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• Delucia VSTS Architect vs. VSTS Developer

  With he proposed changes in MSDN subscriptions and Visual Studio licensing, I now have to make a decision between VSTS Architect and VSTS Developer. As I understand, MSDN Universal subscribers will have a choice - they can either go for VSTS Architect and VSTS Developer. I believe that I need both architecture and development tools. Which out of two should I go for I completely agree with the rest of the software developers.  Es ...Show All

• tsukelly Running Unit Test with Code Coverage enabled raises SecurityException

  Hi, We have some unit tests that we're running, all of them are currently passing and we're getting code coverage info back for them all. I add a new test method to one of the fixtures, which does nothing more than create a custom windows forms control (which inherits from Label), and suddenly my test method fails with a SecurityException. I run the tests with code coverage disabled and the new test passes. Re-enable code coverage and it fai ...Show All

• rose-marie TFS Source safe and Visual Source Safe - side by side?

  Hi folks, we have some legacy applications that exist in very succesfully working Visual Source Safe database on some server. With our Team Suit trial application we can only see the TFS source safe. Is there any way we can use VS2005 Team Suit Trial to see either TFS source safe or the legacy Visual Source Safe note: we will have seperate solutions to see either one. eg. SolutionA: legacy solution connecting to the legacy vss. this is ...Show All

• Marcus Alexandre Customization of MSF Agile?

  Has anyone been able to successfully customize the Process Guidance templates, incorporating attributes of your own software development lifecycle into MSF Agile This is become a critical problem for us, as we are trying to initiate a project using TFS, and would like to have the Process Guidance portal reflect how we really do things. I am looking for help from someone that has been able to either 1) modify the individual XML files (e.g. ...Show All

• TonyDecasca VSTestHost.exe crashing after executing test(s)

  Some members of our team, including myself, are experiencing this problem and have not been able to find a workaround for it. After executing some unit test/tests, VSTestHost.exe process hogs the CPU for few minutes before it crashes. I tried re-installing VS without success. This is under a virtual machine, by the way. (Needed to access DEV domain) Any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Sang ...Show All

• KatyTX VSTS migration from SourceSafe

  We will be migrating from 2 production SourceSafe 6.0 databases into a production and archive VSTSs. I want to remove the old code for view only from the production database. Do I need to buy 2 copies of VSTS to do this If you're running two instances of Team Foundation Server, yes, you need to license two copies of Team Foundation Server. ...Show All

• HeloiseD TFS Setup - Cannot find Default Web Site

  Scenario: I've got one server available to install TFS. This server is also a web server with existing web sites for 3 different internet domains. The "Default Web Site" has been previously removed as it was not required. One internet domain is set up to catch all general HTTP requests (blank Host Header Value). What I've done so far: Installed all the TFS prerequisites for single server (including SharePoint Se ...Show All

• Allen Clark MSFT Using Resource files to support fxcop validation

  Hi Everybody, Another question... I have to verify if some classes has in the composition of their names a specific Entity Name, like selEntityName, insEntityName, and so on. Well, I have a great number of Entity Names to search and compare to see if the name is valid. To be easy this process, I created a xml file with all my Entity names and put inside a resource file (.resx). This resource file has its property "Build Action" defined as Em ...Show All

• m.delara script fails after new version of software pushed

  I am currently trying to create tests to test microsofts new CRM application.  I have recorded numerous web tests, but they will stop working after a change is made to the application.  As far as I can tell it is linked to an import of the configuration from another server.  When the script does a form post of the information submitted in the test, it gets back an error stating that the form has expired.  I can re-record the ...Show All

• amit1agrawal Using WorkSpace.CheckIn

  Hi, I'm playing arround with the TeamServer api. I have a small routine that checks out a file or edit using Workspace.PendEdit(). I now want to be able to check a file in, again using the api. Can someone tell me how to use Workspace.Checkin and the PendingChange class Thanks for the help Graham Graham, you just need to get the pending change and pass it to CheckIn().  Here's a snippet from the API ...Show All

• khush IOExceptions

  As I increase the load in my load test, I see an increasing number of IOExceptions. Message: "Unable to read data from the transport connection. An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host." Error stack trace:' at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.EndReceive(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.EndRead(IAsyncResult asyncResult)". I see more of these with % new users = 100, fewer with % new u ...Show All

• Rads Automatic Requirement Work Item Creation

  Currently, we are writing specifications in Microsoft Word. All requirement have special formatting. We have special tool to manage thos requirement. Is it possible to write a document in such a way that when it is placed on project site, work items for requirements were automatically created If not, is it possible to write plug-in for this purpose and is it difficult You would need to write a plugin to Wor ...Show All

• zeeshan_ahmad VS.Net 2005 RC Application Diagram problem with SoapExtensions in WebConfig

  I created a soap extension to assist my exception handling from a web service to the client application.  This worked fine in Beta2.  The application diagram in the RC is complaining with the following error: (names edited to protect the innocent) Error 139 Application definition MyService is locked because there is an error in C:\Source\MyServices\web.config. The value of the property 'type' cannot b ...Show All

• govind_30s Do not have all services for MS SQL to run setup...

  Do not have all services for MS SQL to run setup... I installed the april version but it does not seem to have all the services... Could anyone give some help... I have a DVD of MS SQL but it just will not stay in my DVD drive heh it just pops right back out... More info My OS is WindowsSvr2003 Enterprice (Downloaded) and I used to have Windows XP Home but when my computer stoped working I had to delete all portions and format my hard drive clea ...Show All

• Wayne Sepega Team Queries vs. My Queries

  Under "Work Items" in TFS I find Team Queries and My Queries. I presume that only I, the creator of a query, can see a "My Query', and everyone on the team can see a Team Query. Is this correct or is there a different purpose in mind for the two query types TIA, Barkingdog You've got it right marc ...Show All