Recent update: 2008-3-21

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>

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" ...

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 ...

Issue in Process Template tool

510 byte By JasonD.Camp at 2008-3-3
I am having issues with the Process Template tool in the latest version of the TFS power tools. I am able to open up the process template and see the editor, but if I expand the Work Item Type definitions and click on one of the work items it comes up with a tab that just has xml in it (i.e. ...

Can not open WIT editor

1518 byte By KatyG at 2008-3-1
Hello, I've downloaded the latest version of Microsoft TF Power Tools, The documentation is very interesting, and I'm sure that all this package of tools will be very useful, but I have a little problem here, I want to edit work item type, but I get only the XML when I open work item type, ...

No entry in Select Child Policy in Custom Path Policy

636 byte By rvaas at 2008-2-28
Hi everybody,I′ve installed Team Foundation Server Power Tools v1.2 and now I would like to try to use the Checkin Policy "Custom Path Policy" on an existing Team Project with an existing "Work Item" Policy Checkin Policy. At first I only saw one entry in the drop down list for Select Child ...

Install Error On WinXP SP2

27645 byte By e-spice at 2008-2-27
Hi - I'm trying to install tfpt.msi on my machine (I have admin rights). Getting an error. Here is the verbose msi log. Any ideas? This is running on XP SP2.Thanks for any info.=== Verbose logging started: 1/23/2007 12:13:54 Build type: SHIP UNICODE 3.01.4000.2435 Calling process: ...

How can I prevent empty try and catch statements?

1006 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-26
I’ve seen the new check-in policies, they look good, and I am very interested in the “forbidden patterns policy”. How can I write a regular expression that say, empty catch statements are not allowed; even if there are comments inside them, like this for example? Try { do something here} Catch ...

Where can I find the C# regular expressions list for the forbidden code patterns?

1149 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-25
Now that we can define what is allowed and what is not allowed to go to the source control, I would like to define my own policies, but I am having a little problem. I don’t have the exact definition of the C# statements in regular expressions, I know that VS.Net has a list of all c# ...

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

5687 byte By Ditaka at 2008-2-24
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" ...

Is there any “forbidden code patterns” example anywhere on the internet ?

1179 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-23
Again, a new cool tool by Microsoft that has simply no use, the “forbidden code patterns”, is there any practical sample of how to write a single useful C# “forbidden code pattern”? I can defiantly tell the tools not to accept any code that has the word “Hello World” in it, but that’s about i...

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

381 byte By Mark4 at 2008-2-22
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 ...

Power Toys/Tools: Eight level under the root, the compare do not perform well

733 byte By DipeshBhattarai at 2008-2-22
I still use power toys. I like these toys. The compare context menu on the source control worked fine until I have found this issue.On the folder which is 8 level under the root, the compare do not perform well. I have some extra files on the local drive compared to the source control. I use ...

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

5750 byte By Ditaka at 2008-2-21
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" ...

Required and Readonly Requirement

360 byte By BryanNate at 2008-2-20
The new WI Editor will not let you have a Required and Readonly Rule on a field. I dont believe this should be the case. I want to have a required field with a readonly rule for everyone but a group of users. So that field is secure to me but is also required to me. I have done this before in ...

Enhancement Request: Process Template Editor (undocumented WI-Fields)

644 byte By stefan_sp at 2008-2-20
Hello Power Tools (Toys) team,in the next version of the TFS Power Tools could you please enhance the process template editor and add the two undocumented work item control fields described in Naren's blog entry ...

Can not open WIT editor

1518 byte By KatyG at 2008-2-19
Hello, I've downloaded the latest version of Microsoft TF Power Tools, The documentation is very interesting, and I'm sure that all this package of tools will be very useful, but I have a little problem here, I want to edit work item type, but I get only the XML when I open work item type, ...

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

380 byte By Mark4 at 2008-2-18
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 ...

Process Templete Editor fails to open WI that contains a custom control

693 byte By ultra03 at 2008-2-17
We have a WI with a custom control and the process templete editer fails with this error - There was a problem loading the work item type definition:File c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\PrivateAssemblies\bug.xmlThere is an error in the xml document (1,21122).See the event log ...

Issue in Process Template tool

510 byte By JasonD.Camp at 2008-2-16
I am having issues with the Process Template tool in the latest version of the TFS power tools. I am able to open up the process template and see the editor, but if I expand the Work Item Type definitions and click on one of the work items it comes up with a tab that just has xml in it (i.e. ...

Is there any “forbidden code patterns” example anywhere on the internet ?

1167 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-15
Again, a new cool tool by Microsoft that has simply no use, the “forbidden code patterns”, is there any practical sample of how to write a single useful C# “forbidden code pattern”?I can defiantly tell the tools not to accept any code that has the word “Hello World” in it, but that’s about it...

Power Toys/Tools: Eight level under the root, the compare do not perform well

733 byte By DipeshBhattarai at 2008-2-15
I still use power toys. I like these toys. The compare context menu on the source control worked fine until I have found this issue.On the folder which is 8 level under the root, the compare do not perform well. I have some extra files on the local drive compared to the source control. I use ...

Issue in Process Template tool

511 byte By JasonD.Camp at 2008-2-15
I am having issues with the Process Template tool in the latest version of the TFS power tools. I am able to open up the process template and see the editor, but if I expand the Work Item Type definitions and click on one of the work items it comes up with a tab that just has xml in it (i.e. ...

Cannot find the “Process Template Editor”

254 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-15
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face=Calibri>The v1.2 power tools insist that it installed it, and all the MS blogs are talking about it, but unfortunately I haven’t found it yet; how can I access that from VS.NET?</font> </span>

How can I test the new forbidden patterns?

262 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-15
<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> </span>

Where can I find the C# regular expressions list for the forbidden code patterns?

1149 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-14
Now that we can define what is allowed and what is not allowed to go to the source control, I would like to define my own policies, but I am having a little problem. I don’t have the exact definition of the C# statements in regular expressions, I know that VS.Net has a list of all c# ...

Cannot find the “Process Template Editor”

254 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-14
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face=Calibri>The v1.2 power tools insist that it installed it, and all the MS blogs are talking about it, but unfortunately I haven’t found it yet; how can I access that from VS.NET?</font> </span>

How can I test the new forbidden patterns?

262 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-13
<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> </span>

How can I prevent empty try and catch statements?

1006 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-13
I’ve seen the new check-in policies, they look good, and I am very interested in the “forbidden patterns policy”. How can I write a regular expression that say, empty catch statements are not allowed; even if there are comments inside them, like this for example? Try { do something here} Catch ...

Cannot find the “Process Template Editor”

254 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-12
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font face=Calibri>The v1.2 power tools insist that it installed it, and all the MS blogs are talking about it, but unfortunately I haven’t found it yet; how can I access that from VS.NET?</font> </span>

Error 2738 running tfpt.msi v1.2

277 byte By Mark4 at 2008-2-11
1.Uninstalled the old Process Template Editor. 2.Installed the DSL Tools. 3.Installation of Power Tools 1.2 gives "Internal Error 2738" and finishes saying 'wizard interrupted', 'run setup later'. Can anyone provide details of that error?

1500 on install

1032 byte By JohnathanSeal at 2008-2-10
Howdy,I have a functional version of VS (Test Edition) with the TFS client running. All seems happy.However, I am getting a 1500 when I try to install the powertoys.Event Type: ErrorEvent Source: MsiInstallerEvent Category: NoneEvent ID: 11500Date: 22/02/2007Time: 11:35:52 a.m.User: ...

Error uninstalling TFPT v1.1 under Vista

570 byte By DrewMarsh at 2008-2-10
Trying to install TFPT 1.2 and I get the following error when trying to uninsall my previous TFPT version under Vista:Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package ...

Doc lacking for the Process Editor

1512 byte By WilliamS. at 2008-2-8
This is the supplied documentation for the Process editor section in the Powertool.doc :Installed Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Process EditorThe TFPT application installs an editor that you can use to edit process templates. The installation media includes separate documentation for the ...

New Team Foundation Power Tools Released (v 1.2)

501 byte By EdHintz at 2008-2-8
A new drop of the Team Foundation Power Tools (formerly known as power toys) has been released. You can find it here http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5422499. There is also more information about this release here.This is the biggest release yet. Check it ...

TFPT unshelve sorting

154 byte By MartinHueser at 2008-2-7
Sorting the list of shelvesets in tfpt unshelve by date does not work correctly. It seems that the displayed date strings are sorted, not the date values.

Unable to fix binding using tfpt

388 byte By AndyPham at 2008-2-7
Hi all,Here what I've done. Please let me know if I missed something.1. Get files from VSS2. Added into TFS by add folder3. Create workspace.4. Get latest into workspace5. From command line prompt go to workspace directory and execute tfpt bind /convert /r.As a result, nothing happen. No ...

bind command

314 byte By TImBur at 2008-2-7
I was hopefull when I saw the bind command but disappointed when I read it did not support vs2003.Does anyone know of any way to rebind a vs2003 solution (once you've ran the vssconverter and installed the MSSCCI provider) ?Trying to unbind and rebind in this case does not ...

Install Error On WinXP SP2

27644 byte By e-spice at 2008-2-7
Hi - I'm trying to install tfpt.msi on my machine (I have admin rights). Getting an error. Here is the verbose msi log. Any ideas? This is running on XP SP2.Thanks for any info.=== Verbose logging started: 1/23/2007 12:13:54 Build type: SHIP UNICODE 3.01.4000.2435 Calling process: ...

Outlook 2003

265 byte By tony4893 at 2008-2-6
Not sure if i have the right place but i really need this Q answered. When i try to insert an attachment it goes in the body of the message not above with the To and From field. Q. How do I fix it so attachments will appear above and not in the messae?

Tree Differences + Compare to Local Directory + Message: "There is no working folder mappin

728 byte By MichalIVO at 2008-2-6
Hello,I would like to compare folder of TFS project ($/Proj1/Dir1/Dir2) to local folder with the same structure of files for example to: C:\proj1\Dir1\Dir2 (this folder in not connected with TFS).When I select Compare... item from context menu of Source Control Explorer, choose Compare to ...

Outlook 2003

127 byte By SimonGorski at 2008-2-5
Hello! Is ther VS TFS Plugin for Outlook 2003? I found it only for Word and Excel? Regards Simon

Another suggestion for treediff

300 byte By james_cline at 2008-2-5
It would be very useful to display the last modification date of the files in the tree and if comparing server items, display the changeset number. This would allow easier determination of which file has more recent changes. Also, possibly allow merges to occur between two server paths. ...

Don't see treediff as an option

1023 byte By JasonD.Camp at 2008-2-4
I don't see treediff as an option when I type TFPT at the command line. This is what I get:C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC>tfptTFPT - Team Foundation PowerToysType tfpt help <command name> for full descriptionCommands:tfpt annotate Display line-by-line change information ...

Don't see treediff as an option

1023 byte By JasonD.Camp at 2008-2-4
I don't see treediff as an option when I type TFPT at the command line. This is what I get:C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC>tfptTFPT - Team Foundation PowerToysType tfpt help <command name> for full descriptionCommands:tfpt annotate Display line-by-line change information ...

Want to create utility to grant administrator privileges to a team project in TFS

200 byte By nitinypatil at 2008-2-4
I want to create a command line tool or an API code which enables the Community Source Manager to grant administrator privileges to a resource from the existing domain to a team project in TFS.

Install Error On WinXP SP2

27644 byte By e-spice at 2008-2-4
Hi - I'm trying to install tfpt.msi on my machine (I have admin rights). Getting an error. Here is the verbose msi log. Any ideas? This is running on XP SP2.Thanks for any info.=== Verbose logging started: 1/23/2007 12:13:54 Build type: SHIP UNICODE 3.01.4000.2435 Calling process: ...

How to add multiple workitems with <TFPT workitem> using the option @filename

1652 byte By KlausC at 2008-2-3
I am looking for a solution to migrate multiple work items from one project located on TFS "A" to another project located on TFS "B" - perhaps by using the TFPT workitem command.Creating a list of items e.g. as XML from a query or as text output of the command <TFPT ...

How can I create a link to a changeset with Power Toys "tfpt workitem /new ..."

572 byte By stephl001 at 2008-2-3
Greeting,I have created a custom WorkItem; let's call it a cwi. I am able to create new cwi from the command line using tfpt like this:tfpt workitem /new project\cwi /fields:"Title=mytitle"My next step is to be able to specify a link to a changeset when I create the custom work item. ...

How i can use ImagXpress with ASP.net

344 byte By GhassanRashed at 2008-2-2
dear siri want to use an ImagXpress with ASP.net(web form)you should know the ImagXpress belongs to Pegasus imaging co.www.pegasusimaging.comimagxpress supports only windows formthank youGhassan ...

Visual Studio Team System

Site Classified