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Team Build Monitor – Vista Sidebar Gadget

I've created a sidebar gadget for Windows Vista that lets you monitor a set of build definitions. It's compatible with Team Foundation Server "Orcas" Beta 1 and it should also work with Beta 2 once it's released. If you'd like a preview before you try it out, watch the video below where I walk through installing and configuring the gadget.

If you have any comments or suggestions, I'd love to hear them. The BuildMonitor.gadget file is attached to this post.

Note: I developed this gadget using nothing but DHTML and JavaScript. It has no dependencies on the Team Foundation Client object model. It does, however, get the list of team foundation servers from the registry key used by the client. If you wanted to, you could add these registry entries yourself or modify the gadget to let the user specify the server URI manually.

Published Friday, June 22, 2007 4:36 PM by JimLamb
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Attachment(s): BuildMonitor.gadget

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# Team Build Monitor – Vista Sidebar Gadget ( para que no se nos pase ni un error ... )

Buenas en cualquier proyecto que involucre a diferentes equipos en ubicaciones geográficas distintas,

Friday, June 22, 2007 7:30 PM by El Bruno

# Team Build Monitor - Vista Sidebar Gadget

Jim has written and released a smart little Vista Sidebar Gadget, that monitors Team Build Jobs for the

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 8:00 AM by marcus's Team System motivation and experience

# Team Build Monitor - Vista Sidebar Gadget

Jim has written and released a smart little Vista Sidebar Gadget, that monitors Team Build Jobs for the

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 8:46 AM by Noticias externas

# Gadget Team Foundation Server pour le SideBar de Vista

Jim Lamb a mit en ligne le mois dernier un article très intéressant sur l'utilisation d'un gadget pour

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 3:13 AM by Noham Choulant

# Vista Gadget to monitor Orcas TFS Team Build

Vista Gadget to monitor Orcas TFS Team Build

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 5:41 PM by CodeClimber

# re: Team Build Monitor – Vista Sidebar Gadget

Great to share your sidebar gadget, i love it

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:34 AM by bizbuy

# re: Team Build Monitor – Vista Sidebar Gadget

I suspect this doesn't work if you don't authenticate transparently with the TFS machine.  At least, it's not working for me and that's a distinguishing feature of my setup (I get prompted for passwords in other circumstances; here, the build type list never appears).

Monday, June 16, 2008 10:40 AM by Ian

# re: Team Build Monitor – Vista Sidebar Gadget

I suspect this doesn't work if you don't authenticate transparently with the TFS machine.  At least, it's not working for me and that's a distinguishing feature of my setup (I get prompted for passwords in other circumstances; here, the build type list never appears).

Monday, June 16, 2008 10:40 AM by Ian

# Team System + Gadgets + Outlook

If you're using Team Foundation Server, these utilities might be useful for your everyday's work: *)

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:42 AM by knom's developer corner

# re: Team Build Monitor – Vista Sidebar Gadget

That gadget is very useful. Thank you very much. However, I've notice that my sidebar.exe process will leak when this gadget runs. Have someone encounter that problem and found a solution ?

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:48 AM by Francois

# re: Team Build Monitor – Vista Sidebar Gadget

Gadget looks nice, but I'm unable to get the Build Definitions list. It only says: "Working".

Any tips on how to fix this?

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:47 AM by Larsi

# re: Team Build Monitor – Vista Sidebar Gadget

Status Works but i have 2 Problems:

- sidebar.exe has a Memoryleak with this Gadget. I monitor 7 Builds and do not reboot my PC every day. The sidebar has about 500 MB after several days ;-(

- View Log an Dopfolder does not work (they are on a normal Networkshare \\xyz\buildlabel)

Saturday, December 20, 2008 2:35 PM by Benjamin
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