Hi --
I'm wondering if there is some way to give a nickname to a build. For example, I've got a build whose name is: Main Build_20060922.1. I'd like to be able to either change this, or add to it a tag such as 1.7RC1 so that its easy to see that this build is the first release candidate for version 1.7 of our application.
Is there a way to do this?
Terry.
There is no out of the box way to do this. You could probably use the UpdateBuildNumberAndDropLocation web method (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.teamfoundation.build.proxy.buildstore.updatebuildnumberanddroplocation.aspx) to change the actual build number (name) to "1.7RC1".
If you're unsure of how to get the BuildUri for this method, or how to use the web service API in general, have a look at the following blog post: http://blogs.msdn.com/aaronhallberg/archive/2006/09/13/752406.aspx.
-Aaron
