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• Gecko2648 Do Not Catch General Exception Types

  I have a question about the fxCop rule on "Do Not Catch General Exception Types"...I started some discussion on this in another thread but I didn't get a full answer to my question and I thought this topic was worth starting a new thread. I think I'm using the recommended Microsoft approach for Exception Management: I'm using the Enterprise Library Exception Management Application Block to handle exceptions At the "top of ...Show All

• J Gilmore Having trouble with visible property on controls

  Hello, I have been developing a multi-form application starting under Beta 1 of 2005 and now continuing under Beta 2. The application ran under Beta 1, but with the new Beta 2 drop a problem has occurred. I control the visibility of controls on the form to assist users with the data they need to enter. The code populates ComboBoxes based on the Visible property of the control. I am setting the controls' visibility based on an external XML file w ...Show All

• Jordan-Hoff Customizing default SharePoint site

  I have successfully made changes to the SharePoint site for a test project, using FrontPage, but I need to make the changes to the template (or whatever) so that all new projects will have the change. I saw an old post here that says the SharePoint files are stored in the db somewhere, though I looked and didn't find them. Is this true, and if so where are they If not, same question. Thanks, Nathan Than ...Show All

• karnayanar TFS Beta 3 Installation - Sharepoint not being installed/extended to virtual servers

  Hi Been trying to install TFS Beta 3 and ran into some problems. I followed the instructions which said to install sharepoint in "server farm mode" and then let the TFS installation program configure the rest of sharepoint, however there are two main issues: - Before the TFS installer is run, the sharepoint admin site is accessible, but after the installation is performed the sharepoint admin site is no longer accessible (even when logged in as ...Show All

• http200 Exclude a File from Source Control

  Hi, I'm working with TFS Beta3 refresh and i need to exclude one folder in my project from source control but keep it as a part of project. There are arcticles explaining how to do this http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/66tw9ezk.aspx but i think it referes to VSS because i can not find menu item " Exclude from Source Control" where it suppose to be according to the article. Any help will be appriciated. Maxim ...Show All

• hey answer plz i got a problem.. Help with the Custom Checkin Policy Example from the Extensibility Kit

  Hey! I'm running TFS Beta3 Refresh,and using the latest version of the extensibility kit. I am not able to see my custom policy, when I try and add it to the Check in Policy page.  I see the three that are installed with it, but I do not see mine.  My assembly is called MyExtensibilityClass.dll, and is located at c:\policies.  In the registry, I have added a string to the Checkin Polices key.  The string name is M ...Show All

• Ingenious 'Remaining work' Report fails in VSTS Beta3 refresh

  Hi there,      I have installed successfully VSTS beta3 server, few reports enabled but few of them are failing. Like 'Remaining Workreport is failing with error: How do i fix this Thanks, An error has occurred during report processing. Query execution failed for data set 'dsWorkItemHistory'. For more information about this error navigate to the report server on the local server machine, or enable remote errors ...Show All

• LucasB Webtest "hangs" while Submitting

  Actually, it appears to be hung before the request is sent, because the Request Detail window says "Request not yet submitted". I've got a webtest where, on a specific page, it always "hangs" while executing...  The main Test Progress window shows "Submitting" under the HTTPStatus column, and it stays this way for at least 4 or 5 minutes.  Test Results pane shows the test as "In Progress".  If I try to start the test again, I c ...Show All

• JRandJame MS Project - can't get work items

  We get the following error on MS Project : TF80071: Team Foundation encountered an error while accessing the work item database.  Please contact the Team Foundation Server administrator. We have Office SP2 and Project SP2 Any ideas I'm receiveing the same error. I have tried this by opening MS Project from the start menu, then clicking Choose Team Project and selecting the TFS Project from the list. Clicking OK, g ...Show All

• Mayur Khare HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SourceCodeControlProvider\InstalledSCCProviders?

  Since we are stuck using a multitude of SCM systems at least for a while, we use a utility called SwitchSCC that can easily switch among different SCC providers.  It uses this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SourceCodeControlProvider\InstalledSCCProviders But TF doesn't populate this reg key   Is this an oversight or just the TF is going to work Yes, that is the correct key.  When a us ...Show All

• Mike from Wauwatosa Create Team Project from existing Project

  Hi, I wanted to know that is it possible to Create Team Project from existing Project. The idea is my organisation will have say 10 different projects and I want to maintain same standards , roles and project permissions in all the projects. Only thing that will change is the project name. How to acheive this Thanks in advance, Sanjoyan Microsoft MGSI India Oh, and before I forget, the permissions thing is not so ...Show All

• Ewoud Coded Webtest and looping thru a datasource?

  Hello, I am have a little problem and need some help. I have created a webtest which loops thru a datasource. Converted it to a coded webtest to do some validation but can not get it to loop thru the datasource. Is there anything that I am missing Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks How do you get to the page that you are running the coded test from Try the following and see if it works: 1) Modify t ...Show All

• johnta Do we get any CAL with TFS Standard?

  According to Rob Caron's post, ( http://blogs.msdn.com/robcaron/archive/2006/03/16/553121.aspx ), Workgroup edition will only give us 5 licences, and if I have 15 developers, all with MSDN licences, I will have 15 licences for TFS server, but I still have to purchase TFS Standard edition in order to have all 15 of my developers access the same server. Sure seems like there should be a better way to do this. Like, for instance, everyone who buys ...Show All

• rayeesul Add/Edit Workspace locking up Visual Studio

  I've got a computer that when we try to add or edit a workspace VS just locks up, like there is a model dialog open, but there are none open. I've tried ctrl-alt-tab to make sure it was just not hidden behind VS. I also did a complete uninstall/reinstall and the problem persists. Has anyone one else had this problem I've search the forums without luck. Thanks I had the same problem as above. I a ...Show All

• darwin collins Sampling works but Instrumentation hangs.

  I have an application that does not wish to be instrumented. It's a C++ project, non-managed. I get "Successfully instrumented file" and then "Successfully attached to process: 3040" but nothing after this, it just sits there. When I finally hit stop it gives me an VSP1386 error. I can run it in Sampling mode and it works fine. I tried another C++ application and it worked with both profiling types. I even put a return() as the first st ...Show All