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• satya31237 Help me justify TeamSystem to my boss.

  Hello. I am on a company that they actually work with another platform but they just knew that they had to satisfy their customers with .net applications. I have seen some screenshots of team foundation server, unit, test, class designer, report of bugs, and many things more.  I need to justify this. The test are actually donde manually and the indicators of bugs and so on are also done manually.  AS this is in beta2 yet I think its ve ...Show All

• DataSort Software TFS Backup Procedures

  I see there has been some docs on backing up TFS. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253151 It looks like this can get tedious. There are 7 SQL Server 2005 databases and a few sharepoint sites. Is there a plan to automate this These are still the instructions for B2. We will be making instructions for B3 avaialble shortly. In B3 all of our data is persisted in SQL so it's merely a matter of backing up ...Show All

• Andre_B Creating a Team Project

  Hi, I have problem creating a new Team Project now. After installation of Team System (single-server), I was able to create projects, but now it does not work anymore. The project seems to be partly created, because it can be seen from the Team Explorer, but without any work items, and no source control enabled. The same user is used, as was able to create projects earlier. Any idea Log: 05-11-2005 08:13:51.437 | Module: ELeadServiceM ...Show All

• Martin Kulov - MVP Changesets, work items and merging

  We are hoping to link changesets to work items whenever possible so as to preserve a history as to why/when code was changed. However, I’m finding that when this is done in a branch and then a merge is completed, the merge process does not move this historical information to the target (i.e. the changeset/workitem information is only accessible through the branch). Is there some way to get this information moved to the target when merging Or i ...Show All

• Eray Teambuild

  Hello, I want to include the NDoc function in the teambuild service. I have 2 questions: How can I make this and where can I start the Teambuild Wizard thanks Hi TeamBuild, You can start the Team Build Wizard by going to the Team Explorer and doing a right click on the 'Team Builds' Node. Choose the option 'New build type'. This will launch the Team Build Wizard. As far as ...Show All

• Virtue Issue with playing back Web Requests with Body set to XML (Querystring parameters fail also) fails

  I had to use Fiddler to record my scripts because Visual Studio didn't support recording ActiveX controls. Fiddler was placing query string parameters in the webtest file it creates in the StringBody element which loads into the Web Test Request Body property through an StringHTTPBody object in Visual Studio.  When this was executed the HTTP response code was successful (200) but the response XML told us the query string parameters whe ...Show All

• SDKCodeMonkey VSTS Team Build Permissions

  Hi all I am facing problems in giving permission to a particular user, like ADMINISTER_BUILD, EDIT_BUILD_STATUS, GENERIC_READ, START_BUILD. I am able to create the build type successfully though. Check-in and check out and edit of build type is not working as those things are disables for me in the “Source control explorer”.   I was just thinking if you could give me some tips so as to how I can give above permissions to a parti ...Show All

• damovsky problem with public nested class

  I have public nested class. I hit this problem: http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/fxcop/docs/rules.aspx version=1.35&url=/Design/NestedTypesShouldNotBeVisible.html it's just one more rule I would like to deactivate. that becomes repititive and I come here for advice. I really think that there is no better way to implement what I try to implement but here is a sample, loking for suggestion: class UndoManager { List<Group> done ...Show All

• Jim Evans Baseless merge ?

  I've been told a couple of times to workaround problems with branching via a Baseless Merge.  Now I'm pretty sure I can guess what this does based on the name, but I can't find any way to accomplish this through the VS2005 UI. I've read all the docs I can find and I've searched google and all I've come up with is the command line option to do "h.exe merge /baseless" from MSDN and the reference from Buck's blog. The description in the docs b ...Show All

• bobmarley165735 comparing old and new values in __success macro

  Hi there, How do I express the condition that a parameter passed by reference remains unchanged after the function returns something like this __success(__oldvalue(parameter) == __newvalue(parameter)) Hi Christopher, You cannot have something like this: __success(__oldvalue(parameter) == __newvalue(parameter)) Instead you can try doing this:- make the parameter a "const"  so that it remains unchanged after the function returns. Ho ...Show All

• Ruby1983 Using Unit Tests to drive the Profiler

  I have several operations that take a long time, and I'm trying to determine what exactly the bottleneck is. I have created tests using the testing infrastructure that allow me to run the same operation over and over, so I can see trends in how long the operation is taking. What I really want to do is have the Profiler run while the Tests are running, so that I can figure out what portions of the code are taking a long time. So far, I can't fi ...Show All

• abhinavvaid Team Foundation Exception trying to connect to Team Foundation Server

  I have the July CTP installed on multiple machines (separate data and app tiers). Previously I was able to connect to the Team Foundation Server, now, when using the Team Explorer to connect, I get the error "Team Foundation Exception - Object reference not set to an instance of an object"...  Any ideas Also, is it possible to create a new Team Foundation project programmatically Thanks in advance... ...Show All

• I need Cannot get the generic test sample code

  I am trying to complete the walkthrough for generic tests. When I attempt to get the sample code I get a 404 error. The URL is http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/5/1/251FF798-6CD7-418B-9AE2-81906B0C8ED9/Demo.zip.exe . I tried searching MSDN for "generic test sample" and I still have not found what I think I need. I also installed the SDK samples and still did not see it. Where can I get the sample code to complete the walkthro ...Show All

• kawika One-way links between work items

  Hi Are there any way to setup one-way links between work items or at least see the direction of a link I would like to add links between the same types of work items (requirements) in order to show when a requirement has been split up into other requirements and then just write "split up into" in the comment field. However because links is being made two-way then both requirements shows up as being split up into each other ...Show All

• BigCountryFarmr Can/Will beta 2 SCC/WI data be preserved in the GA release

  OK, we're interested in starting to use beta 2 for our next big project, however I need to know if the data we create using beta 2 can be preserved (or at least migrated) in the GA release Does the "go live" license apply to TFS too Dave The "go live" license does not apply to TFS.  I do not believe there are any commitments whatsoever regarding migrating beta 2 data to the production release. Buck I have to 2nd what Keith said ...Show All