What is the best way to check-in merges when it comes to indicating what is being merged? I have say 10 changesets I am merging from my main branch to a release branch. Each of those contains detailed comments that I have written when checking in to the main branch. Now when I am merging I find myself and other members of the team writin...
Is it possible to set the Default Value in a Transition Rule Field, to be a Variable such as @Today + 7. I basically want a date field to have a default value of today's date + 7 days. Is this possible? Thanks ...
In our custom process there are a few fields that are calculated fields. Today I am using Team System events and a web service to calculated these but in all honesty its a little clunky. I had to add a delay because once saved the TFSService does make a change to the Work item a person might want to make another change right away and the...
Managing server logins and database users between developers workstations and other deployment environments using Visual Studio Team System Database Edition Hello people, Looking at upgarding from 'Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition' to Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR R2. Parametrisation in vstsdb is ...
Moving source control files to another project is easy but what is the best way to move Work Items (with history) to another TeamSystem project? I have a number of projects that I actually want consolidate into one TeamSystem project so we have one central Sharepoint portal and to make reporting easier. ...
I'm new to Data Generation Plans in Visual Studio, but I googled a bit and can't find the answer to this question. I've made modifications to my schema on the database side (changed the size of an NVARCHAR field) based on data that was generated by a Data Generation Plan (a procedure broke because the field was too large), and now I want...
Does anyone know of excellent (in your opinion) books/websites that go over in details how to pragmatically use a bug/task/project management tool to help improve software development process? Ideally, I would like "from-the-trench" kind of resource, not theory. Examples of such mgmt tools are: JIRA/Confluence combo, Visual Studio Team ...
Has anyone developed a msi setup for database using an embedded resource for the sql scripts. The sql scripts should be the output of the Databse project of Team System Database Edition (Database project) ...
I need to stop a web test from running if an extraction rule fails. The Extract method of the extraction rule class looks like this: public override void Extract(object sender, ExtractionEventArgs e) { try { // fancy logic going on here } catch (ExtractionException ex) { e.Message = ex.Message; ...
Hi: We are starting to implement a small group of developers (4-5) using TFS 2008. Do you know a good manual? Free (as in beer) if posible. Thanks in advance. ...
Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to create links to work items that open not through Team System Web Access but through Visual Studio 2008. For TSWA we have following links: http://mytfs:8090/wi.aspx?id=1234 We would like to include VS-links in the reports (in parallel with TSWA-links), so that users can choose the tool they wan...
Hi, We've currently got all our User Stories and Tasks in Thoughtworks Mingle, but what to move them into TFS 2010 which we're be using with Scrum For Team System. Has anyone had any experience doing this? If so, how did you go about doing it? Were there any gotchas along the way? Thanks, John ...