Beta TFS MSSCCI plugin now available for VB6, VC6 (not yet VS 2002/2003)

Buck HodgesDecember 30, 2005Dec 30, 200512/30/05

Brian Harry announced the availability of the beta TFS MSSCCI plugin for VB6, VC6 (not yet VS 2002/2003).You can download it at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=32202966-EF04-442F-8C5C-88BDF15F551C&displaylang=en.Buck

How to improve command line performance

Buck HodgesDecember 12, 2005Dec 12, 200512/12/05

If you are using the tf.exe command line in scripts to convert from another version control system or to run other tasks that involve a lot of calls, there are several factors that have a large impact on the performance.  Other than the command files, all of the following applies to Visual Studio as well, but VS has the sig

Backing up and restoring Team Foundation

Buck HodgesDecember 9, 2005Dec 9, 200512/9/05

Rob Caron posted a link to the re-launched VSTS User Education team blog.  It includes a post of the procedures for backing up and restoring Team Foundation Server.  That includes the databases, SharePoint, reports, etc.  It also includes restoring TFS to a different server.  There have been lots of requests for this in the

Team Foundation Version Control API documentation

Buck HodgesDecember 9, 2005Dec 9, 200512/9/05

I've mentioned the Team Foundation Version Control client API example before as good way to get started with the API, and there are examples with labels and items too.  You can find documentation for the classes and methods in the Team Foundation Version Control API in the October Visual Studio SDK release.  Once you install it, you

The “Filter by solution” button

Buck HodgesDecember 8, 2005Dec 8, 200512/8/05

You are probably familiar with the Pending Changes window if you've been using Visual Studio with Team Foundation (View -> Other Windows -> Pending Changes).  Have you ever wanted to have the Pending Changes window show only the pending changes for files in the currently open solution and not all of the other changes in your wo

Source Control Explorer now shows more information about the state of items

Buck HodgesDecember 7, 2005Dec 7, 200512/7/05

One of the problems that users encounter when using Source Control Explorer is knowing what state the file or folder is in, particularly if it is shown in gray rather than black text.  In beta 3 refresh and ealier, gray text meant that the file or folder was unmapped, cloaked, deleted, or not downloaded.  There was no way to tel

Using VS to get the URI for a Team Project

Buck HodgesDecember 5, 2005Dec 5, 200512/5/05

Someone asked a question today about getting the URI for a Team Project.  James Manning's Team Project code sample showed how to do it using the API.  However, that was overkill in this case.  Bill Essary pointed out that you can select the Team Project in Team Explorer, right-click on it, and choose Properties (rather than righ

New CTP of Team Foundation is available (NOT supported by go-live)

Buck HodgesDecember 5, 2005Dec 5, 200512/5/05

Jeff Beehler has just written a post about the newly-released December CTP of TFS.  Jeff describes some of what changed, but probably the most important thing is that it is NOT supported under the go-live license.  There will not be any migration scripts to move to it or from it.The reason for that is that this release hasn't be