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How to validate check-in policies, evaluate check-in notes, and check for conflicts

Buck Hodges March 20, 2006 Mar 20, 2006 03/20/06

In the version control API, the CheckIn() method does not evaluate check-in policies and validate check-in notes. It provides with the ability to supply both an override comment and check-in notes, as applicable, but the evaluation and validation must have been performed prior to calling CheckIn(). The reason for this is that ...

Manually modifying TFS databases is a bad idea

Buck Hodges March 18, 2006 Mar 18, 2006 03/18/06

Over the last several months, I've seen folks post SQL hacks to modify TFS databases, usually to try to work around some limitation such as not being able to delete work item types. Marcel de Vries, a Microsoft MVP who has been using TFS for quite a while, recently wrote a post on his experience in trying to do this. As he mentions...

How to get the login dialog when using the Team Foundation Server API

Buck Hodges March 17, 2006 Mar 17, 2006 03/17/06

Someone asked how to get the login dialog if the user fails to authenticate. The code to do that is shown below. I copied the call to the constructor from the basic API example, and I've added code to create and pass a UICredentialsProvider object to the TeamFoundationServer constructor.Also, I'm now calling EnsureAuthenticated().&...

Team Foundation Server – version 1.0!

Buck Hodges March 16, 2006 Mar 16, 2006 03/16/06

Rob Caron posted about Rick LaPlante's public announcement at SD West that TFS ships tomorrow...

Team Foundation Version Control client API example (RTM version)

Buck Hodges March 15, 2006 Mar 15, 2006 03/15/06

[Update 3/10/2012] If you are using TFS 2010 or newer, there is an updated version control client API example.[Update 6/13/06] While the documentation is not what it needs to be, you can find reference-style documentation on a significant amount of the API in the VS SDK (current release is April): http://blogs.msdn.com/buckh/archive/2005/12/09...

Tfpt.exe command reference

Buck Hodges March 15, 2006 Mar 15, 2006 03/15/06

Attached is a Microsoft Word document containing the documentation for the tfpt.exe power toy commands, including screenshots. [UPDATE 8/9/2007] I fixed the broken link to the power tools page. [UPDATE 9/9/2006] TFPT is now available as a separate download (you no longer have to download the massive VS SDK). You can download ...

TF14107: The changes could not be checked in due to an incompatible change in another workspace

Buck Hodges March 15, 2006 Mar 15, 2006 03/15/06

When a rename is checked in, the server paths for other workspaces’ pending adds and branches are updated according to the rename being checked in. If the server cannot update one or more server paths in the pending adds or branches in other workspaces because it would cause two pending changes to reside at the same server path (...

Registry settings to make VS start up faster

Buck Hodges March 14, 2006 Mar 14, 2006 03/14/06

A while back, I wrote a post on how to get better performance from the tf.exe command line. Today, Tim Noonan, our resident hippie dev from version control land, posted about a couple of registry settings that can help improve the performance of VS with TFS. The first helps with startup and the second helps with opening solutions. ...

Annotate (also known as blame) is now a power toy

Buck Hodges March 13, 2006 Mar 13, 2006 03/13/06

[UPDATE 8/9/2007] I fixed the broken link to power tools page. [UPDATE 9/8/2006] TFPT is now available in its own small download: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5422499! You no longer need to download the VS SDK. You can find more information about the September '06 release here.One of the features that ...

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How to validate check-in policies, evaluate check-in notes, and check for conflicts

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Manually modifying TFS databases is a bad idea

How to get the login dialog when using the Team Foundation Server API

Team Foundation Server – version 1.0!

Team Foundation Version Control client API example (RTM version)

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TF14107: The changes could not be checked in due to an incompatible change in another workspace

Registry settings to make VS start up faster

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