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• Monkey Boy Custom Workitem with LinksControl?

  Hi all, I have created my own work item type and now I would like to add a field which should be used as a hyperlink (URL) that describes the task. After looking at some documentation & Team Systems it seems like I should the LinksControl - but I can't really figure out how I should do it. So how can I add a LinksControl with a hyperlink to it What datatype should I use for the data field - String or PlainText How do get the LinksContro ...Show All

• markentner Code Analysis Check-in Policy Fails after a clean build

  Question: Why does the Policy Warnings tab of my Pending Changes window contain a Code Analysis error message for a project that has just been rebuilt without error or warning Background: I have a Team project that contains one Visual Studio Solution with four Visual Studio Projects. I have enabled Code Analysis for all projects with just one rule enabled (CA1000). I have also set a checkin policy for the Team Project to in ...Show All

• DedeLej Building with multiple projects in different files

  We have 2 Team Foundation projects with their own source control. Data Access - DataAccess.proj Application - Application solution file - Application.proj We are attempting to make a build type for the Application Visual Studio solution. The solution has 2 Visual Studio Projects in it. Application.proj and DataAccess.proj. The problem we are having is that the build type when executed ...Show All

• iceberg777 KB913393 file for 64 bit 2003 R2 OS?

  Hi, Is there a x64 bit version of the KB913393, the one on the install media doesn't want to install. Running Windows 2003 x64 R2. .NET Framework 2.0 is installed ok. Thanks Paul Thanks, I'll have to use a 2 server install, the datalayer on the SQL 2005 x64 and application layer on a virtual server 32 bit hosted on the 64 bit Windows 2003 server. Any ideas if they will do a native 64 bit vers ...Show All

• Bob Sculley How To: Simple Steps to create a Webservice Load test

  I am new to VS2005 and would like to create a load test for our webservice. The webservice must be able to handle simultaneous connections. I followed the steps detailed in: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182557.aspx as a start, but I am missing the connection to move further. I am connected through our internal network to the server housing the webservice.  If I remote into th ...Show All

• Mark Arrow What is the MSDN Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite "Trial" Edition?

  Hi everybody, Today I found the Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Trial Edition in MSDN Subscriber Downloads. I am a MSDN Universal subscriber and have transitioned my subscription to get access to the Team Suite for Software Developers edition. Maybe anybody from Microsoft can clarify: - What is the "trial" meaning Usually MSDN software is not limited as towards features or usable time - Is the trial edition the one which I get due to the transiti ...Show All

• geoffbeaumont TFS Beta 3 Refresh: Error 32000 and Error 26204

  Like so many others I experience problems while installing Team Foundation Server (B3R) – after resolving a lot of other problems on my own I get stuck with this one and need some help: “The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 26204”.   I investigated further in the VSMsiLog and found a hell of a lot of “ExecuteSqlStrings: & ...Show All

• ramk Creating a Visual Studio Add-in for "Search"

  Hello all! We all know search is a problem in VSTS, each time we need to export the list to Excel and then use the Ctrl+F keys to search in a particular field. OR Creating a simple Query and modifying that query each time I need to search for another string. So I decided to create an Add-in in VSTS that simply asks for: -Select Team Project : combobox -Select Work Item Type: combobox -Search For: textbox -All Fields radio button ...Show All

• Santosh A H Work Items, Documents, and Reports folders show RED X's in Team Explorer -- WHY?

  I can connect to my Team Foundation Server just fine from Team Explorer, but the Work Items, Documents, Reports, and --intermittently -- the Version Control folders under my Team Project all have RED X's in the corner of them and are inaccessible.  The tooltip and toolbar buttons seem to suggest that it is "refreshing" (for example, the "Stop Refresh" toolbar button lights up), but the unknown activity rarely completes, and when it does, th ...Show All

• Ivan S 32000 error on app tier install (dual-tier)

  I'm getting stuck towards the end of the app tier install using the July CTP. The VSMsiLog has an error in it... 08/18/05 21:30:10 DDSet_Error: The Commandline '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Enterprise Server\BISIISDIR\sdk\bin\Bisregedit.exe" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Enterprise Server\BBIISDIR\Uninstall\BigBuildBisRegistration.xml" vsts-poc3-vs2k3 BisDB' returned non-zero value: 1. MSI (s) (EC!1C) [21:30:16 ...Show All

• Daniel Dosen: XML Commerce TFS proxy not working

  hi, I have installed TFS proxy in a separate machine with windows server 2003. I have also configured the proxy.config file as <Servers> <Server> <Uri>http://tfsserver:8081/versioncontrol</Uri> </Server> </Servers> where tfsserver is my server. i have enabled my client machine to use proxy. when i try to checkin or checkout in my client machine, it gives the message that ' ...Show All

• Arash Partow EndToEndIteration target

  I've been browsing the Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets file and I followed the EndToEndInteration target as this is the one that gets run when Team Build does it's thing. I have a question on the CoreGet target. This seems to get the latest source code for a workspace and then label the files with the BuildNumber. It's the labeling that I'm wondering about... Does the label command take a look at each file in the workspace (i.e. the one o ...Show All

• AG_MD Work Item - Title vs Summary (Redundant?)

  I find myself just repeating in the summary what I put in for the title.  These two fields seem redundant.  What am I missing here   How are they supposed to be used The idea of summary is to give you an extra text area where you can describe the bug or issue in more detail (e.g. repro steps) For Beta 2, the summary field is currently restricted just one line of text to support round-tripping to ...Show All

• LuvWhiteSand unit testing asp.net custom providers

  I am developing with VSTE for Software Developers and I have written a custom membership provider.  I have also written unit tests for all public methods on the provider. I need to run all unit tests three times, each time, I need to change the values in the provider attributes defined in the web.config file.  I cannot figure out how to create 3 different web.config files and have them copied to the asp.net output directory before ...Show All

• acangialosi How to use one step's Query String Parameter value in another step?

  Hi, all. Sorry if this is a beginner's question, but I couldn't figure out how to do this. I have a web test, which has several steps. One of the step's Query String Parameters contains the value that I would like to use several steps after that. This value is not displayed in any of the fields on the following page, so I can't apply a field value extraction rule to it. How can I extract this Query String Parameter value to use in the foll ...Show All