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• johnsontroye69 CQConverter analyze exception

  Hi, We are trying to migrate data from ClearQuest server into Team System. We are using FSTS beta 2 installation. When executing CQConverter /c:analyze on specific work item (record type in ClearQuest) it fails with following CQ exception: An error was detected retrieving information from the ClearQuest database. There is a reference to an object that does not exist:   Object Type: State   Object: "" of record type "Defect" This error ...Show All

• Niko331 MS naming coding standard & Hungarian notation

  I've just read in MS coding standard naming guideline to not use Hungarian notation anymore. Why Hungarian notion provides useful additionnal information : visibility, type ... Thanks for your help. Clement M Guideline : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/cpconNamingGuidelines.asp Check out our own Nick Guerrera's take on this: Mmm... Hungarian Notation... ...Show All

• SlideGuitarist Team Build Install Issue

  We are having an issue with the Team Foundation Build Server installation for the RC. The required TFS Service account for TFS and TFS Build we created is a local account (not domain). Team Foundation Server allowed the use of a local account during installation. The build server needs to use the same service account used by TFS, but does not allow you to supply a local account during installation. I used my domain account just to complete the ...Show All

• Cameron Slade Agent/Controller Name value pairs

  I'm trying to find out a little more about how these are used, but I'm not having much luck looking through the documentation. So far the only information I've seen about these is this: Attributes Set of name/value pairs that can be used in agent selection. Default attributes: Name, OS. Sets of similar attributes can be assigned to tests. These attributes are used to determine which test can be run on a specific agent. Fo ...Show All

• solution-nt Current MSF CMMI download is guidance only (ie. not a template)

  I have downloaded the newest build of the MSF Agile process template.  I would like to install it into my Beta 2 VSTS install put don't see how to do that other than just overwrite the existing files.  The web site says to read the ReadMe file after extraction but that file does not exist.  Any help would be appreciated. I do not believe the template can be changed on an existing project. Buck ...Show All

• grissett Modifying canned reports

  I am trying to the rdl from the Team Systems report services site and the rdl before I switch to data view runs fine, but once I switch the report to data view. I have both connections that the server uses and checked permissions and all that seems fine. Is there any info any where to let me know how to properly setup a development environment to be able to properly modify and make variations of the canned reports I seem to be pretty close, prob ...Show All

• Gluber Build by Work Items

  I am trying to automate our build process. I have created Team System Builds Types for my solutions. The default implementation is - it gets latest from TS in that entire team system project. What I need is a way, to specify which work items are scheduled for this build - say 100, 101, 102. Then, I want to run the build only on the files/changesets associated with these work items. I dont want to always get the entire latest, since a developer m ...Show All

• Lakshman Unhandled Exception displaying some Messages (1.35 Beta1)

  System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.    at Microsoft.FxCop.UI.MessageDetailsForm.DisplayMessage()    at Microsoft.FxCop.UI.MessageDetailsForm.SetListViewItem(ListViewItem value)    at Microsoft.FxCop.UI.MessageListView.UpdateSelections()    at Microsoft.FxCop.UI.MessageListView.MouseUpHandler(Object sender, MouseEventArgs e)    at System.Windows.For ...Show All

• Kamal_mahendra Programmatic authentication on TFS

  I've got a single-server deployment of TFS set up, as per instructions. I can use Team Explorer to access this server's projects using any account. I need programmatic access to TFS though. Specifically, before I can do anything in TFS, I need to log in to the server. I have a user account in the same domain as the TFS server. I also have Administrator and TFSSETUP accounts. I use the code below to try to authenticate. It's from the web. using S ...Show All

• Basel Alnachef Errors while managing Work Items in Excel

  I use Excel extensively to triage and prioritize Work Items.  I randomly get the following error when clicking in a cell. ****************** TF80070: Team Foundation encountered an error while performing the operation.  It is recommended that you save your work and restart the application. ****************** I can safely click OK to get past the error and continue working, but sometimes the error pops up every time I change cell!&nbs ...Show All

• Zesovich Is C++ instrumentation profiling broken in Beta 2?

  I have successfully run sampling profiling on a c++ project.  When I switch to instrumentation profiling I get a message box saying 'Value does not fall within the expected range.' and then the launch button greys out.  To get the launch button back I have to restart the Visual Studio application. Should instrumentation profiling work for C++   Thanks for the reply.  I pointed a ...Show All

• SzKane Add Work Item menu still loading...

  I just uninstalled/reinstalled TFS on my server.  I uploaded my custom process template, and created a new team project from my template.  However, when I try to right-click the Work Items folder, Add Work Item, it says "Add Work Item menu still loading...(try again in a moment)".  It has been saying this for over an hour now.  When I remote desktop into the TFS server and use team explorer on there, I can add work items just ...Show All

• KevinKauai Gaps in Unit Test Documentation, Help Needed

  At the risk of seeming an absolute dud, I am having problems getting Unit Tests to work on several fronts. The doco is missing some key points and seems to have no actual ZIP files with simple project samples. Make life hard for a newbie in this area to get off the ground. I have Test Suite which includes Team Addition for Testers . My context is I want unit testing to work mainly from my application code (by manuall ...Show All

• Damindu Replace MSF Agile May 2005 Beta in VSTS Beta 2

  Hi: Just wondering could it be possible to replace the contents of MSF Agile showed in VSTS Beta 2 (April 2005) with the newest one manually when I created a team project   I found the May one contained more information. Or wait for new CTP Thanks! Hi Lih, David J. Anderson announced on his blog that the MSF for CMMI Improvement Beta specs would be available on MSDN by next weekend. Here is the blog ...Show All

• kingtaj Analysis Service + IUSR_MachineName ERROR Bad pasword

  Analysis Service is up and running but I get the server did not respond in a timely fashion. I get a 503 error when trying to enable Coverage Analysis Service. I also get a bad user name and password for IUSR account.  I reset the account password after the installation of TFS in the process of fixing some security issues I was recieving.  Where is TFS using this anonymous account   How can I correct the password issue ...Show All