There are many scenarios in which we want only a particular group of users to be able to change the particular state transition of WI. For example we want only the Testers group to change the Bug WI state from Resolved to Closed, and restrict developers...

One of the most common question asked by clients is how to fetch the list of currently checked-out files under any TFS project? In VSS, there use to be UI context menu option which retrieves the list of checked out files, but there is not like that in...

One of the most common public controls provided by TFS API’s is the DomainProjectPicker within the namespace Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Proxy . This dialog class allows the user to select the team project to connect to. Code snippet for using this control...

The Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2008 features and a variety of framework technologies including: LINQ, C# 3.0, Visual Basic 9, WCF, WF, WPF, ASP.NET AJAX...

Windows SharePoint Services XML Project portal configuration are defined in the WssTasks.xml file within the [Process Template]/Windows Sharepoint Services directory. Within this xml file, document libraries, folders and default files list is defined...

In this part, I will explain how to modify Iterations/Areas and MS Project field mappings with TFS items Iterations and Areas Classification files are located within [Process Template]/Classification directory. Iterations for the project are defined...

In Part 1 of this series I have explained what the process template is, and how you can download and upload process templates from/to TFS server. Customizing process template using Process Editor is simple and you can refer the Process Template documentation...

For the last couple of months I have been working on to enhance the process template for my organization. So following are some post in which I will explain Customization of VSTS process template. Let’s start with – What the process template means...

Nice reference articles for Outlook 2003 programming What's New in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 for Developers? An Introduction to Programming Outlook 2003 Using C# Programming samples that can reference items and folders in Outlook by using...

Last project I was working on had lot of customisation for Outlook 2003 and its integration with MOSS (Sharepoint 2007). Its altogether a unique experience working with Outlook object model and creating a custom outlook plugin. Following is a small...

While working on office applications, there are scenarios when we need to control the functionality of Command Bar controls. With Command Bar I means, menu bars, toolbars, shortcut menus, context menus and submenus on menus. Best way to get the control...

Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System code name “Rosario” is an integrated Application Life-cycle Management (ALM) solution comprising tools, processes, and guidance. It enables members of your team to: · Collaborate and communicate more effectively...

I have seen people get confused between FTPS and SFTP and refer these technologies interchangeably. But the fact is they are not same. FTPS (commonly referred to as FTP/SSL) is a name used to encompass a number of ways in which FTP software can...

An excel11 (.xls) file can be very easily queried using "Jet OLEDB 4.0" provider. C# snippet code for quering excel11 files is as follows, String strConn = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=Sample.xls;Extended Properties=Excel 8.0"...