How to add your own message in the build report

December 16, 2006 Dec 16, 2006 12/16/06

Buck Hodges

If you've ever wanted to add your own message in the "Build Steps" section of the detailed build report, Aaron Hallberg provides a custom task to do it.Aaron, along with the rest of the team, had been focused on finishing up the continuous integration feature for Team Build.  I'm happy to say that we got it finished and checked into the ...

Third party add-in: Test Manager Add-In for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers

December 12, 2006 Dec 12, 2006 12/12/06

Buck Hodges

Many customers have expressed their disappointment with the fact that test lists (.vsmdi files) can only be created and managed in VSTS for Testers or VSTS Suite, leaving VSTS for Developers users in a bind.  There is now an add-in from Ekobit that solves this problem!  Check it out!Here's the announcement on Ognjen Bajic's blog. ...

More on the Orcas features for Team Build

December 2, 2006 Dec 2, 2006 12/2/06

Buck Hodges

Brian Harry posted a TFS roadmap.  I'd like to expand on the portion that describes the features specific to Team Build.  Keep in mind that these features can change before Orcas ships, so there are no guarantees that it will match what's described below. Build There's a lot there.The first item refers to the feature in msbuild ...