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• mnelson Unplanned work report incorrect

  For some reason or another, the "Unplanned Work" report (MSF Agile 4.0) is not displaying properly. I set the plan completion date to a date somewhere in the middle of the project lifetime, click on the view report and only see "Planned" work items even though work items were created after the "Plan completion date". The report shows that the number of work items increases after the "plan completion date", ...Show All

• Matthy de Hoog Reduce the size of TRX files - limit logging?

  hi all, Hoping someone can advise me on how to reduce the amount of logging that is sent to the TRX file. I have a scenario where I am (trying) to test about 3500 URL's (and their dependent requests). The information that I would like to know is; 1. If the URL fails. 2. If any of the dependant requests fail. This is all the information that I need. I am finding that at about 1000 requests the logfile becomes unmanageable and VS aborts t ...Show All

• Markus H Code Analysis

  Is it possible to magage the code analysis rules that are excluded through the Process Template Manager For example, we'd like to disable a consistent set of code analysis rules across all our projects. How can this be done Thanks in advance. Mark Are you talking about not having the code analysis rules selected when you create a new project, removing the code analysis rules altogether so th ...Show All

• TJM_MC Install Done, what's next?!

  Hi everyone, I installed Team Foundation Server on my windows 2003 standard server and everything went well .. but now what There is nothing in the Start Menu talking about it, no icon on the desktop, nothing! I mean, how can I add new project to it create portal for each project where can I read about all that Thanks Well.. I installed TFS using the TFSSETUP user .. which I deleted afterward! Is there any other way around I still have TF ...Show All

• DongL Team System Beta 2 VPC Expiration in 19 days

  Hi all, I downloaded the Team System Beta 2 VPC image (as a MSDN Universal customer). The Windows Server 2003 installation prompted me to activate, and so I did, over the phone. After activation, upon logging on, I am informed that I have only 19 days left in my evaluation of Windows. Specifically, the message dialog states: "The evaluation period for this copy of Windows will expire in 19 days. For more information, see Help and Support ...Show All

• abcca "Assigned To" must be a valid account?

  In the MSDN Documentation - Walkthrough: Make Advanced Customizations to a Work Item Type , in the Customize the Assigned To Field section, the following example is shown: <FIELD name="Assigned To" refname="System.AssignedTo" type="String" reportable="dimension"> <HELPTEXT>The person assigned to do the work</HELPTEXT> <ALLOWEDVALUES expanditems="true"> <LISTITEM valu ...Show All

• YU_MSVB Feature request: Class name filters

  It would be very useful if we could create regexp-based filters that would tell whether a particular class should be analyzed. Here's an example: I don't want FxCop to analyze third-party code that is a part of my assembly (PowerCollections), nor do I want to analyze auto-generated xml serializers code that also resides in that assembly. If only I could set up couple of filters like "skip classes whose full name starts with "Wintellect ...Show All

• Matt Anderson Single Server Deployment

  Hi, Is single server deployment gone forever Dean Dave, Yes, I am referring to the July CTP requiring dual server deployment.  Based on using Beta 2 our group has approval for a single server.   I also wanted to upgrade our Beta 2 box to the July CTP to evaluate the new TFS proxy.  Dean Ahh - the Proxy...  Certainly a good reason to c ...Show All

• cyWrenDave VS2005 test syntax

  Hello All, Can you please let me know if the test syntax used for VS2005 is similar of the same to n-unit Thanks, Bob Hanson Bob, Our syntax is very similar to NUnit.  For example, we use attributes (with different names) to specify which classes and methods are associated with tests.  We also use our own asserts to allow you to communicate when a test has failed.  In short, if you are already using NUnit, learning VS Uni ...Show All

• aw52741 Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Common.ITip interface role ?

  Any idea what is the role of the ITip interface What it stands for If someone (perhaps from Microsoft ) could briefly mention what is the role of ITip in Test type extensibility, it would be helpful. Thanks Tanveer Rashid Tip stands for Test Item Provider. Found this in the extensibility document (Extensibility WP 1.doc pg 11)- ITip tells Team System how to save TestElement ...Show All

• Jason_Cox1701 Installing on 3 servers

  I'm assuming we can split the install of TFS on 3 different servers: * 1 box for TFS * 1 box for SharePoint * 1 box for SQL Server Correct The directions suggest dual-server installs, but it isn't clear if the install be be configured across three servers. Thanks in advance. Mark No. You can install the dual server version which has: 1: Application Tier with IIS, TFS web servi ...Show All

• Josh Korn at Diligentsia FXCOP dictionary-spelling

  How do I change spelling language in FxCop Language (Slovenian) is installed in Microsoft Proofing Tools as required, but it doesnt appeard in FxCop 1.35 Spelling Options (Dictionary Locale). I am otherwise satisfied with this product. Thanks. Thanks for answer. It works. It doesnt corect slovenian but ignores english spelling. I already used this setting ...Show All

• notinthisworld Cannot See the Distributed System Designers Options

  Hi I have been trying to install the VS2005 to get the Distributed System Designers . But have not been able to get the Appication designers/ Datacenter designers in my VS2005. I am able to see all other kind of projects. Please advcie how can i get them. Is it a small module to be installed or the version that we have is not correct. Please send the download information for correct modules... Regards C P Singh Which e ...Show All

• David Eccleston - DX MVP Erroneous "Avoid unused private fields"

  I get an erroneous "Avoid unused private fields" problem with the following: class Application { private const Decimal conversionRatio = 0.621371m; [STAThread] static void Main( string [] args) { if (args.Length > 0) { Decimal newValue = Decimal.Parse(args[0], System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); newValue *= conversionRatio; } } } Consts don't get converted to ...Show All

• Phildo123894 Unit Test Wizard doesn't let me select certain projects.

  When adding a new unit test to my test project, the Unit Test Wizard jumps back to the "Add New Test" dialog when I select certain projects.  If I try to click either the '+' sign for the tree structure of the project or try to click on the project's CheckBox, the dialog returns to "Add New Test".  Is this because test units cannot be auto-generated for this project, and if so why do I not see some form of message dialog --Edit-- ...Show All