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Team Foundation Server Build Notification Screen
I have been working on an application that will allow people to quickly look at a screen and determine the current status of the builds running in Team Foundation Server 2008. This is an idea based...
View ArticleUpdate The Web Server Parameter In MSBuild For Team System Web Tests
As you are probably aware, Visual Studio Team System Test Edition allows you to create web tests. Basically these are tests that a user records in the browser while navigating through a web...
View ArticleWhy do both types use the same XML type name
When trying to hit an asp.net page that consumes a Web Service I ran into this error. System.InvalidOperationException: Types 'Client.WebReference1.ClassA' and 'Common.ClassA' both use the XML type...
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Not Able To Connect To TFS Installed On Windows Server 2008
If you have trouble connecting to Team Foundation Server 2008 after you install it on Windows Server 2008 it's mostly likely because your firewall is blocking http ports 8080, 8090, and 8081. I ended...
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Team Foundation Server Build Notification Tray
I have completed the first phase of developing an application similar to the TFS Build Notification Screen that is meant to be installed on a developer's machine to monitor the status of build...
View ArticleMS Deploy Basics
Microsoft release RC1 of its new web deployment tool called MS Deploy a few days ago and I have been playing around with it. Here is a quick summary and reference of the basic commands to help you get...
View ArticleUsing MS Deploy Instead of the Copy Command In MSBuild
I currently use the copy command in msbuild to copy files out to machines in a deploy build. I would match rather have a way to sync those directories with a source rather than just consistently dump...
View ArticleUsing VSDBCMD and MSBUILD to Build and Deploy DBPro Projects
With the release of DBPro GDR there is now a command line deployment tool call VSDBCMD.exe. This tool can be used to import a database schema into a .dbschema file or deploy a database from an...
View ArticleVirtual Proxy Lazy Loading Strategy
In this sample I’m going to show how to use a pattern called virtual proxy as a lazy loading strategy. There are many times when you want to load a parent object that contains child objects. It is...
View ArticleMSBUILD DBPro Deploy Tip
If you are using MSBuild to deploy your database changes as described in a pervious post, it can really start to slow down your builds as you add more databases that need to be updated. One way to get...
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