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Question : How can I make sure that the "Remaining Work" field is set to 0 when the work item is closed (for example when associating a work item during checking-in)? Short Answer : You can achieve this using the <COPY> rule on the transition...
If you create a work item out of a test result like this… … the three test fields get populated by Visual Studio: Read all details here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms194965.aspx
Buck Hodges from Microsoft blogged about all the possible links you can construct to point to TSWA pages. For example the following URL opens the Work Item Editor: Open the existing work item with ID 1234: http://mytfs:8090/ wi .aspx? id = 1234 To make...
Objective Allow rich HTML formatting in description fields of the MSF Agile process template. Note : The MSF CMMI process does support HTML formatting by default. In order to use it you have to enable the formatting toolbar (see Step 6 below). Work Item...
If you want to start small with your team project you might consider the "Basic Process Template" instead of the built-in MSF Agile and MSF CMMI process templates. It can find on MSDN . From the description: The basic process template includes...
A : Two possible ways: Step 1 : Get the URL of the document saved in a SharePoint document library From the project portal : Right-click the file and select Copy Shortcut . Done. From the Team Explorer window in Visual Studio : Right-click the file under...
Requires : The use of HTML description fields in stead of the default description field. Team System Web Access (TSWA) to insert the pictures. Steps : Use a HTML fields for your descriptions instead of plan text fields (might need to copy the old descriptions...
Thanks to this MSDN Forums post I was able to change the link included in every TFS notification e-mail to point to TSWA instead of the project portal. Here’s the full story: When using project alerts to get notified about work item changes you get an...
Would you like to send links to work items, team projects or source files on Team System Web Access ? For work items … you can find the answer in the offical TSWA FAQ : Q: What’s the URL to use if I want to send the link of a specific work item...
Right now custom work item controls [1] are not supported by Team System Web Access [2]. Instead your custom control you will see this unpleasant message: “Unable to create workitem control ‘ControlName’”. While this is a sad thing for us users does that...
If you look for a way to export and import your area and/or iteration structure the Team Foundation Object Model (TFOM) is your friend. However it’s only your friend if you know where to look for. While the export works perfectly using the WorkItemStore...
Since Service Pack 1 [1] we have the ability to create our own controls to display field value within a work item form which gives us great flexibility. However there are two caveats with custom work item controls right now that aren’t solved: They...
Naren [1] revealed a few very interesting on hidden attributes his blog [2] which you definitely should take a look at since they let you solve some problems as the following ones: Control the height of two text boxes that were placed vertically on one...
Capturing screenshots and new bugs quickly is a everyday task for software developers and testers. The default Work Item form does not handle this scenario very efficiently, i.e. you have to click too many times until the new bug is created. One nice...
What do both topics have in common? Well, Microsoft started to publish How-Do-I-videos for various technologies and these two were the same topics covered on Visual Studio Team System. How Do I: Customize TeamPlain? In this video, Scott Golightly shows...
When working with Work Items often the questions comes up how to efficiently communicate between team members within TFS (not using e-mails) or what the difference between the Description field and the Comments field on the History tab is. Description...
Problem : If you remove a user from Active Directory or the local machine (depending where you store your user accounts for TFS), all work items that were assigned to that user cannot be modified anymore , at least if you use the default MSF process templates...
The Power Tools are always a must-have download. Although they are 'officially unspported' they give you funcionality upfront that is probably going to be in the next version of Visual Studio. New and added features include: Team Foundation Server Power...
A Work Item is blocked since you are waiting for someone else? Or maybe someone else is blocked and waiting for you to deliver something? These are always problematic situations which might result in issues not getting fixed because someone didn't know...
Working inside of MS Project and getting your data synchronized with TFS is a great thing. But there might be a reason why you want to access the work item details form and until now you needed to start Visual Studio 2005, invoke the Team Explorer, look...
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