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• SeanDL Cannot connect to TFS from Visual Studio

  I am not sure if TFS is even running.  I can get to sharepoint no problem, create new sites etc.... I can get to the report services no problem and when I browse to the TFS host machine from a workstation I get the sharepoint site.  I have tried running Visual Studio as the the tfsservice account and still I get the cannot connect dialog.  How can I tell that TFS is installed and working   Is there an admin utility What dir ...Show All

• Hadas TF30170 error, when I create a new Team Project

  Hi for every one, I need some help, when I try to create a new Team Project, I get one error, TF30170, any idea why Thanks Ray! Please read the troubleshooting guide here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms243887(VS.80).aspx Specifically this section: Server Protocol Violation Causes the Wizard to Fail If the wizard cannot create the new team project and returns an error message that is similar to &q ...Show All

• cpradhan 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

• FrancoisViljoen Can't not create team project

  Today, I tried to create a new team project from my vsts. I got the following error message: Error Unable to connect to the Windows SharePoint Services at ppgcmtychatnet1 Explanation The Project Creation Wizard was not able to connect to the Windows SharePoint Services at ppgcmtychatnet1. The reason for the failed connection cannot be determined at this time. Because the connection failed, the wizard was not able to complete creating ...Show All

• MehrdadDotNetOK I cannot create unit test for my application?

  I found an article here, http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms243171(VS.80).aspx My application is written by VC6 originally and I already migrated my projects to VS 2005. After migration, the project setting do not have /clr . That is, I did not enable Common Language Runtime Support. Is that mean, I can not create unit test program for my application Is that mean, there are some limitation when using the unit test features in VS 2 ...Show All

• Rod O. Automated Tests - Dealing With Message Boxes

  I have written an automated unit test that uses data from a SQL server database to test the code for my Windows application.  I would like to run all the test cases and then come back and look at the results.  My question is, how do you deal with data validation messages that pop up in your application when the test scripts are running   For example, I may get a message that says "You entered an invalid E-mail address".& ...Show All

• Mrbaseball34 Code Profilter listing function names as hex codes (instead of name)

  When running the VSTS code profilter, the report lists the "Function Name" as codes like 0x60000008, Line Number is "0", and Source Code File Name is <blank>. Any idea why the profiler appears to not be picking up the info from my assembly/project Chances are that when the report is being generated from the .vsp file, symbols can't be found for whatever reason. It's actually a pret ...Show All

• i386 Solutions How to Unlock a lock in another workspace

  Say a dev has a bunch of files of locked (checkout or checkin locks) and leaves to go on vacation for a month (yeah - bad dev).  As a project administrator I see in the security dialog box that I have the right to "unlock other user's changes" but I can't figure out how to do it from the VS UI or the command line.  How do you do this I'm using Beta 3 and some of the command line stuff has changed.&nb ...Show All

• shreeman B3 Refresh Bug - Double click on word and try to type letters

  Using VSTF Beta 3 Refresh. Created team project using CMMI process template. Created new requirement and typed a couple words in description field. Double-clicked on a word in the description field and then tried to type over top of it. Nothing happens; it doesn't display the letters being typed. You are welcome to let us know about issues here.  We monitor this pretty regularly.  You can also submit bugs at http://lab.msdn. ...Show All

• John P. Nelson Webtest for Web Services

  Hi, I am testing a Web Service using the VSTS webtests. I created a webtest, adding a web service request to it and entering the xml string to be passed to the service as the string body. When I use validation rule, "Find text", I get an error "The values cannot be NULL". The validation does not occur. Also I am not able to pass any XML/text document greater than 32KB in the string body. Is there a limitation or an alternative to this Thanks, P ...Show All

• spga 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

• GrissomA How do I prevent unwanted updates to my workspace mappings?

  I prefer to have one entry in my workspace that maps the root of the TFS tree to a folder. Having the source tree structures match on my local drive and in TFS makes it easy to find things. Recently a co-worker started using solution folders to group projects in his solutions. Now when I open those projects from source control, I end up with new entries in my workspace that move all of the web services into the project folder of one of the ot ...Show All

• FrankaFarrerajr Invoke Static Method

  I am trying to test a static method.  The method takes a DateTime parameter.  How do I enter a DateTime value in the Invoke Method dialog box for this parameter   I have tried: #1/1/2005# new DateTime(2005,1,1) and others with no luck.  It keep getting a type mismatch message. Here's how I was able to do this: 1. In Class View, create an instance of DateTime (under Project References->mscorlib->System->DateTim ...Show All

• Mike Wentzel Error 32000: TFS installation fails

  Hello , I have been trying to install on a clean m/c. have installed the following softwares 1. win 2003 server with sp1 enterprise edition 2. IIS 6.0, SQL 2005 3. Windows sharepoint services with sp2 completely followed all the instruction mentioned in the installation guide. The installation exceutes till the last and gives the following error. The commannd line "c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 2005\team founda ...Show All

• Beric Holt Install for Beta 2 fails

  All, After downloading this file for 30 hours and getting it to a DVD, I immedialty get an error returned when starting setup.exe: 'Setup was unable to copy the file E:\VS\setup\DeleteTemp.exe to your temporary directory. Please make sure that the file exists and rerun setup.' In checking for this file I found that in does not exist. There is a DELETETE.exe file. I went back to my hard drive and renamed this file to DeleteTemp.exe and ran the s ...Show All