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• gmpdx HTML formatted results from Unit Tests

  Hi there, I am converting our project which has used NAnt and NUnit to (primarily) use MSBuild and MSTest. The only thing that I am really missing is an equivalent of the <NUnitReport> task that reads teh XML results file(s) and produces a pretty HTML report of the results. The report was very useful for mailing out in the build success/failure notification and can be easily viewd from machines that don't have VS2005 installed. It al ...Show All

• vimalpatel2u can not access database after generating code in web test.

  hi, there I created a web test using data source to repeat runs, it worked fine. But when i generated code and run this test i got following error message: Could not run web test 'xxx_Coded' on agent 'xxx': Could not access table 'xxx' in data source 'xxx' of test case '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000': Login failed for user 'xxx'. i can run xxx_Coded without data source. and i don't change anything in xxx_Coded.cs. How can i ...Show All

• chuck.dickens User authorizations

  I would like to get the list of PROJECTS of which a user is READER, using the Team Foundation Webservices. How can I do Thanks. You can get the list of projects using the Common Structure Service web service, and check the permissions using the Groups and Security Service. Check the SDK for details. ...Show All

• Al Sauve AvoidUnusedPrivateFields fires a false positive

  In the following simple scenario: ----------------------------------------------------------------- class Class1{    private const string suffix = "End";    private const string s = "String";    static void Main( string [] args){ System.Console.WriteLine(s + suffix);} } ----------------------------------------------------------------- the FxCop 1.32 fires AvoidUnusedPrivateFields for ...Show All

• Lomak Cannot Add New Work Item (Beta 3)

  When I open MS Project, I can select the Team Foundation Server and project but I cannot add a new work item. When I try it tells me there was a TFS Database error and nothing else. This is using the VSTS Release Candidate and Beta3 server software. I can perform all other tasks that I know of, but anything with Work Items outside of the IDE fails. Yeap it is that easy.You can create a query in IDe and it will ...Show All

• WolandIL BUG - Cut label at Team Project level

  If you cut a label a the team project level, you won't be able to "find" it again. (Manage Labels window) I think the issue has to do with being able to apply a label on a folder that doesn't have any files in it. While it really doesn't make sense to use labels in this way, it might be good to warn the user that the label will not be applied. Yes, I am trying to apply the label at the TeamProject level. For example, I created a Te ...Show All

• Kay2live TFS B3: TF50244 Error

  This is for a single server installation.   Hi, I installed TFS server following the Install guide religiously. The only thing I did not do is to promote the server to a domain, but acording to my research the Beta 3 no longer needs to be installed on a DC. I used september CTP enterprise SQL server.   On the installation everything seems to go ok. But the problem comes when I connect to the server.   I can sucefully connect ...Show All

• Nitstheone Difference between Editing & Checking out through the Project Portal

  in the Project Portal, whats the difference between simply editing a document or checking it out and then editing the document before in SourceSafe you needed to check out to edit, but now this doesnt seem the case just a little bit confused on the whole matter!! also, with in Team System explorer in Visual Studio you only get the option to open a document. so is this checking it out or just allowing you to modify Cheers, Craig ...Show All

• amarkant Good God what a mess!!!!

  well it's getting better but the install / setup process for TFS is still way to hard IMHO! for example the notes in beta 3 say "after installing Share point and Report services test to see that they are both working" but when I did the steps as given SSRS web UI fails to work... then I found a blog post that says to go into the admin of SPPS and exclude the report server folders... ok now the test works... so start to install the main TFS and I ...Show All

• pstavroulis How to build a test case for Unit testing SQL Reporting Services Reports?

  What would be the best approach for creating unit tests for SQL Reporting Services Reports I currently have no experience with the Testers edition, but am staring down the barrel of a large reporting conversion project and want to determine the best strategy for automating the testing. Thanks, Clayton When using web tests against reporting services reports we get the following error:   your browser does not support scrip ...Show All

• AviF Visual Studio RC1 + Foundation Server Beta 3

  Hi, Can somebody clarify the following for me please. I have Foundation server Beta 3 installed on a server machine and Visual Studio Release candidate installed on a VPC on a seperate workstation. 1. Can the two interoperate OK 2. The server was created within a Domain but the workstation is standalone in a workgroup.  Will it be able to connect to the Server OK 3. I installed the team test and developer options in my Visual Studio inst ...Show All

• dave dave Sort order on Iteration in work item view

  Is it possible to define a sort order on iterations in the combo box that contains iterations As of now, if I create iterations and sort them like I want, the combo box is sorted in alphabetical order. Example: On the project, I create three iterations and sort them like so: - OneIteration - AnotherIteration - ThirdIteration In the combo box on the work items, the iterations are sorted like so: - AnotherIteration - OneIteration - ThirdIter ...Show All

• JackS All kinds off error after startup

  At the opening of new project: Error 1: Package "Visual Studio Settings And Project Designers Package" has failed to load properly ( guid = {679090B06-91E9-4F3E-495046BE9A9A} ). Please contact package vendor for assistance Error 2: clicking in solution explorer for opening a form: Could not load type Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsRunningDocumentTable2' from assembly 'Microsift.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture= n ...Show All

• Emilio A. S. Source Control doesn't do an automatic get latest on checkout?!

  We've been using the new source control for about a month now, and it seems everytime somebody goes to check-in there code there are all kinds of issues with stuff being out-of-synch.  And it seems the code on the source control server never seems to compile, but of course the local copy of everybodies machines do.  I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure out why everything keeps getting out of synch...today I found out why. ...Show All

• Demonite Unable to add Web parts to the Project Portal. Useless error message not helpful.

  On our project portal I would like to change the layout. But I have an assymetric problem which is proving painfully difficult to diagnose, understand or correct. It's a clean otherwise functional TFS system. If I try to add a web part to the project portal however I get this error message: Error An unexpected error has occurred. Web Parts Maintenance Page: If you have permission, you can use this page to temporarily disable Web P ...Show All