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• Michiel000 Application Designer Error

  I've receive this error from AD. The diagram in now in Lock state. Synchronization for element ResourceType failed. Reason: An error occurred creating the configuration section handler for windows: The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040) (C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50215\Config\machine.config line 31) Any Help Thanks Hello Roberto, May I ask the r ...Show All

• SwingLifeAway Workaround:: Content Files Bug

  This *release* version of VS2005 is dog and I just can't take it anymore. Here is the 3rd bug I've found (I never found any at all in Everett)... Create a test project add an app.config file to the root of the project add another app.config file called reallyImportantFile.config to the root of the project set reallyImportantFile.config to BuildAction=Content and CopyToOutputDirectory=Copy Always compile the project and peek out /bin/d ...Show All

• Brett Woods Shipping Beta 2

  There's been a rash of speculation  as of late that Beta 2 has "slipped" to April [ Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 beta 2 delayed ]. As you can read in this post from the Developer Division Release Team [ In the Home Stretch... ], we still plan to ship Beta 2 by the end of March. That has been the plan-of-record for months. Because it takes time to move from shipped bits to downloadable bits , Beta 2 will probably be available for ...Show All

• Jude A How can I import work items from one project to another?

  I have a number of issues in a project we just completed. We're starting a new project and there are specific work items I would like to import to the new project. Is there a specific way to do this Any help would be appreciated. aaron Indeed! I did that very thing just yesterday and it works great, with the limitations you described. A cheap and easy way of doing it is using MS Excel. Export all of the workitems to MS Exc ...Show All

• Alex Flash Recommendation of promotion methods that can be SOX compliant

  An essential tenet of SOX requirements is accountability and separation of responsibility. Thus, when changes are propogated from development to UAT/Prod, we have a need for the promotion to be controlled by the SysOps group. They must be secure and unchangable by anyone other than authorized personal. Does anyone know of any documentation or walkthrough's on the best way to accomplish this I'm not sure an ...Show All

• implemental.com Setting command-line arguments for a unit-test project

  Hi, I need to perform unit-testing on classes that access the command-line arguments. In order to do that, I need to control the command-Line arguments. Is there a way to do that (and still be able to run all the test automatically) Thank you, Sharon It would be really nice if mstest could pass command line arguments to the test classes via the TestContext class. ...Show All

• markm75 Set up of agent and controllers

  Where can we find the setup.exe file to set up agent and controller functionality Dave, I have an MSDN subscription and I could not find these downloads on the site. Thanks. Jeff Levinson Hi Joshna, The controller and agent skus are available for download to MSDN subscribers.  I'm not sure how we get this to you if your not an MSDN subscriber, but I'll ask around and try to get you an answer.  Thanks Dave Nelson [MS] ...Show All

• KrisFB_APPS Problems after reinstalling SharePoint

  I have to reinstall the WSS after a problem with a Language Pack Service Pack. After that, Foundation couldn't create new team projects anymore. I've already tried the Foundation's setup repair option, but even so, I'm getting this error (see below) during attempts to create new Projects. How do I correct that without reinstalling everything and losing my current projects Thks, Max Andrade 11/9/2005 4:30:38 PM | Module: Engine | Thread: 8 | R ...Show All

• Tim Cartwright Beta3 Refresh VS December CTP

  I have a couple of questions First, is the VSTS Release Candidate based on Beta 3 Refresh, or December CTP Second my plugin is incompatible with Beta 3 Refresh in at least two ways (I am developing and testing on Dec CTP): 1. The default registry location of where my custom Team Explorer node gets registered to has changed from "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Visual Studio\8.0\TeamSystemPlugins\Project Explorer Project Plugins." It ...Show All

• Patrick Ng Any way to distinguish the test results of same test cases on same build against different platforms

  I have my test cases run at different platforms, but the build is the same build. I want to count/distinguish the test results of the same test cases according to the different platforms. Is there any good idea to separate the test results of same test cases for different platforms Currently I do not find any place in VSTS to support such testing, i.e., same test cases running against the same build on different platforms. Does anybody have a ...Show All

• safariaker Doc chm of FxCop 1.32 and Online Document with problems

  Hi All, I'm having problems with projects where are more than 8 rules. My rules stop running and neither the debug runs anything. I am using fxcop 1.312. So, I tried to upgrade the program to fxcopy 1.32. But there are a lot of differences between those versions. So, I downloaded fxcop.chm from the gotdotnet site. But it is with erros in all windows when you try to read a topic of it. I tried to see online documentation of fxcop 1.32 ...Show All

• Pabs Merging individual changesets

  I was under the impression that if I did a merge and specified a specific changeset as in: C:\Foo\Branches\Releases> h merge /preview /version:C39 RB-1.0 $/Foo/Trunk and that changeset only contained a change to one file then that one file would be the only one affected by the merge   I am getting other files with conflicts that weren't part of changeset 39.  Is this a bug or (more likely) is my understanding of merging with TF ...Show All

• Gortz777 TeamFoundationServerUnauthorizedException

  I'm trying to access TeamFoundationServer from another machine, and keep getting TeamFoundationServerUnauthorizedException errors. I'm writing a simple app to list WorkItems but cannot get access to the Server.         NetworkCredential nc = new NetworkCredential( "myusernameondomain", "mypassword","domain_name_tfs_sits_on" );         TeamFoundationServer tfServer = TeamFoundati ...Show All

• Rafael Morales WorkspaceMapping.xml map/cloak

  When I setup a new build type, workspacemapping.xml, by default directs team build to do a 'get' of all the source in $/MyTeamProject. Is there some 'cloaking' under the covers that means it doesn't do a get of $/MyTeamProject/TeamBuildTypes Manish's blog http://blogs.msdn.com/manishagarwal/archive/2005/10/13/480584.aspx says how you cloak the TeamBuildConfigurations folder, but my build seems to do this by default. The reason I ask is I ...Show All

• Tony Marzullo 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