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Changing the field height in a TFS field

How can I change the height of a field in the TFS process template editor? If I stack two HTML type fields on top of each other the default rendering of the work item shows the first field about 20% and the second field about 80%. ...

TFS 2010 Workitem auto transition

Hi, How can I make work item to auto tansit from new to assigned state when I populate Assigned To field. Ie. I have reported a bug so its state is new. Now I populate (select from dropdown) the Assigned To field, and I want it to automatically transit to Assigned state (Active state). Please help. ...

Populating <validuser/> field in WorkItem

Hi I've created a new WorkItem named Project that contains a field named business owner which can be any domain user. The field was created using the WorkItem XML syntax using the tag. I have a problem that only TFS valid users (as the name suggests :)) show up the the combobox in the Visual Studio form. Is there any way for me to le...

Work Item Link Types in Visual Studio TFS 2010

What's the difference between the following work items link types in Visual Studio TFS 2010? Test Case Shared Steps Tests Tested By Thanks, ...

Convert Effort hours in VS2010 to Duration in MS Project 2010?

Hi all, I have some work items created in VS 2010, with some effort (hours) estimation added. Now when I view this my query in MS Project 2010, how do I relate the Duration field to my estimated efforts for each work items? I'm new to using these features in TFS and trying to learn. Thanks, Ben ...

TFS query mixing Tasks and Bugs, sorted by Priority

We're using TFS with MSF for Agile 4.2 on a project, and I have a bunch of work to do, both Tasks and Bugs. Both are prioritized by our managers, and assigned due dates and target releases. I use a Work Item query as my main TODO list, and I want to list all the Work Items assigned to me, in order by due date and priority. Problem: I...

Saving WorkItem#IterationPath on newly created Iteration

I can successfully create an iteration via: However, when I try and assign this path to a work item and save it the field doesn't validate. If I run the tests again (with the iteration already created) the same code succeeds. Does anybody know how to make this work? ...

Moving a work item in TFS

Is it possible to move a work item from one project to another inside TFS? I’ve seen a copy option, but no move. Also, if it is possible, what’s the implication for any of the WI history? I found this article from 2008 that seem to say it's not, but I wondered if there'd been any progress since then. ...

Test Case Work Items in Visual Studio 2010

I am running TFS 2008 and plan to upgrade to TFS 2010. There is no Test Case work item in TFS 2008 (only in TFS 2010) and I am wondering what is best, to create a Test Case work item in TFS 2008 and later import in TFS 2010, or, create the test cases in Excel and use the CodePlex utility to import into TFS 2010? ...

Allow application user to submit bugs to TFS 2008.

I'm currently trying to find out if there is a way to allow our nightly build application users to submit bug items to TFS. Everything is developed and used within our private network so there aren't any security issues of that nature that I am aware of. I don't necessarily need them to be able to assign the bug specifics, but give a t...

How to see the full name of a field in TFS

I am trying to setup a config file to work with my TFS Fields and I am having problems finding the full name of a field. For example, In the query view I just see Delivery Order, but I know that it's full name is Conchango.TeamSystem.Scrum.DeliveryOrder. Anyidea how I can see that value for all the fields on my Work Items? ...

How to include a work item custom field in a TFS 2010 Report

Hello! I want to use a custom field I have created in the Task work item in the "MSF for Agile Software Development v5.0" template in the built in reports for this template. I know how to open and edit a report from the template, but I don't know how to find the field I have created. ...

Is it possible to query TFS system for any work items that contain an attachment ends with .sql?

For every release we would like to round up all the work items that contain a .sql attachments to run on our staging server. Is there a way to query TFS? Or is this something that has to be done directly to the TFS server database? Any suggestions? We're using Team Foundation Server 2010 RTM. ...

Open TFS Work Item Attachment in Image Viewer not Web Browser

Is there a way to open an attachment for a TFS work item by double clicking on it (or rather just opening it from the IDE) in your computer's default image viewer, rather than opening it in a web browser? I'd love to be able to change this setting (if it is a setting). Edit: after reviewing Kate Gregory's response, I looked into this op...

Keystroke/hotkey/shortcut to expand Area/Iteration path in TFS?

Hi all, I'm doing a lot of work with work items, and while I'm using Tfs 2010 aka VsAlm 2010, this has been something that's bugged me ever since the first release of Tfs. When creating new work items, I don't really want to switch back and forth between my mouse and keybaord 203948203984 times; I'd really much rather just enter it enti...

What syntax to query a custom work item field

I am using the Event Subscription Tool, which sits on top of the bissubscribe.exe tool to create some custom alerts. I need to query against some custom work item fields, but I'm not sure how to reference them in the code. Here is how you reference a system field (this works): CoreFields/StringFields/Field[ReferenceName='System.Assign...