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• Dany_Vohl Why am I not able to change the app config file using the assembly initialize method of a unit test?

  I have spent some time trying to figure out the best way to use different app config files for a unit test.  I have discovered, at least to the best of my knowledge, that the only way to use an app config that is different then the one that lives with the project is to use the setup scripts via the testrunconfig.  Please, someone tell me that I would be able to test more then one app.config file per test solution with out having to ...Show All

• Cav22 DCR: Field level security

  I am sure this has already been covered in some past discussion somewhere, but just in case I want to add this thread so a person can search on "field level security" to find info about this request. The only thread I can find where the topic was touched on is titled "Let the submitter close the issue only". This is a design change request (DCR) to ask that in the next version or update of VSTS, that there be some way to add security on a per-fi ...Show All

• blond Frequent incorrect build results - projects skipped that are out of date

  I have a solution with 17 C# projects - two .EXEs and the rest DLLs, including a number of unit test projects. I can't begin to relate how often I run into problems due to incorrect build outcomes - one or more projects were not built even though clearly out of date. I see this sort of thing when running tests from the test manager (which sometimes completely refuses to even try to build anything and just complains that it can't find the ou ...Show All

• coderkidd Team Foundation PowerToys

  Hello , I'm tring to use tfpt rollback command, and instead of GUI for choosing a changeset to rollback I get 'Unable to determine the workspace.' in command prompt . Can anyone help me with this question Thank you As with tf.exe, you need to run tfpt from a folder that’s mapped by the workspace where you want to perform the operation. See: Working with Workspaces <http://msdn2.microsoft ...Show All

• Anwar Buchoo Team System & Roles

  I am very new to Team Systems.  All the documents I have seen at microsoft website seem to indicate that a role will dictate what will be available to a user.  I work in a very small org, where there are 10 people taking on multiple roles.  I am the architect, I am the proj manager, many of us are developers, 2 of us do testing, deployment and support.  I would like to take advantage of all the featur ...Show All

• Quanta05 Copy-Past error?

  Hi there! Have you noticed this In Agile Software Process - WorkItem Tracking - TypeDefinitions - risk.xml file there is this block: <!-- **************** Test Integration Fields ************************************************* --> < FIELD name = " Test Name " refname = " Microsoft.VSTS.Test.TestName " type = " String " reportable = " detail " > < HELPTEXT > The ...Show All

• luano Make a new field depending on "Assigned To"

  I added a new field called "Responsibility" to the Bug workitem. And I was trying to make it dependent on "Assigned To". Say, when "Assigned To" is set to user A, "Responsibility" will show "QA". Below is what I did for the new field, but it doesn't work properly. My problem here is the new field value won't get updated correctly, unless I empty the "Assigned To" box first and then select user. Any help is greatly appreciated. <FIELD name=" ...Show All

• Azael Process Guidance Print Tool

  Hi guys, Any idea how can i get printable version of MSF for CMMI. I am planning to get several copies of the same and distribute it to my team members. your help is appreciated thanks I have created a tool that generates single html printer-friendly documents from Process Guidance source files. Maybe it's helpful for you! Download it from: http://staff.southworks.net/blogs/mariano/archive/2006 ...Show All

• Kandikan Error"Document not found: vstfs:http//seabug01:8080/Currituck/Results/Existing/19fd1118-32c8-4a89-a710-61a40de97e51"

  Hi there,     One of my team mate is not able to open bug or see any query. Any time she tried to do any of these, she gets the error popping up saying " Document not found: vstfs:http//seabug01:8080/Currituck/Results/Existing/19fd1118-32c8-4a89-a710-61a40de97e51" When she term serves in Seabug01 VSTS server itself, logins as her and starts client from there. She could do everything just fine. She could see all the queries, ...Show All

• scwoods Automatically Log Bugs

  Is there a way, probably through the SDK, than I can write code in my internal application to automatically log crashes and errors as bugs in the appropriate team system project Thanks, Ryan Kelley Thank you very much, this is what I was looking for. And thank you for the input I will take all of that into consideration while creating this feature Hi Ryan, You ca ...Show All

• StevenDH Create a Test List in VSTE For Dev

  I am trying to set up a build type in Team Foundation Server that runs a set of unit tests as part of the build process. However all the docs I see reference features I can't find. I suspect they are part of TE for Testers, which I don't have. How can someone who does not have Team Suite, or Team Edition for Testers create a build type that can run unit tests The best part is that you have to buy one more team ...Show All

• Karl H Build by Project instead of Solution

  Within the Build Type, is it possible to specify the actual projects within a solution to build Currently there is a section in the build type that looks like: < SolutionToBuild Include = " $(SolutionRoot)\Some\Path\Solution1.sln " /> < SolutionToBuild Include = " $(SolutionRoot)\Another\Path\Solution2.sln " /> Instead of building an entire solution, can we specify which project in the solution to build.  I see example ...Show All

• CygnusX1 How to write Unit Testing for ASP.NET 2.0 under VSTS?

  Hi, I have to write unit test cases for asp.net 2.0 web application using Team System's Test project. What I have done... 1. I created a solution under Team System 2. I added empty web site project to the above solution 3. I added Test project to the above solution. ---Solution +Solution Items xxxx.vsdml xxxx.testrunconfig +WebTestProj +TestProject +Properties +References -Uni ...Show All

• Craig Dunstan Team Build status not refreshing when executed on remote build server

  I have an XP VPC on which I only installed Beta 2 of Team Build and TFS Client (Team Explorer only), this is my build server and I have another VPC (W2003) with the Data, App and Client tiers. When I launch a build from VS2005 specifying my XP machine as the Build Server, it gets added to the list of builds with a status of 'Build Initializing', the build executes and deploys correctly on the build server but the status is never updated (yes, I ...Show All

• David So MSFT Query for all items that've had been assigned to me?

  Is there a way to write a query that returns all items that have had ever been assigned to me, regardless of whom they are assigned to now That is, all items that have ever had anything to do with me. The "was ever" operator will do this. In the query editor, for instance from the "All Work Items" query, add a new line: And, Assigned To, Was Ever, @Me ...Show All