Visual Studio Team System
Recent update: 2008-3-21

Report View in TSWA Displays HTML Tags

1018 byte By Trevor at 2008-3-11
Using Visual Studio Team System Web Access we create a bug or an issue.I then click on this issue/bug (which opens in a new window - call this Window #1) and select "Tools" - "Report View" (which opens another new window - call this window #2) and rather then displaying the forma...

TFS server name incorrectly saved

1161 byte By DaveR-140362 at 2008-3-7
How can I change the default server name on the signon page? Although the editable dropdown list of servers shows the correct server name, the default connection at the bottom of the TeamPlain connection page always has the message "Connect to http://server:8080 as ...

Is it possible to get the connection string from the app.config file for the DataSourceAttribute

2153 byte By GregoryDye at 2008-3-7
Hello, I would like to be able to change my DataSource Attribute connection string to access the app.config file. The problem that I am running into is that the connecting string must be a constant. Do you know of any work suggestions? Currently it is something like this. ...

How can I test the new forbidden patterns?

254 byte By G.T. at 2008-3-7
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face=Calibri>I wrote a set of forbidden patterns, and I would like to test them without having to check-out and check-in tons of files, how can I test them against local files in my machine?</font>

Any possibility to create project from a DB, and then commit changes to Schema Objects

393 byte By paolod at 2008-3-7
Hello everybody,perhaps a silly question, but there's a way to create a Database Project from an existing DB (e.g. Northwind :)), adding Schema Objects, and then "commit" them to the DB? If so, IMHO it should be added to creation wizard.If not, there's a "quick" way to ...

Deleting Team Projects

142 byte By Jonny_B at 2008-3-7
How can I delete a team project from my TFS? I can remove it, but it still exists on the server. I would like to delete it completely. Thanks.

TF42056: The build service could not connect .... TF30063: You are not authorized....

1219 byte By cbaugh at 2008-3-7
This message is displayed on a client box (running VS 2005 architect) when we attempt to execute a build type. The build type is referenceing the build service on a different server. TFS is running great and check in / check out, etc works fine. However, I do not have a domain in place since ...

Reports using customized Workitems

504 byte By jalekz at 2008-3-7
Hello TFS users.I′m tring to custimize the MSF Agile Process Template.I′ve added fields to the WorkItemDefinitions (like Role) and also added new WorkItemDefinitions with new fields.My problem is this:Now i want to generate Reports for the WorkItems, using the new fields in the query.for ...

Deadline in Tasks?

342 byte By Kai123 at 2008-3-7
Hi all,when I create a new Task in Team foundation server, isn't it possible to set a deadline? I did not find this option but it would be quite helpful for me. If there is no such setting, how else could I track tasks which are "overdue"? Many thanks in advance! ...

Date Time Field in Source Control Explorer

339 byte By BryanNate at 2008-3-7
One thing I really miss is a date time modified field next to the files in the source control explorer. In VSS I used this all the time to find files that have recently changed. Or just to know if a file was really old. Is there any way to add fields in the Source Control Explorer for TFS? ...

TF53010: An unexpected condition has occurred in a Team Foundation component.

1190 byte By janko at 2008-3-7
Hi, I got the following warning log: Event Type: WarningEvent Source: TFS WarehouseEvent Category: NoneEvent ID: 3000Date: 4/25/2006Time: 5:49:05 PMUser: N/AComputer: TFSDescription:TF53010: An unexpected condition has occurred in a Team Foundation component. The information contained here ...

Globalization Rules

100 byte By VivekAyer at 2008-3-7
<span>How do you ask FxCop to ignore all Globalization Rules while analyzing your assembly? </span>

Adding a Team Server

295 byte By EdJarrett at 2008-3-7
I have just completed an installation of Team Server Beta 2 and am trying to connect to it from VS 2005. I get an error that says I am unable to connect to the selected Team Foundation Server and gives a varity of reasons, none of which seem likely to me. Is there some magic I have missed here?

Urgent

4165 byte By MuhammadAliInayat at 2008-3-7
Team System Gurus..Here is a mind Shuffling puzzle We are a Consultancy Firm in Pakistan. We have a separate department for Custom Software Development .We have 10 people in this Department. Most of them are developers. [>>>>Please do not take word MOST seriously] Most of our ...

How can I easily close multiple workitems at once

89 byte By RobReiss at 2008-3-7
Is there a way to select multiple work items and set there state to "closed" all at once?

How to design and code in different block.

397 byte By KennyKhai at 2008-3-7
Dear all,I'm a newbie for vs 2005, I really want to find some technique guide or ebook that guide step by step how to make an distributed application, how to connect to database with unique connection which can change 1 time and effect through application, how to build blocks and connect them ...

visual studio 2005 beta 2 experience

396 byte By andrew_parlane at 2008-3-7
I'm trying to sighn up for the visuall studio beta 2 experiance, but when I submitted my detail, I recieved a confirmation email, when I verified and clicked next I got a page saying "We’re sorry, but we were unable to service your request. You may wish to choose from the links below for ...

Question on running perf profiling in instrumentation.

1371 byte By Haw at 2008-3-7
Hello,I'm new to performance testing, and I'm trying to grab a performance profile in Instrumentation mode on my ASP.Net application.I have an ASP.Net project and a C# class library, on August CTP, which contains a custom webcontrol that i would like to study its performance. All the ...

Restricting source control access

811 byte By DaveR-140362 at 2008-3-6
I'd like users to enter bug reports, view project reports and access/contribute project documents. But they should be restricted from accessing source control. I've tried various approaches to retricting source control access but TeamPlain generously offers download access of the entire ...

How do I set the culture for a web test

316 byte By Mattxxxxxx at 2008-3-6
Have a web application which actively detects the client's preferred browser cultures to decide what to render (using Request.UserLanguages).I've recorded a web test - fine.When I play it back the client's preferred culture list is empty.How do I get the web test to present a list of ...

Unable to use methodology because work item queries have encoding information removed from the X

5750 byte By Ditaka at 2008-3-6
I am loving this tool....absolutely loving it.However, I believe I've found an issue when performing some edits on the methodology with it. I can't always determine what causes this, but sometimes the editor removes the following line from all the work item queries:<?xml version="1.0" ...

Import Database Schema Keys not imported as expected

1120 byte By noonie at 2008-3-6
Greetings,When I use Import Database Schema on an SQLServer 2000 database project (from an SQL Server 2000 database server) none of the keys, constraints or indexes are imported against the tables. They all appear to be there but are created as objects at the same level as the tables (i.e. ...

Question about importing

672 byte By Jonny_B at 2008-3-6
I am testing out TFS right now, and trying to get our Process Template set up. I am wondering if you can change your Work Items once you have imported in your Process Template.<br><br>i.e. I finish editing our Process Template and import it into our TFS and create a new project. ...

TF53010 - The build request is not from the configured Team Foundation Server.

1738 byte By AaronAnderson at 2008-3-6
I'm getting this whenever I try to execute a Team Build on my build server. This started happening even on fresh generic Team Builds. TF53010: An unexpected condition has occurred in a Team Foundation component. The information contained here should be made available to your site ...

Bug Rates Report - Getting very weird report

917 byte By rternier at 2008-3-6
The report "Bug Rates" used to work great. It shows us how many Work Items were in the System, how many were resolved, new active etc. (the way it should). I exported 250 Work Items from one of our products as a trial for TFS, threw them into Excel, and published. This worked great. The Report ...

Uninstall TS Plugin

160 byte By VitaliyVoloshchuk at 2008-3-6
Hi all, I made sure, that TS integration into MSProject is implemeted not so good. So I have another question: How can I uninstall TS plugin from My MSProject?

Changeset Rollback Problem ..

760 byte By jamil at 2008-3-6
Consider the following scenario: After Changeset #1line 1: nothingline 2: nothingline 3: nothing After Changeset #2line 1: Hello World line 2: nothingline 3: nothing After Changeset #3line 1: Hello Worldline 2: Hello Planet line 3: nothing After Changeset #4line 1: Hello Worldline 2: Hello ...

Portal Documents CheckIn Checkout Via TFS Client

1920 byte By ertobias at 2008-3-6
Hi, I have a question regarding Documents checkin and checkout via TFS Client. As you know, methodology docs are created on the Team Portal. Document checkin checkout mechanism works perfectly fine if you perform it through the portal. But the problem is, we can not perform the same exercise ...

Possible to detect use of enum.ToString()?

460 byte By MatthewWatson at 2008-3-6
Does anyone know if it is possible to detect the use of an enum's "ToString()" method? The reason I ask is because we have started obfuscating our code using Dotfuscator, and of course because that renames the enums, it plays merry hell with any use of enum.ToString()! It'd be great if FXCopy ...

Setup failed

188 byte By Jdjr2 at 2008-3-6
Setup failed and I am using the only version of SQL 2005 developers edition I can get June CTP. I cannot get the April CTP I do not have a subscription and I do not have any money.

MSF ALONE FOR CMMI

284 byte By MuhammadAliInayat at 2008-3-6
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">What is the best Tool set for using with MSF for adopting CMMI Level 2?</span>

Dumb Question Dept - how do I "delete" a public build from the list?

585 byte By MichaelShorten at 2008-3-6
Scenario: I perform a team build as a "smoke" test and decide to mark it's quality as rejected. The team makes changes and the second "smoke" team build is successful. Since the changes are logged into Version Control, I don't need the first build hanging around. How do I delete it? There ...

Implicit constraints, Pre-defined constraints, User-defined constraints

1013 byte By Jean-PierreFouche at 2008-3-6
Please could someone explain to me the differnece between the following:Implicit constraintsPre-defined constraintsUser-defined constraintsAs I understand it, Implicit Constraints seem to be those that come with an object when you drag it onto the designer. There is a list of implicit ...

is .net runtime beta 2 redistributable?

125 byte By jedediah at 2008-3-6
If I were to develop shrinkwrap software with beta2, would it be legal to distribute the .net runtime beta2 with my software?

Not able to run performance tests

823 byte By JeffLevinson at 2008-3-6
I am running the August CTP and I receive the following error whenever I try to run performance tests against an ASP.NET application:"The web site could not be configured correctly; getting ASP.NET process information failed. Requesting ...

Using Cross-Database Reference and Team Build using VS2005 SR1

3674 byte By Patrick Neborg at 2008-3-6
I have setup a db pro project that utilizes a Cross-Database Reference. This all works fine while in the IDE and performing a build. When I Build the project the resulting .sql file has the following inside it:...:setvar STR_DB "STR" ...Create Procedure [xyz} select distinct PMST.CML#, --s...

Possible to remove tabs?

117 byte By Kolchak at 2008-3-5
Hi - we are looking to remove the Reports and Source tabs from TeamPlain - is this possible? Cheers, Karl

Console output from tests

135 byte By AlexSuzuki at 2008-3-5
Hi all, Is it possible to view Console output from TestMethods? It doesn't show up in the Quick Console window. cheers, Alex

With TFPT1.2 still edit work item type definition XML in VS2005?

380 byte By Mark4 at 2008-3-5
With Power Tools 1.2 Process Template editor installed, is there a Visual Studio configuration switch or way of viewing that allows me to edit the XML directly? I like the easier-than-cmdline importing and the layout preview, but i still want to edit the xml directly. Especially when a certain ...

Deploy with Unit Test

870 byte By Optikal at 2008-3-5
I wish to use VSTSForDP to support my pre-existing unit tests. Currently the process we use is anytime we make a change to the database schema we use SQL management studio to generate a script that will create the database. We then check that .sql file into TFS as a solution item. Our unit ...

Creating field which is a value dependent on other fields

176 byte By Jonny_B at 2008-3-5
I would like to have a field called weight or multiplier which takes the rank and priority and multiplies them together to populate this field. Does anyone know how to do this?

how to build a solution which mixed vb6 and vs2005

553 byte By wangyazheng at 2008-3-5
hi, Our project has mixed VB6 and VS2003. currently, we want to upgrade the VS2003 project to VS2005 and use the TFS build to do the daily building. The process is : <Build Project 1 (vs2005) > > export tlb file > Build VB6 program (use the above tlb file) --> tlbimp VB6 ...

Using Excel pivot charts, can I filter on creation dates within the Work item history cube.

795 byte By B.Huard at 2008-3-5
Hello, I am using the cumulative count in Work item history cube using the Pivotchart within Excel (a great way to get quick graphs for management). The problem I am having is that I want to see the progression of states between specific dates. As it stands now I can choose specific weeks to ...

change column width for work item title on check-in

268 byte By JasonD.Camp at 2008-3-5
I can't read the work item titles in the "Check In - Work Items" window because the column width is set too small. I know you can hover over each work item and see the full title, but this is a pain when you have a bunch of work items to choose from. Help!

BisSubscribe vs TfsSubscribe

376 byte By jamil at 2008-3-5
Will the event subscription tool continue to be called "BisSubscribe" .. ? I heard earlier in the forum that it was going to be changed to "TfsSubscribe" .. ? Thanks in advance. ...

RTM installation failure - error 3200 "stsadm.exe"

482 byte By GuyF at 2008-3-5
hi upon trying to install the RTM version I've encountered a problem which I can't overcome. in the installation phase (after the service/reports/smtp definitions) i get an err message : "Error 32000. the commandline "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server ...

FXCop addresses Security vulnerabilities?

2062 byte By Arshadje at 2008-3-5
I'm new to FxCop. Does FXCop addresses the following list of vulnerabilities? Buffer Overflow Detection Access Control Analysis Format String Issues Detection Dangerous Function/Method Calls Detection Thread Safety Race Conditions Detection Encryption and RNG Misuse Detection Input ...

Using fully qualified names to project portal

759 byte By Lex1957 at 2008-3-5
How can I force links in Team Explorer to use fully qualified domains names ?e.g. When I right click to show the project portal it links to something like this: http://server/sites/project/default.aspxBut I want it to link to this: http://server.mydomain.com/sites/project/default.aspxMy ...

How to create an Architectural Prototype?

536 byte By JulioCasalT. at 2008-3-5
Activity number 5 of the Create Solution Architecture Workstram is the Creation of an Architectural Prototype. As I have no samples of this I'm not sure of what do I have to do here. Is this the place to decide which will be the core components of my architecture? Is this the place where I ...

How to delete WorkItems?

75 byte By LucasC at 2008-3-5
Hi, Is there any way to delete a workItem created by mistake? Thanks

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