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Content Index for Coded UI Test

December 30, 2012 Dec 30, 2012 12/30/12
Mathew Aniyan MSFT
I have been collecting various resources related to Coded UI Test since its release. I have updated this Content Index for features we released in Visual Studio 2012 Update 1. Check it out - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mathew_aniyan/archive/2010/02/11/content-index-for-coded-ui-test.aspx  Mathew AniyanProgram Manager – Visual ...

TFS 2012 Update 1: Permissions lost on attaching a collection–fix available

December 21, 2012 Dec 21, 2012 12/21/12
Importer
[Update 2/1/13]  Finally! We now have the updated fix available. We went through quite a bit of testing. It is important to follow the instructions. Please take a moment to read these. I have copied them here from the KB article. If you tweet, blog or share the link for the patch, please use the KB article link. We still need to get the ...

Visual Studio 2012 C++ CppUnitTestFramework targeting the Visual Studio C++ 2010 compiler

December 19, 2012 Dec 19, 2012 12/19/12
Charles Sterling
Slow news day here at Microsoft; trolling my inbox noticed two things that might be of interest to the ALM Community. Using the C++ Unit Testing Framework targeting the 2010 complier and we have (found and) updated the “Team Foundation Server Migration and Integration Solutions page on MSDN”.  Visual Studio 2012  C++ ...

ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012 RC, TFS 2012 Monitoring Management Pack AND SQL Server Data Tools December 2012 release now available

December 13, 2012 Dec 13, 2012 12/13/12
Charles Sterling
Crazy week around here with everybody finishing up their sprints before the holidays! Three new exciting downloads and a new Channel9 Video on the Visual Studio Update1 for you over the Holidays!   Visual Studio 2012 Team Foundation Server Monitoring Management Pack The Team Foundation Server 2012 Monitoring Management Pack ...

Known Issue Upgrading from TFS 2012 Beta to Update 1

December 13, 2012 Dec 13, 2012 12/13/12
AndreaMS
We would like to convey some information about a known upgrade issue with the February 29th Team Foundation Server 2012 Beta release.Recently, one of our customers reported hitting a block when trying to upgrade TFS 2012 Beta to the recent TFS Update 1 release.TF255438: The configuration database that you specified cannot be upgraded. The...

Debugging SharePoint Apps with IntelliTrace in Visual Studio

December 11, 2012 Dec 11, 2012 12/11/12
James Wang (MS)
  In this post we’ll explore how to use IntelliTrace in Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate Update 2 to debug custom Web Parts in a SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2010  application. First we’ll summarize SharePoint’s use of correlation IDs and the IntelliTrace enhancements in VS2012 Update 2, and then we’ll dive into a walkthrough.   ...

Troubleshooting tips for cross browser testing in Coded UI Test

December 11, 2012 Dec 11, 2012 12/11/12
Saima_MSFT
I assume in this blog that you have basic knowledge of cross browser testing with Coded UI Test. You can visit this link which introduces cross browser testing with Coded UI Test , and also calls out the known limitations with this release. I also assume you are familiar with Coded UI Test Html logs used for troubleshooting.  This link is...

Creating NGEN PDBs for Profiling Reports

December 10, 2012 Dec 10, 2012 12/10/12
Andrew B Hall - MSFT
Update: Visual Studio 2013 will generate PDBs automatically when using the CPU Sampling or the CPU Usage tool in the Performance and Diagnostics hub. See this post for more details! When profiling managed applications on Windows 8 any samples in an NGEN’d module will appear in the report as [NI module name] instead of showing the function ...

Asynchronous calls in C++ Windows Store Unit Tests

December 10, 2012 Dec 10, 2012 12/10/12
Anisha Pindoria
In Visual Studio 2012, we added support for the Async Test Methods in C#. You can call await inside the test method body and the unit test framework will appropriately wait for its completion. Here is a sample test method.         [TestMethod]         public async Task ...

Coded UI Test: Configuring Search Properties while recording on Internet Explorer

December 9, 2012 Dec 9, 2012 12/9/12
Sai Krishna Vajjala [MSFT]
This blog assumes that you have a prior understanding of Coded UI Test Search properties.  If not, a good starting point would be here. This blog explains the new “configurable properties" feature of the Coded UI test that we added in VS Update 1. Prior to VS Update 1, Coded UI Test records the controls with search properties ...