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• Jaseman Release > Project > Task hierarchy possible?

  Is it possible to have this structure when using Team Suite Our current process has this hierarchy with multiple projects belonging to a release and many tasks belonging to a project. Is there a template available that supports this structure or is it even possible The current Team Suite Agile setup appears to be Project > Task > Release which seems very strange to me. Sure. Multiple projects belo ...Show All

• Joao Lopes "Start selected test project without debugger" problem

  Hi, I have a unit test that fails when I click "Start selected test project without debugger". If I run the same tests with "Test manager" or "Start selected test project with debugger" they pass. I've worked out that it is because VS copies different assemblies to the out directory of the test. When it fails it copies my "orders" assembly for some reason, even though it isn't referenced or needed by any of the unit test code when it runs. (T ...Show All

• serras team build of C# and C++ projects

  Hi, I am working on managed code projects written in C# and C++. Now, iam trying to build using Team build. It seems its not possible to build them with one buildtype because platform settings. Is there any possible solution Thanks in advance. 1) Checkout the TFSBuild.proj file and modify it as shown below - Change from - < ConfigurationToBuild Include = " Debug|Any CPU " > &l ...Show All

• sanjay_shinder Error Adding a Testing Policy on Check in Policies

  Hi, I created some unit tests and I’m trying to add a testing policy. VSTS ask me for a metadata file (.vsmdi), I select my project from the server and when I press OK the following error appears, “ Warning Error downloading $\MyProject. ” The metadata file is in my solution. Any suggestion Thanks. Yes, to create a test list you need a tester edition or VSTS ...Show All

• empire29 Heeeeeelp!! i cant unlock a file locked by other user!!

  Hi, please help me, other user have locked a file for editing, but his PC crashed, now hes formating his PC. i've tried to unlock it without success, i've read about permissions, i found the "Unlock others", all my groups have this enabled, but doesnt work, what am i doing wrong G'day, In this here case (with PC being formatted and all) I would remove the user's workspace, as that would remove all locks left, ...Show All

• jack katz Work Item customization - referring other work items in dropdowns

  While customizing the process template - created work item A - creating work item B, want to use a dropdown that lists all work items created of type A i.e If there are work items called Parts and Machine, want to access a dropdown of all created Parts in the Machine work item What is the syntax for doing the same - This is not the case of a global list Is there a specific syntax of AllowedValues that can read from instances of a work item Rega ...Show All

• uzalish Installing TFSB3R As Workgroup Then Adding To Domain

  Hi, I have tried everything to install b3r on a standard win2k3sp1 virtual server, but i keep getting the dreaded 28100 error loading event web service error. i followed the install instructions to the letter on a clean image and googled for every known possible cause for this error (blank passwords, permissions on windows\temp, adding all 3 accounts to local admin group etc etc) but it was no good so i gave up and tried something different ...Show All

• Radovici Print reports without preview

  Is there is any way we could print reports without preview at clientside. On selection of a report and passing parameters, the report needs to be printed. This question is very Reporting Services focused - please post your question on their forum and they should be able to help out. thanks! http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx ForumID=82&SiteID=1 check out Visual Reports for .net ...Show All

• Kenta Create Project Visual Studio 2005 Team System

  Hello When i create a team system project, i am an error. the message is csstasks.xml is denied I don't know what i do Please help me lbo The following seem to be interesting: Event Description : Task "Rosetta.Populate Reports" failed Exception Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamSystem.ELead.ProjectCreationNew. RosettaExecutionException Exception Message: Error uploading report : Quality Indicators -- Inner Exception -- E ...Show All

• DanielBV Unit Test Wizard in Visual Studio Team Suite doesn't generate tests for C++/CLI classes.

  Hi all, Is there a way to generate unit tests for projects written in C++/CLI I added a Unit Test project to a solution containing C++/CLI and C# projects.  All C++/CLI projects are compiled using clr/safe.  When I right click on the Unit Test project and select Add->Unit Test, a Generate Unit Tests dialog comes up displaying the projects in the solution. If I select a C# project, unit tests are generated and added to the Unit Test ...Show All

• Richie_C Problem installing VS 2005 Team Suite

  i tried to install vs 2005 but kept having installation failure. i have observed best practises, stopped all services and cleaned Temp files. i mistakenly unistalled vs 2003 and now none can be installed back on my machine. this is really critical because i have no tools to work and its really embaracing. below is the error log. [04/23/06,13:18:28] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2: [2] Error code 1603 for this component means "Fata ...Show All

• ronmurp Calling Multiple webtests from a webtest

  Hello, I would like to call several webtests from a 'master' webtest so that I can modularize my test suite to some degree. I did see a previous post that stated that it was possible to call a single webtest from another webtest. Am I correct in assuming that this should extend to calling several webtests from a webtest. Also, can these calls be nested Can a webtest call a webtest that is calling yet another webtest Finally, the previous po ...Show All

• Krunchu setting alerts

  Hi, I am trying to setup e-mail alerts for my team projects, unfortunately it doesn't seem to work... I have edited the web.config file (under $Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server\Webservices\Services: I am using Beta 3) and it contains correct value for "emailNotificationFromAddress" and "smtpServer". But after subscribing for events, I am not getting any e-mail (for example when a WI is changed). My smtp server requires authentication, c ...Show All

• JockForrester How does the Excel application know the URL of the team foundation web server

  Several Excel spreed sheets in MSF agile process display the results of work item queries. How does the Excel's addin know the URL of the team foundation web server I am developing something similar. But, I don't know how to get the URL. Thanks, Yuhang. It is stored in the Custom Document Properties of Excel Application ...Show All

• Oliver Bertram Cannot compare, diff or merge files

  The VSTFKnownIssues.rtf has the following issue: Issue : Cannot compare, diff or merge files on computers that only have Team Explorer. Details : Due to dependency on a DLL that is not included with Team Explorer, DiffMerge.exe fails on computers that do not have Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite or one of the Team System role-based editions. Workaround : Install Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite, or one of the Team System role-based editio ...Show All