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• LoveDanger Adding supporting files to Drop location

  I have a number of files in source control that I would like to be moved to the drop location but are not actually built as part of any solution within my team build and therefore dont get copied over - I want to do this because my drop zone is the source area for my deployment mechanism (whether that is simply xcopy of files onto a target server or building an msi using wix) . Also I may want to organise files in the drop locatio ...Show All

• zaman VS 2005 RC aligns with what version of TFS?

  There is no TFS beta 3 posted yet--which version of TFS does the VS RC work with I understand the server is a couple of weeks out, but where is the client for Team Foundation Server (not the developer, tester, etc tools of Team Suite)   Am I not naming it correctly   According to http://blogs.msdn.com/rickla/archive/2005/09/15/468050.aspx  it is with the RC.  Where   In what folder o ...Show All

• julio666 How do I create a new QA Report in Team System

  I can't find any documetation on this. Can someone give me a pointer Thanks. This link has information about creating custom reports: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms195016.aspx Have you been able to find the information you needed about creating custom reports If so please mark this post as Answered. ...Show All

• bdp973 "JavaScript required to sign in" error

    Hi,          When I try to sign in using 'Team test' I got message "JavaScript required to sign in" and in the response tab I found that the java script required to be run for sign in is disabled.  When I view in the VSTS help I come to know the class 'EnableScript' is yet to be implemented.           Can't I enable the required ja ...Show All

• jefflipe Authentication problem with WSS and TFS

  I have installed a TFS server on a machine that is member of a domain. Once I created the team project I tried connecting to the Team Portal Site. Every time I do this it asks me for credentials and it only accepts the local administrator. The user (domain) I'm logged on with is part of the local admin group and is the user I used to install TFS with. The user is also administrator on the WSS portal. The app pool for the WSS site is configured t ...Show All

• Xsigreg Work Item Dependency

  How to specify dependencies among work items For example, If "work item 1" is active, "work item 2" cannot be editted. Thanks very much, Yuhang. I'm pretty sure that this is not possible in V1. As far as I know, there are only 3 things that can prevent a work item from being edited. An ACL rule Conflict (i.e. somebody edited the same work item before you) Data validation rules. ...Show All

• Roy Griffiths Base type information

  Hi, 1)I am having an object of type collection. Can you help me in finding it out wether it is suffixed by list or not 2)Suffix Exception to the end of the exceptionclass. 3)Suffix Attribute to the end of the Attribute class. 4)Suffix List to the end of the Collection class. Can any one help me in achieving this. Thanks, Phani Hi David, It Works by removing this. from the above code. ...Show All

• lobot Beta 3 Setup Error: Windows SharePoint Services is not configured as recommended by Team Foundation Server

  I am trying to install Team Foundation Server Beta 3 as single server installation and installed all required software components. However, during the installation, it gives me "Windows SharePoint Services is not configured as recommended by Team Foundation Server" error under "Recommened Components" dialog box. I exactly have followed an instruction specified in setup guide for Team Foundation Server Beta 3 for SharePoint services installation. ...Show All

• Sarah c Project alerts exception

  Added a project alert for "A build completes" and added three email addresses. Started a build and got this error in the Event Log: An unexpected condition has occurred in a Team Foundation component. The information contained here should be made available to your site administrative staff. Technical Information (for the administrative staff): Date (UTC): 2005-11-10 15:37:48 Machine: TEAMSYSTEM Application Domain: /LM/W3SVC/3/Root/services-1-127 ...Show All

• jr78 Bug status in Team System

  In Team System, is there a way to edit the fields under Status   For example Priority is a status that shows up with numbers.  I would like to be able to modify it so the number displays something else, 1-cosmetic, 2 -minor/work around, etc... thanks, aaron aaron, I think it would be problematic to change the field content. I tried to do so but the field is defined as an Integer field. You could change it if it where a string, ...Show All

• sassankz Process Template Download/Upload

  Hi, I took a closer look at how the project creation is working and I am wondering why the Process Template is downloaded from the server to the client to be uploaded back from the client to the server (after being processed) It seems a bit odd performancewise, doesn't it Why isn't it processed server-side Mike For the most part, all those files could be part of the SharePoint site template.  Wha ...Show All

• GCParris how to reuse ...

  I made an unsuccesfull setup and now get an error database exists ... see how to reuse ... while try setup again. What can I do Thanx Attila. To delete the databases, follow Bruce's post in the following thread. http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=24742 Buck ...Show All

• Xeron.seron Required Domain Accounts - why?

  Why does the single-server deployment installation require one to use separate accounts for VSTF I would much rather use the service account so that I don't have to change these passwords every 90 days (our policy). Do I really need these three accounts (TFSSetup, TFSService and TFSReports) for a single-server deployment I'm not sure if there's an operational reason, but I know there's a security concern. Basically, if someone could compr ...Show All

• Cypherroo How to make team builds run periodically?

    For example: I want to make one build type to run every 12 hours, how to configure this   Thanks! Hi Lei and Keith The web page that Keith points to talks about this based on pre beta3 bits. With beta3 we introduced a command line tool with Team Build which makes it much simpler to schedule builds - by simply hooking the start build command with your windows scheduler. Look at abhinab's blog which talks about this ...Show All

• blabus WIT (work item type) editor available?

  I'm currently using Notepad.exe to edit work item type definition files. I'm wondering the WIT editor available from Microsoft You can use the one provided by " Imaginet Resources ". There is not a WIT-specific editor for version 1.  You can use the XML editor in VS to edit the XML files, however. Buck ...Show All