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• JimPDX Is it possible to use internal data as a Data Source for data driven tests?

  Hello All, There is a test method which uses test data from a static array defined in a class, e.g. public void MyTestMethod() {     foreach (MyTestCase testCase in myStaticTestCases)     {         // use 'testCase' data and verify     } } I would not like to use this 'foreach' consturction. Instead, it would be great if it were possible to make the framework call the tes ...Show All

• M Thorman Visual Studio Final and TFS Beta 3

  Hi Will there be any problems building solutions developed in Visual Studio Professional (released today on MSDN) with TFS Beta 3 Thanks Since Team Explorer is an add-in to Visual Studio, I guess it will just overwrite it when installing the refresh client. So, hopefully no uninstall is needed.. Yes, I saw that post. I will wait :) Thanks Dinesh ...Show All

• Lily103593 HTTP code 503: Service unavailable

  We have TF B3 Refresh set up on a server and locally it seems to be working fine.  However we have a team in Beijing that is having occasional errors like this: c:\Foo\Main\Src\Bitmaps\bar.bmp: Please contact your administrator.   There was an error contacting the server. Technical information (for administrator):   HTTP code 503: Service Unavailable Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this error ...Show All

• Tim Daplyn Yield keyword and variable naming conventions

  Hi We have a an FxCop plugin that enumerates the Local instances in the LocalList collection and checks that the Local instance names are formated according to camal case and only contain letters. Everything was working fine until we started using the 'yield' keyword in our code base. The plugin now reports two false positives each time the 'yield' keyword is used. The local names for the false positives are 'local0' and 'local1'. I'm assu ...Show All

• kosednar SQL server management studio error

  Hi When I try to create a maintance plan, it stops with a message box  saying Guid should contain 32 digits with 4 dashes (xxxxxxxx....) Whats wrong Our next SP will address this and it will require tools to be installed and would not need  Integration services and no more you would need to delete and recreate jobs.   Thanks, Gops Dwarak         ...Show All

• markfield88 BuildType for multiple solutions having BVT lists

  I am using 180 day trial version of TFS and VSTS 2005. I need to include many solutions in one team project and get it built in a nightly build. Each of this solution has its own BVTs and I need these to get executed once build is completed. Everything works fine if I create separate Build type for each solution. I can even include multiple solutions in a single build type. But I am not able to specify multiple VSMDI files and the BVT ...Show All

• Brian Ceccarelli Team Build Error - TF42046 - Unable to Execute Team Build

  All,  I am working with a new installation of Team Foundation Server and I am struggling to get the Team Build component to work.  Here is the Setup that I  am working with: All Systems are running in a seperate Domain (BOOKSTORE) from my company's domain (CTS) BSTEAMSYSTEM - this is the Team Foundation Server that is running  Team Foundation Server.  I have the application that I want to build stored here in Sour ...Show All

• Guido Van V. How to customize a manual test case's format

  Hi all, I want to customize a manual test case's format, and which is availabe to all the users of a project when the user creates a new test case in Solution of the project. How could I manage to do it Thanks a lot! Leon Hi Leon Visual Studio Team System provides two kinds of manual tests: word-based manual tests, and text-based manual tests. If you want to customize their format, you will have to replace the actual Manua ...Show All

• YazzyYaz Backup Utility not working after TFS installed on Windows Server 2003 Std Edition SP1

  I have installed Team Foundation Server (single-server deployment) and Team Foundation client, on a Windows Server 2003 Std Edition with SP1 with all windows updates. Installation was successful, I can create projects etc no problem. This was a clean install on a DELL Poweredge 800 with RAID 1 SATA HDD. Prior to installing Team Foundation Server and Client I was able to use the Windows backup utility to successfully create a ...Show All

• maximus_mike How can I delete a Team Project

  Hi, How ca I delete a Team Project, I try, but ins't works. Any Idea. Use TFSDeleteProject to delete a team project from Team System. The TFSDeleteProject command-line utility is located in <drive >:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE Usage: TfsDeleteProject [/q] [/force] </server:<server name>> <team project name > [/q] - Do not prompt for confirmation. </server:<se ...Show All

• Mark Robotnik What SC do you guys (Microsoft) use internally?

  I read on the Team System site that you are planning on using TS for source control once it's released. What SC software do you use currently Just to add one more tid-bit of information.  The server we are currently using is a 2-way mid-tier and a 4-way data tier (8GB of memory, I think).  This "server" is supporting over 400 people who have used it to varying degrees - probably about 250-300 that us ...Show All

• dpeeth Data Source Tablename Change

  Is there an easy way to modify the tablename used by a data source that has already been attached to a test Only the name of the table in the database changed. If I bring up the properties, the tablename is not editable. I was able to change the name by doing a Find and Replace using <Ctrl-Shift-H> but I am wondering if there was easier way. If you opened the webtest in a text editor, and did the ...Show All

• Wanwen Qi How to modify Validation Level for a web test when it is called from another web test

  When a web test (say web test A) (which sends a web service request and a validation rule applied) is called from another web test (say web test B); the Validation level for called web test A is set as Low. Because of which validation rule for web test A is not applied. How can validation level for called web test set as High. FYI Validation rule (which is a cutom validation rule) which is applied in web test A ' ...Show All

• Sandrina Separating project setttings & rules from messages

  I'd like to know how to separate project and rule settings from the messages that are placed into the resulting .FxCop file   This seems like a fairly easy thing to do though I have a feeling I'm being dense : ) - can anyone help TIA You got it. I've marked your last post as an 'answer' to the thread. 8) You can generate an output report that has the violations only (plus some additional inform ...Show All

• auhe Searching Team Foundation source control

  Hi, The source control explorer does not seem to have any search functionality that resembles the status search and wildcard search that VSS has. Two searches that I would particularly like to be able to do are: A recursive search for all files that are currently checked out to a particular user or all users. A recursive search for all instances of a file with a particular name. Am I just missing something or is this functionality really not t ...Show All