John's Workshop - Latest Comments

Re: Automatically upgrading user settings after an application version change

Eric — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 10:46:23 -0000

Awesome post. Thank you!!!!!

Re: Programmatically detect your Team Foundation Server version

Jan Abramek — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 09:47:06 -0000

That's much better way:
https://social.msdn.microso...

Re: Automatically upgrading user settings after an application version change

Dave — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:20:10 -0000

I converted your solution to an extension method. It works great.

internal static class ExtensionMethods
{
internal static void Upgrade(this Settings settings, string upgradeFlag)
{
try
{
if ((bool)settings[upgradeFlag] == true)
{
settings.Upgrade();
settings[upgradeFlag] = false;
settings.Save();
}
}
catch (SettingsPropertyNotFoundException ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
}

Re: Consuming Twitter data using SharePoint Designer, Part 1

nik — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 03:10:16 -0000

I tried the same thing , but getting an error ....server returned non specific error while trying to get data from data source

Re: TFS11 API: Reading the Team Configuration – Iterations and Areas

Jay Carlton — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 15:33:07 -0000

As of VS 2012, there's a GetTeamConfigurations() method on this service, and it does not appear to be restricted to teams who claim the authenticated user calling the method as a member.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/...

That did the trick for me. I got each team's Guid from team.Identity.TeamFoundationId, put them in a List<guid> and passed that in to GetTeamConfigurations(). Hope this helps someone.

Re: Understanding how the Team WebAccess burndown chart works, Part 1

Asuthosh Elangovan — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 06:06:35 -0000

Hi , I am not able to retrieve values from getCommonConfiguration method . I am getting null for all the fields . please help !

Re: TFS11 API: Query Teams and Team Members

Navneet Gupta (MSFT) — Thu, 14 May 2015 13:20:43 -0000

On how to get/set team properties. Here is some sample code.

//Set custom property

string customPropertyName
= @"customtool\jewel";

string
customPropetyFilter = "customtool*";

string
serverName = @"http://localhost:8080/tfs/DefaultCollection";

TfsTeamProjectCollection tfs = new TfsTeamProjectCollection(new Uri(serverName));

var css4 =
tfs.GetService<icommonstructureservice4>();

var projectInfo =
css4.GetProjectFromName("ngtest");

var teamService =
tfs.GetService<tfsteamservice>();

var teams =
teamService.QueryTeams(projectInfo.Uri);

var team =
teams.FirstOrDefault(t => string.Equals(t.Name, "ngtest
Team", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase));

team.SetProperty(customPropertyName, "pi");

teamService.UpdateTeam(team);

//Read the property back

TfsTeamProjectCollection tfs1 = new TfsTeamProjectCollection(new Uri(serverName));

var css41 =
tfs1.GetService<icommonstructureservice4>();

var projectInfo1 =
css41.GetProjectFromName("ngtest");

var teamService1 =
tfs1.GetService<tfsteamservice>();

object value;

List<string> f = new List<string>();

f.Add(customPropetyFilter);

var firstTeam =
teamService1.ReadTeam(projectInfo1.Uri,"ngtest
Team", f);

firstTeam.TryGetProperty(customPropertyName, out value);

Re: TFS11 API: Managing the Team Iteration Schedule

shoban — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 10:06:56 -0000

I know this is a late reply but you make sure you use 4.5 version of .net framework to find this assembly while adding a reference. :)

Re: Understanding how the Team WebAccess burndown chart works, Part 1

azimut — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 08:31:54 -0000

Hi, I want to ask how much contributes to the burndown chart the tasks which have stata "In Progress" AND remaining work set to 0? E.g. if I have on the first day 100 tasks with all of them "In progress" and remaining work on all of them is equal to 0, will the start point for the actual trend be on 0 as well?

Re: TFS11 API: Query Teams and Team Members

Chif Dagrif — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:03:51 -0000

Thanks for the post. I'm using the API to create a Scrum dashboard of active iterations and stats.

Re: Understanding how the Team WebAccess burndown chart works, Part 3

Hemant — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:46:38 -0000

Found very informative. Thanks!

Re: Moving lists with lookup columns inside your site collection

Tom — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:04:02 -0000

Great Post. I was having a problem with them repopulating with the data. I checked these ID's and they are correct. The weird problem I have now is some of the Lookups came through but not all of them. Any Ideas?

Re: TFS11 API: Managing the Team Iteration Schedule

Ellen — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:11:26 -0000

Hallo John,
Nice post! It helped me a lot.

I have one question: Where did you find your TFS DLLs?
I copied mine from your project "ProcessConfiguration". I also found a Nuget package called TFS.Api but this does not include "Microsoft.TeamFoundation.ProjectManagment", which is necessary for the example above and all DLLs are version 11.*something instead of 12.

I hope to hear from you soon!

Re: TFS11 API: Reading the Team Configuration – Iterations and Areas

AriZoNaiCe — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:22:39 -0000

I know I'm resurrecting an old post here, but I've wasted quite a bit of time trying to figure out how to assign permissions to the root Area node of a team project.

I have successfully permissioned Version Control, Build, Project, Work Item Query Folder, and Shared Queries. The last bit will be Areas. Getting the tokens proved to be a bit complicated early on, but I was able to work through that. My current problem is that I don't see any AccessControlList or AccessControlEntry methods associated with Area Nodes. I'm guessing I'm missing something?

If you have any ideas or can help in any way, I'd appreciate it!

Re: Understanding how the Team WebAccess burndown chart works, Part 1

reza — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 10:49:29 -0000

Hi i can't see where you use the query retrieved above here, i looked to the next page but i can't find it there also. Could you please let me know where do you use the query created here above. thanks

Re: TFS11 API: Query Teams and Team Members

Toufik HADJAZI — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 05:46:09 -0000

Nice post there ! I wonder if there is a way to add members to teams using the API in TFS 2013 ?

Re: TFS11 API: Managing the Team Iteration Schedule

Ivan Popek — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 09:23:47 -0000

The ScheduleInfo i just a custom data transfer object:

public class ScheduleInfo
{
public string Path { get; set; }
public DateTime StartDate { get; set; }
public DateTime EndDate { get; set; }
}

Re: TFS11 API: Managing the Team Iteration Schedule

rza — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 06:13:49 -0000

i would like to know what are the properties of the <scheduleinfo>

Re: Creating a SharePoint Theme using a PowerPoint Template

Ivan Popek — Mon, 19 May 2014 10:14:50 -0000

Hi Regina! Unfortunately, the theme engine in SharePoint 2013 is different than in 2010 and it no longer supports Microsoft Office (*.thmx) themes.

Re: Creating a SharePoint Theme using a PowerPoint Template

Regina Ritter — Wed, 14 May 2014 20:52:38 -0000

Can you guide on how to change theme for SharePoint 2013? Thanks for this tutorial. I have just signed up for a free SharePoint site with http://www.cloudappsportal.com.

Re: Automatically upgrading user settings after an application version change

James Tweedie — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:54:33 -0000

Thanks for the clear explanation and solution - resolved the settings "reset issue" I was having. Found references to this on StackOverflow but there was no background - which is useful to understand why it happens. Neat solution and quick to implement.

Re: Moving lists with lookup columns inside your site collection

STAYGREEN ACADEMY — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 02:27:02 -0000

It was great Post.informative also.

Rozeena

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Re: Understanding how the Team WebAccess burndown chart works, Part 3

Raj — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:34:11 -0000

Hi,
Is there way to get Burn-up report similar to Burn-down reports.
Regards,
Raj

Re: TFS11 API: Customizing the Process Configuration

Ziby — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 21:30:30 -0000

The "AgileProjectConfiguration" in the AgileConfiguration.xml (same folder as CommonConfiguration.xml in the ProcessTemplate) governs the fields that appear on UI for ProductBacklog, AddPanel, and IterationBacklog.

Re: Understanding how the Team WebAccess burndown chart works, Part 2

Rohini Singh — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 05:18:59 -0000

I am getting exception while parsing query at line:-
IEnumerable<workitem> items = wiStore.Query(fullQuery).OfType<workitem>().Where(wi => wi.Fields.Contains(remainingWorkField));

Exception detail:-
Expecting left bracket. The error is caused by «'FabrikamFiber'»

StackTrace:-
at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.Query.Initialize(WorkItemStore store, String wiql, IDictionary context, Int32[] ids, Int32[] revs, Boolean dayPrecision)
at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.WorkItemStore.Query(String wiql, IDictionary context)
at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.WorkItemStore.Query(String wiql)
at MyTfsStoryBoard.Form1.button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\downloads\MyTfsStoryBoard\MyTfsStoryBoard\MyTfsStoryBoard\Form1.cs:line 205
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(IntPtr dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
at MyTfsStoryBoard.Program.Main() in c:\downloads\MyTfsStoryBoard\MyTfsStoryBoard\MyTfsStoryBoard\Program.cs:line 18
at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(RuntimeAssembly assembly, String[] args)
at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

Can anyone help?