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• What is an .xesc file?

  Test Professional, after the Lab Management update , now uses Expression Encoder 4.0 to create it video of screen activity . This means that when you run a test and record a video you end up with an attachment called ScreenCapture.xesc. Now my PC did... Posted Aug 27 2010, 04:10 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Technical Tips, VSTS

• Cannot run CodeUI tests in Lab Management – getting a ’Build directory of the test run is not specified or does not exist’

  Interesting user too stupid error today whist adding some CodeUI tests to a Lab Management deployment scenario. I added the Test Case and associated it with Coded UI test in Visual Studio I made sure my deployment build had the tests selected I then ran... Posted Aug 27 2010, 03:33 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Technical Tips, VSTS, Build, Lab Management

• Don’t hardcode that build option

  I have been using the ExternalTestRunner 2010 Build activity I wrote . I realised that at least one of the parameters I need to set, the ProjectCollection used to publish the test results, was hard coded in my sample. It was set in the form http://myserver... Posted Aug 26 2010, 02:56 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Technical Tips, VSTS, Build

• "Program too big to fit in memory" when installing a TFS 2010 Test Controller

  Just spent a while battling a problem whilst install the TFS 2010 Test Controller . When I launched the install setup program off the .ISO  I could select the Test Controller installer, but then a command prompt flashed up and exited with no obvious... Posted Aug 23 2010, 03:43 PM by Richard with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Technical Tips, VSTS, Lab Management

• Running MSDeploy to a remote box from inside a TFS 2010 Build (Part 2)

  Another follow up post, this time to the one on MSDeploy . As I said in that post a better way to trigger the MSDeploy PowerShell script would be as part of the build workflow, as opposed to a post build action in the MSBuild phase. Doing it this way... Posted Aug 13 2010, 03:36 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Testing, VSTS, Build

• How to edit a TFS 2010 build template when it contains custom activities.

  I posted a while ago on u sing my Typemock TMockRunner Custom Activity for Team Build 2010 . I left that post with the problem that if you wished to customise a template after you a had added the custom activity you had to use the somewhat complex branching... Posted Aug 13 2010, 01:29 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Testing, VSTS, Typemock, Build

• And the first official release of the TFS Integration Platform

  The last of the recent batch of  announcements is that of the first official release of the TFS Integration Platform. This provides tools to allow synchronisation between TFS 2010 and ….. TFS 2008 TFS 2010 ClearCase ClearQuest File System Again more... Posted Aug 13 2010, 11:39 AM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: VSTS

• New tool for configuring Sharepoint MOSS for TFS dashboards

  Another recent announcement from Brian Harry’s blog was about the release of the Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 MOSS Configuration Tool . I had a look at this tool during it’s beta testing and it certainly can help to get all the setting right... Posted Aug 13 2010, 11:33 AM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: VSTS

• Visual Studio 2010 Lab Management released announced

  In the VSLive! keynote Microsoft made announcements about Lab Management, it will be RTM’d later this month and best of all it will be included as part of the benefits of the Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN and Visual Studio Test Professional 2010... Posted Aug 13 2010, 10:49 AM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: VSTS, Opinion, Lab Management

• Running MSDeploy to a remote box from inside a TFS 2010 Build

  [Also see Running MSDeploy to a remote box from inside a TFS 2010 Build (Part 2) ] A fellow MVP Ewald Hofman wrote a great post on getting an Web Application to deploy as part of a TFS 2010 build . I have been using this technique but found a few points... Posted Aug 06 2010, 02:27 PM by Richard with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: VSTS, Build

• Getting code coverage working on Team Build 2010

  If you have VS2010 Premium or Ultimate [ Professional corrected error in orginal post] you have code coverage built into the test system. When you look at your test results there is a button to see the code coverage You would think that there is easy... Posted Aug 05 2010, 05:08 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Technical Tips, Testing, VSTS, Build

• Running SPDisposeCheck as part of a 2010 CI Build

  SPDisposeCheck is a great tool for SharePoint developers to make sure that they are disposing of resources correctly. The problem is it is a bit slow to run, a problem as this will mean developers will tend not to run it as often as they should. A good... Posted Jul 03 2010, 08:47 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: Testing, VSTS, Sharepoint, Build

• Survey on what you think of the Visual Studio web site

  Do you use the Visual Studio web site? If you do or you don’t Microsoft are interested to find the reasons why via a quick survey . Posted Jul 03 2010, 07:24 PM by Richard with | with no comments Filed under: VSTS

• Using my Typemock TMockRunner Custom Activity for Team Build 2010

  [Also see http://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/blogs/rfennell/archive/2010/08/13/how-to-edit-a-tfs-2010-build-template-when-it-contains-custom-activities.aspx ] A couple of months ago I wrote and published a custom activity for Team Build 2010 to allow Typemock... Posted Jul 01 2010, 11:25 AM by Richard with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: VSTS, Typemock, Build

• Professional Scrum Developer with TFS course in the UK

  My fellow UK ALM MVP, Martin Hinshelwood, is running a Professional Scrum Developer course in London at the end of next month . I understand there are still some places left, and some good discounts available. So if you was looking at wanting to implement... Posted Jun 25 2010, 04:16 PM by Richard with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: VSTS, Scrum