When in VS 2008 if a developer hits the ''' it generates the XML comment tags for you, but this only works when the project setting for "Generate XML documentation file" is checked.
Is there a way to tell VS to generate the XML Comment tags, regardless of the project setting?
I think it is possible that someone may want comments but not create a XML documentation file.
In this case I am exceeding the current Team Settings, yet other developers don't want me to change this project setting. This forces me to flip this back before checking in the project.
I have the same problem with other Project settings like "code Analysis".
This is only a problem for VB.NET projects.
I know this is an old post however I have found a work around that may work for you depending if you team members just want the XML comments functionality and not the XML files.
1) In your project properties ensure that Generate XML documention file is checked.
2) Click the Build Events button
3) Into the Post-build event command line box enter the command
Del "$(OutDir)$(ProjectName).xml"
Now after each build it will remove the XML comment file.
Note: For some reason if it exists from a previous build it will not delete it so manually delete it the first time.
As far as I know, it will always create the xml comments....the Generate XML documentation I think only affects whether those comments are then compiled into an xml file.
Is it behaving like this on everyone's machine?
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=477562
but obviously you already know that since you opened up the Connect issue.
No for VB.NET and VS2008.
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=477562
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We have our projects set to build documentation files, but the Add Service Reference tool in Visual Studio creates files with no XML docs. This results in a ton of build warnings, which we'd like to avoid.
Is there a way to get Add Service Reference to generate XML docs? Or, if not, is there a way to modify a T4 template that generates service references?
I don't believe adding a service reference can generate the xml comments for you. See XML Comments not appearing in WCF Service for more information on that.
Your best bet is to turn the warning level down or off for the xml comment missing. In visual studio I think this will help (Visual Studio Disabling Missing XML Comment Warning).
If you are using a tool such as resharper you can ignore the entire file (http://blogs.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2011/06/preventing-items-from-being-analyzed-in-resharper/) or just ignore the xml comment warnings (How to switch off Resharper check for XML commets?).
I have a SQL Server CLR trigger project that was created in VS2008. Opening the project in VS2012 does not present any problem, but on build of the solution, I get SQL71501 errors, with Trigger: [...] has an unresolved reference to object [...].
Based on my reading, this is due to a missing database reference in the project. When I try to add a database reference, I get the Add Database Reference dialog that gives me three options:
Database projects in the current solution ** this option is grayed out/disabled
System database (only shows system DBs)
Data-tier Application (.dacpac) ** there are no options to select as this was not how I created the project.
Further reading suggested that the reason there are no database projects to select for the first option, is because no Data Connections have been added via the Server Explorer. In my case there are certainly Data Connections present, and while my project is open, I can quite happily browse the database, look at data etc.
I thought it might have something to do with the Target Framework, so I have tried targeting 3.5 and even 2, but the same problem occurs.
I feel like I'm missing something fundamental, but just can't quite work it out. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
I've seen this dialog not enable the 'OK' button because the Database Variable that it defaults is invalid (in my case it had a '.' in it).
The clue to this being the error is that the text in the 'Example Usage' field contains the error message - it's just hard to see as it's dark grey on light grey.
Editing the Database Variable name fixes this.
I found a workarroud for this, isn't optimal but at least it works:
try this
- open sql server object explorer
- create a new connection to your server
- right click on the database and select create new the project...
- the wizard will create the project with all the references and connection string attached to it.
cheers!
I changed my answer
The problem is you cannot assume an insert is a single row and you can really only reference the primary key as a single value inside the trigger
How do I change process template to MSF for Agile on an already existing team project in TFS 2010?
We have upgraded our TFS 2008 to 2010, and now I would also like to change the process template to MSF for Agile (currently CMMI).
We haven't used the workitem functionality much so if some information gets lost in the conversion doesn't matter.
Once you've created a Team Project, you unfortunately can't just upload a new process template. As Robaticus says, you'll have to download the XML for the template and modify it, then re-upload it. The power tool lets you create NEW templates for NEW team projects, but it won't modify an existing one.
Instead, you can use the witadmin.exe tool (on any computer with Team Explorer installed, under \Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE, or just from a Visual Studio Command Prompt) to export the current workitem definitions and re-import them once you've made your changes.
Luckily, if you're not using workitem tracking much, then this might not be too difficult. You might be able to just delete all the existing workitem types and then re-upload the new types.
If this is too much trouble, consider how much you want to retain your source control history. It might be worth creating a new Team Project with the Agile template and then just moving all your source code into it.
You can't change the process template, however you can change the work item types. So for bugs, tasks you can swap to the Agile definitions.
You can do this in 2010 with witadmin, in 2008 it's importwit, by first downloading the template to disk (you'll need the TFS power tools for this). Then point the console app at bug.xml, task.xml etc..
Usage: witadmin importwitd /collection:collectionurl [/p:project] /f:filename [/e:encoding] [/v]
/collection Specifies the Team Foundation project collection. Use a fully specified URL such as
http://servername:8080/tfs/Collection0.
/p Specifies the team project in which the new work item type is imported. This is required, except when
the validation-only option is used.
/f Specifies the work item type XML definition file to import.
/e Specifies the name of the .NET Framework 2.0 encoding used to import the XML file. For example,
/e:utf-7 will use Unicode (UTF-7) encoding. Encoding is automatically detected whenever possible. If
the encoding cannot be detected, UTF-8 is used.
/v Validates the XML definitions for the work item type, link type, or global workflow without importing
them.
You can export the agile process template to disk, then import the work items into your existing project. You may need the TFS Power Tools to do this.
I may be too late for this question, but the TFS Integration Platform tools could really help here.
See this question on server fault that details on how to move from Scrum For Team System V2 to Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0.
You would need to setup your own mappings to move from your templates to the target template, but the process is the same.
Please note witadmin.exe could help in some scenarios but TFS Integration Platform is your ultimate choice to achieve this task. There is a user voice item still pending. Please check this SO thread.
I think the best way to accomplish this is to create a new Team Project with "the new" process template and use the TFS Integration tool to migrate your existing WorkItems and choose create a new branch from Source Control, so you'll have new work Items (with the new workflow) and the source control history (as well). You'd even do this across versions of TFS!! (On the case interested on migrate TFS 2005/2008/2010)
Another way might be to use the WorkItem Templates, but I think this is more a kind-of visual style (I've not much experience) applied to the Work Item. To do so, just right click on your project, import the WITDefinition and apply the template by selecting Apply template on desired WorkITems.
I need to be able to dump my user table inside Drupal to an XML document that I can hit from a path in a browser.
e.g. mysite.com/users.php
Looking for an easy way to do this, an existing module would be ideal. Not sure if QueryPath does this.
Thanks.
Using Views Bonus Pack you can first build a view of all your users, and then create a 'feed' display. In the feed settings, you'll be able to select XML as one of the formats. You can then set the path to anything you like.
QueryPath can do this.
There is a database extension that comes with QueryPath's Drupal module that basically lets you take any SQL statement and inject the results into an XML document. The basic idea is explained here:
http://technosophos.com/content/using-querypath-interact-sql-database-part-1
The Drupal module has Drupal-specific DB bindings though. (So stuff like {table} is correctly translated.)
I've also used the Views Datasource module to do this, but it's buggy. The last two times I did it, I had to edit the source code for the module first.
I've inherited a project (without a handy handover) that contains reports published to a Reporting Server (2005).
MY SSRS knowledge is 4 years stale, so I need your help.
I need to edit one of the published reports, is this possible?
I also want to peek into the Data Source on the RS, because that's probably where I can change stuff.
I'll add more info as I get a better understanding of what exactly to ask.
EDIT: I found a project for some of the reports, opened up in VS2005 BI.
Still, how do I see where the Data Source gets its data?
It brings back 56 fields but I don't know which tables/stored procs/queries are used to get these.
Yes you can.
1st - to edit the published reports: Browse to the folder containing the report source you want on report server (web server). On the right side click 'Show Details'. Now click the properties icon under the 'Edit' column. Near the bottom you will see two links: Edit & Update. Click edit and the source RDL file will start to download. This is the actual report source.
You can import this right into a VS2005 report project and have full access for modifications.
2nd - As to the project you found: After opening an RDL file for editing, click the 'Data' tab. directly under that you will see a drop down list labeled 'Dataset:'. A report can have one or more datasets. These are the actual queries that generate report data. Also clicking '...' will allow you to see other properties of each dataset, such as parameters, etc.
You can run a profiler on your server, then run your report. The profiler give you most info about your query or stored procedure.