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• Mrrenzo How can I check my column is exist in datagrid by using web test?

  By reading some blogs, web ui testing in team system is validate the result in http layer. In this case,what is the possible way for validation I have problem on datagrid validating. Bcoz datagrid render a set of html output. How can I validate column for datagrid You should be able to write a validation rule to handle this validation.  Please see the following post for info on how to create a validatio ...Show All

• Rajesh Patel Global variable for all different web test

  Is there a way to store a global variable for all web tests I am trying to figure out a way to pass the argument among different web tests. For example, i created a new user ID and I want to use the same user ID for all web test. Probably the best way is to create a singleton object that holds the shared data you want, and then access that object from each of the coded web tests (I'm assuming you're using coded web tests; if not, it is sti ...Show All

• Idontcare2623 team members alert notifications (project alerts) - HOW??

  Hello, As I found out, there are only the following four options available to setup an auto-notification (multiply email addresses are supported) on the Team Foundation Server. In the Team Explorer, right click on your project, select “Project Alerts…” to open a dialog which contains the following: My work items are changed by others Anything is checked in A build status changes A build completes ...Show All

• Babak_Izadi Connecting to Team foundation server

  I have installed Windows 2003 Server Windows Share Point Services 2.0 with service pack 2 SQL standard Server 2005 Visual Studion 2005 Developer Edition Team Foundation Server Beta 3 Refresh First time I have created a Team Project of Agil type and all things working fine. I add a Item also. on next day when I start my server and want to connect to Team Foundation Server through Team Explorer. It gives me error The reques ...Show All

• Huw Collingbourne Customize Project Creation Wizard

  Hello, I like to know, if there is a way to add a custom Project Creation Wizard Page for an exiting plugin like Microsoft.Pcw.Currituck The idea is to ask the user which WIs and Queries need to be created at Project Creation. Regards Stephan Stephan, This is not possible with the shipping plugins. -Ravi Hello Stephan, You cannot customize the WIs and Queries for the shipping ...Show All

• Sutty How The TFS publish the build numbers using the GlobalList?

  Hi, I download a WI type build from the server and i saw that the field "found in build" (Microsoft.VSTS.Build.FoundIn ) is holding the values of the build number in a globallist Though, I couldnt see where the field "Found in build" uses this GlobalList to have the values on the WI, How does it works Thanks in advance, Shmulik. We do have some hardcoded logic around this fie ...Show All

• BigJuicyRedTomatoes Where to download MSFWinBuild?

  I'm in the process of customizing the MSF Agile Process Guidance.  I have been using the Process Guidance Customization Guide from the Visual Studio October SDK. This guide mentions that the MSFWinBuild Tool is useful to pre-render the HTML files.  The guide says that this tool can be downloaded from http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms243893.aspx . However, I can't find the download.  Where can I download t ...Show All

• S.S. Ahmed Test Run Error (Beta 2): Deployment from network share is denied by current user settings

  Hi all, Beta 2 looks and feels great so far. I am developing in a VM, but keep my project files on a central server, which is accessed through a network shared (mapped drive). When trying to run a basic unit test, this is the error message I get Failed to Queue Test Run  '<something here>' with id {2ddc7564-d243-427e-967b-fbb3209a0e94}: Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.TestManagementInterface.ExecutionException: The file or dire ...Show All

• RvR Upgrade RC to RTM fails (dualserver)

  We have a dual server installation of TFS RC which we want to upgrade to RTM. We ran the TFSupgradeRTM /verify on the data tier which gave us: Connecting to SQL Server datatier Success Verify if core team foundation databases exist Success Fetching Server location for WorkItemAttachments Found - VSTSDATA Fetching Server location for Warehouse Found - VSTSDATA Verifying connection to WIT Attachment server - VSTSDATA Success Verifying connection t ...Show All

• Infinite Darkness Question on Mappings

  What exactly is the purpose of the Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.TaskHierarchy server field for There is no equivalent mapping in Project so i was hoping someone could explain it to me. Thanks! Jeff I am not sure about the release date. The fix was to round trip the relations created in MS Project has links to the TFS rather than just storing the information in a field. So it cannot be done using ...Show All

• RobertPalmer Synchronizing Predecessor Info between VSTS and Project

  Since developers will probably not look at MS Project and will look at VSTS, we feel that predecessor information needs to be captured for Tasks, since tasks frequently have dependencies. Hence, we added a custom field in the process template to specify task predecessors. However, the predecessor information specified in VSTS does not get synchronized with MS Project. Also in VSTS, the predessor info contains VSTS-ass ...Show All

• dsutherland Setup is the pickiest program!

  Can anyone tell me why I cannot install TFS using a SQL Server that has reporting services installed I have a very large and powerful SQL Server cluster that I cannot use for TFS since it has Reporting Services installed (and no, I am not going to remove them). I understand that TFS wants Reporting Services on the application server but it should not install just because I have them on my SQL Server. We have similar environment. The ...Show All

• Uri S. Error: Additional code analysis warnings or errors cannot be displayed

  I'm getting a couple of errors consistently when I enable Code Analysis on my ASP.NET Web Project in VS 2005 RC1.  The build fails, and around 200 warnings from FxCop are displayed.  Here are the errors: Error 204 CA0503 : Additional code analysis warnings or errors cannot be displayed Error 205  FxCopCmd.exe returned error code 8.   I looked up error code 8 for FxCop, and found it to be an "Assembly ...Show All

• Bike TFS beta 3 installation

  So where is TFSQL2005AnswerFile.ini referred to in the installation guide And is /inifile: actually supported for unattended install of TFS i can't find TFSQL2005AnswerFile.ini nowhere :( :( http://blogs.msdn.com/robcaron/archive/2005/09/29/475530.aspx For Beta 3, there was supposed to be an .ini file in the Team Foundation Server image for installing SQL Server 2005 silen ...Show All

• Will87 TF80070 after updating FieldMapping.xml and reloading

  I'm getting a TF80070 error when I try to Publish or Refresh for a MS Project (stored in Project Server 2003) that has already been associated with a TFS project. I suspect that problem is due to a change I made to the FieldMapping.xml file and reloaded to the TFS project (I added a field to the mapping). If I look at the column mapping shown in Project under the Team menu, I don't see the new column I added. It seems to be cached somewhere. I ...Show All