Team foundation toolbar missing in excel

  I've installed vsts and the client etc, and also the "MS Visual Studio Tools for Office System 2005 Runtime Beta 2", yet I have no toolbar for working with Team Foundation server. I have Office 2003 installed, do I have to install office 2005 or is there something I'm missing Thanks Hello, I have got the same problem using the beta 2 release but as soon as I installed the july CTP I faced the problem no more. regards, WoZoI ...Show All

• Cliff Ophalvens traceability in Team Foundation Server

  Does anyone know if TFS maintains traceability between requirements, specifications, testing, etc. According to our methodology, an implementation of a use case should be implemeted in four stages: Define Use Case, Analyze & Design, Develop and Test. This is no rocket science! However, implementing this in TS, is not that trivial. The way we work is to use MS Project to orchestrate all the activities of ...Show All