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• Pieciax How to test Smart Client Windows Forms using VS 2005 Tester

  Is there a way to test a Smart Client Windows Forms application (one that is not invoked through IE) Or: How can we test web services directly from VS 2005 Tester without using IE as the interface Thanks, Burkhard   Please report any Fiddler bugs here and I'll make sure the author, Eric Lawrence, sees them. Josh Are you running Fiddler on the client or the server It only capture ...Show All

• rdx Get Custom Check-in Policy in the Add List

  Hello, I have a custom check-in policy that requires that the comment is filled in.  I added the assembly to the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\Checkin Policies registry key.  The key is the assembly name, the value is the full path to the assembly. But the policy does not show up in the list   How can you get your custom check-in policies to show up in the list For reference, I used th ...Show All

• smalldave Source control reports

  Hi, There are a lot of built-in reports available in Team Project. Surprisingly, none of them provides reporting for source control. For instance, I will need to see what files have been checked-in during specific day, who made the check-ins, what files are still checked out and who made it, and so on. How can I get those reports Regards, James. Here's an updated query after a few changes. I als ...Show All

• cinstress Test Repository Full - How do I allocate more space?

  I'm using Team System for Testers, running web Load tests. (which is sooo much better than ACT!) Using the local DB for storage (default), and a 1 minute sample rate, the repository filled up after 30 hours or so when running the same load test. After deleting the results, I'm still getting the error message. After deleting all old results in the Test Runs tab, and even after deleting all 'TestResults' folders I can find on this machine, i st ...Show All

• luango Reports

  hi, I am developing a web application which should be able to retreive bug reports from the Team System database, but the Team Foundation Reporting API's are useless, does anyone know how to get hold of these reports from TFS and display them on screen, or know of any good documents thanks, Daz The Microsoft SQL Server Developer Center site for SQL Reporting Services is where you want to start. The TFS ...Show All

• SujathaB I've heard that the VS Aug CTP is RC1, is this true?

  Does anyone know if VS Aug CTP is the same as VS RC1 or is RC1 a newere build Thanks, Jim I've heard the August CTP build referred to as RC0, which presumably is a few weeks earlier of a build than the Release Candidate build that went up on 9/12. If I remeber correctly, there was no Aug CTP of Team Suite. The Release Candidate of Visual Studio Team Suite consists of brand new bits and was not ...Show All

• hello_world Getting list of builds using Object Model

  Can anyone tell me if it is possible, and if so how, to get a list of builds for a project using the object model. I've had a look through the documentation and can't find anything obvious. Thanks, Michael I wish! Documentation for the API in general is virtually nonexistant at the moment. Hi Michael, You need to use the GetListOfBuilds() method on the BuildStore objec ...Show All

• Phil Rogers Cannot find namespace system.web.security

  Hello, I am using beta2 team edition. But when I try to add "using system.web.security;" in the code, I got compile error: Error 1     The type or namespace name 'Security' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Web' (are you missing an assembly reference )      C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\my documents\visual studio 2005\Projects\WebSite1\CustomMemberShipLibrary\CustomMembershipProvide ...Show All

• MrPix How to make a file in source control writable when get it's latest version?

    When I get latest version of a file, it's automatically read-only. How can I configure the source control system that make some files writable when get their latest version Thanks!     TFS source control would not let you do that. The source control systems want users to be explicit about their intent to change the files, the checkout command.     I have posted several questions/ob ...Show All

• mno Connecting to a remote test controller

  Is it possible to specify a username and password when connecting to a remote test controller Otherwise it will always reject the client credentials if they are not exactly the same. Thanks. I did and it works great. Thank you. This should work - also remember to add the accounts to the TeamTestContollerUsers / TestTestControllerAdmins groups also. It is a workgroup scena ...Show All

• Matt_ Project in solution explorer

  We're in the process of setting up some test boxes to run some manual tests.  I've created a project with all the tests.  The additional testing resources have installed the team system client.  What is the best way to get them the project with all the tests   I tried exporting the project and then allowing them to access the project and put it on a local folder.  The only problem is when they try to open the vbp file a ...Show All

• MTurner Why is the timeout attribute ignored in Visual Studio

  Using the [ Timeout (1000)] in a testmethod does not have any affect in Visual Studio. However, if the test is run from the command promt using mstest.exe it works as expected. Sorry for the late reply. I am using the Visual Team Edition and I am able to reproduce even by closing and opening VS. The test simply keeps on running becaus of the endless loop in the faulty code. The problem occurs only in Debug, ...Show All

• neris File locked by another programmer

  I have a project that has a file locked by another programmer that is no longer working with me and I can't get him to check the file back in.  How do I (as an adiministrator) remove the lock from TFS source control We're working on it :)  We've got lot's of good ideas for things we can pull together. Brian If you just want to unlock it, you can run 'tf lock /lock:none /workspace:hisworkspace;hi ...Show All

• iambic How to: Customize the build reports

  Hey there, I already know how to add lines in the build log file. But now I need to add information to the report that ends up on the project portal. I have read the SDK part about extending the Team Foundation Reporting Warehouse but I'm not sure this is what I'm looking for... Any pointers Thanks!!! If you want to add information that's already in the warehouse to the report, then you can just edit the report to include that ...Show All

• lekem Compilation 1.1 and 2.0 framework compatible assemblies using MSBUILD

  Hi All, I have large number of Solution and Project files developed in 2003. The project files use large common code base. I need to move to 2005 eventually, will there be any way to maintain the same code base ,solution files, project files which can be modified to build assemblies targettting .NET 1.1 and 2.0 framework. By using MSBUILD , Please let me know ow to manage solution and project files that need to work in both VS2003 and VS2005 . ...Show All