All tf.exe commands return one of these: public enum ExitCode { Unknown = -1, Success = 0, PartialSuccess = 1, UnrecognizedCommand = 2, Failure = 100, } You should never see -1 . Code 2 is only for the very specific case where you mistype...

When you run Get on a folder (aka project) in VSS Explorer, you're presented with these options: (if you don't get this dialog, try holding Shift) Most of the options are obvious, but not "build tree" -- at least not to me. The online help explains it...

Let's recap Items one more time. Items are unique . They have an ID that no other item does. Items are versioned . Like all version control systems, TFVC is about making it easy to store successive versions of the same item and retrieve old ones when...

Command Line usage In Source Control Explorer, you're always operating on pending space. At the command line, it's less clear. Consider the following setup: you're working in a directory $/project that's mapped to c:\project and contains two files a.cs...

Last time we learned that the principle objects in the source control system are called Items, and a few of their basic properties. That was awhile ago so let's recap: Items are unique . They have an ID that no other item does. Items are versioned . Like...

One of the changes made between VSS 6.0 and 2005 was to replace ancient file dialogs with common dialogs from the Windows Shell wherever possible. Check out the 6.0 version of Set Working Folder : It just screams "Win 3.1", complete with floppy diskette...

When I updated Buck's TFS macros for Outlook 2007 , I neglected to demonstrate how they were installed. Enough has shifted around in '07 that the question has come up a few times. Let's burn some bandwidth. 1) go to Tools -> Macro -> VB Editor....