Buck Hodges

Beta 3 known bug when comparing large files: “Invalid access code (bad parameter).”

October 20, 2005 Oct 20, 2005 10/20/05

Buck Hodges

In the forum, Carl Daniel reported getting the message "Invalid access code (bad parameter)" when comparing two different versions of a file in Team Foundation Source Control Beta 3.Unfortunately this is a bug that was discovered and fixed after beta 3 was released.  The problem is that large files (on the order of 500K) will crash the ...

September dogfood statistics

October 12, 2005 Oct 12, 2005 10/12/05

Buck Hodges

You can find the latest dogfood statistics on Brian's blog.[Update 10/12]  John Lawrence also has the statistics as usual, including Excel charts.  I saw Brian's, and I didn't think to check there...

SQL error in get with beta 3

October 12, 2005 Oct 12, 2005 10/12/05

Buck Hodges

On the forum, a couple of users have run into this issue with get, so I thought I would mention it here.There's a known issue in beta 3 where mapping a server path to a local path that exceeds the NTFS limit results in a SQL error message.  The RTM code will give you a nice message to that effect rather than the SQL error ...

Ed Hintz has started blogging

October 12, 2005 Oct 12, 2005 10/12/05

Buck Hodges

Ed Hintz has started blogging with a post that describes some of the differences between working with SourceSafe and working with TFS.  Ed's the dev lead for the source control client team and is the person to whom I report.  So, check it out and be sure to let him know about the things you do and don't like in the TFS source ...

TFS version control command line: tf.exe

October 5, 2005 Oct 5, 2005 10/5/05

Buck Hodges

For folks who like command lines or those who've found the typical command line experience a little spartan, you should try tf.exe.One interesting feature of our command line is that it uses dialogs for a number of commands when you are running it interactively (i.e., you don't specify /noprompt or /i).  For instance, you get the same ...

Brian Harry posts about the changes between beta 2 and beta 3

October 1, 2005 Oct 1, 2005 10/1/05

Buck Hodges

A while back I wrote a little about what's changed since beta 2 and the release of beta 3.Brian Harry, the person who heads Team Foundation (he is Product Unit Manager), has just written the post about what changed.  In What's new with TFS Beta 3?, he covers the whole product, as you might expect.  You'll want to read ...

Using Source Code Control in Team Foundation

September 29, 2005 Sep 29, 2005 09/29/05

Buck Hodges

Chris Menegay's article on MSDN, Using Source Code Control in Team Foundation, provides a good overview of some of the major features. As a part of Visual Studio 2005 Team System and the new Team Foundation Server, Microsoft is providing a true enterprise-class source code control system. Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) is provided as ...

VSS converter for TFS beta 3

September 27, 2005 Sep 27, 2005 09/27/05

Buck Hodges

Akash Maheshwari, PM for the source control converters for TFS, has posted a set of articles on using the VSS converter with TFS beta 3.  You'll want to check that out if you are converting from VSS, because that's the most up-to-date source of information...

Why are there two Source Control entries on the File menu?

September 26, 2005 Sep 26, 2005 09/26/05

Buck Hodges

If you add the Code Analysis check-in policy to your Team Project, you'll see two entries for Source Control on the File menu in VS, as shown below.(image) All of the standard menu items for TFS source control are under the second Source Control entry.  The issue is cosmetic and is related to a change we made in the TFS source ...

The 10,000th Changeset

September 26, 2005 Sep 26, 2005 09/26/05

Buck Hodges

Back on July 13, I wrote about the dates of changeset "milestones" in our dogfood system.  Today we hit changeset 10,000.  The time between 9000 and 10000 was longer than usual because of check-in restrictions in place leading up to beta 3 (bug fixes had to be individually reviewed and approved in ask mode).Here's the full list...